Araya A. Hargate

Biography

Araya Alberta Hargate (Thai: อารยา อัลเบอร์ต้า ฮาร์เก็ต; born 28 June 1981), better known as Araya A. Hargate (Thai: อารยา เอ ฮาร์เก็ต) or Chompoo (Thai: ชมพู่; RTGS: Chomphu lit."rose apple"), is a Thai actress, model, host, TV personality and cover girl of British descent. Her most notable achievement is her role in Doksom Sithong. She is of English, Lao and Thai descent.

== Biography ==

=== Early life === Araya is Eurasian or Luk khrueng. She graduated from Rangsit University with a Bachelor of Arts.

=== Career === She rose to fame in 1998 after winning a beauty pageant, Miss Motor Show Contest, and soon became a household name on her hit lakorn or Thai soap opera. At the age of just 17, her first acting role was in a Lakorn by the title Pleng Prai, produced by Channel 7 in 1998. Apart from acting, Araya is a model. She received FHM Sexiest Actress in Thailand Awards 2007-2010. She is known as a fashionista and High Fashion Queen. She has also an ambassador for L'Oréal Paris and a regular guest at International Fashion Weeks and at the Cannes Film Festival. Later she was a brand ambassador for fashion magazine L’Officiel Thailand at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

== Personal life == On 6 May 2015, Araya married Witsarut "Nott" Rungsisingpipat, her boyfriend of six years and heir to a business fortune. On 6 September 2017, she went to Bumrungrad Hospital and gave birth in the afternoon to twin sons Saifah Rangsisingpipat and Bhayu Rangsisingpipat

== Filmography ==

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