Vachirawit Chiva-aree

Vachirawit Chivaaree (; born 27 December 1997), known professionally as Bright Vachirawit or Bright (Thai: ไบร์ท), is a Thai actor, singer and model. He is popular for his roles in 2gether: The Series, F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers, Astrophile, for album Lost & Found and Adolescent. He has won the Nataraja Award and Mani Mekhala Award for singing and acting respectively. He is one of most followed artist in social media from Thailand, and presently the global ambassador for Burberry and Calvin Klein. He is founder of ASTRO Stuffs merchandise and Cloud9 Entertainment agency. Early life and education Bright was born on 27 December 1997 in Nakhon Chai Si, Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand, as Kunlatorn Chivaaree; he is of Thai-American-Chinese descent. His parents got divorced when he was a child. He grew up in Thailand with his maternal relatives and his cousins. When he was a kid his mother named him "Bright". He grew up surrounded by musicians, as his uncle owned a music school. At the age of 10, he started learning several musical instruments. Bright completed his lower secondary education at Suankularb Wittayalai School, and upper secondary education at Triam Udom Suksa School. He worked as a part-timer for small roles in the entertainment industry and paid for his own schooling. He initially got a scholarship and took up the Thammasat English Program of Engineering (TEPE) under the Faculty of Engineering of Thammasat University, but took off for a year to focus on his career. Later, he decided to pursue a bachelor's in marketing at Bangkok University International College, in which he was endowed with a full scholarship once again. In 2021, he completed his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing. Career and breakthrough