Suu Kyi in Time's most influential list
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Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been voted by Time magazine readers as the most influential person on the planet over the past decade.
In the final showdown with American pop idol Lady Gaga, Suu Kyi won by 61 per cent votes while Lady Gaga received only 39 per cent votes due to campaigns on social media websites by enthusiastic Myanmar Internet users. Time magazine recently asked readers to vote for the 100 most influential people to commemorate the 10th edition of Time 100, which also includes Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Facebook co-founder March Zuckerberg, Google CEO Larry Page and Harry Potter author JK Rowling.
Time magazine first named the 100 most influential people of the 20th century in 1999 and decided to release the list of 100 most influential people annually in 2004. Twenty people from five categories – leaders and revolutionaries, builders and titans, artists and entertainers, scientists and thinkers, and heroes and icons – are selected every year in the top-100 list, according to Wikipedia.
Suu Kyi has been listed three times as Time's top 100 influential people – in 2004, 2008 and 2011.
