Posted on 02/19/2007 7:57:30 AM PST by dead
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A student and aspiring actress who appeared in a revealing dress at the Thai equivalent of the Oscars has been given two weeks community service by her university as punishment for undermining morality.
Chotiros "Amy" Suriyawong, a final-year student at Bangkok's prestigious Thammasat University, ensured maximum media exposure by stepping out last week in a full-length black gown, tantalisingly split from cleavage to hips to hem.
Overnight sensation ... Thai actress and uni student Chotiros Suriyawong became
immediately infamous for her questionable choice of evening gown at Thailand's version
of the Oscars. The controversy provoked disciplinary action from her university, which
has imposed a penalty requiring her to read to the blind for two weeks. Photo: Reuters
But university chiefs were unimpressed, describing the outfit as "obscene" and giving her 15 days of book-reading to the blind as punishment, newspapers reported on Friday.
"That dress", which Chotiros had to show to university staff to prove it had special "sewn-in" underwear, sparked a frenzied debate about public morality in the Buddhist country, which remains coy about sexuality despite its reputation as the anything-goes prostitution capital of southeast Asia.
One producer went so far as to delete all footage of Chotiros from one of his films, domestic media reported.
"I'm sorry," a weeping Chotiros told a news conference on Thursday. "If I'd known it would have been so controversial, I wouldn't have done it."
Tulsathit Taptim, editor of the English-language Nation newspaper, said the brouhaha had "exposed ugly truths" about Thailand and its male-dominated society.
"We have never heard of universities firing male students for visiting prostitutes, or companies demoting male executives for fathering illegitimate children," he said in an editorial.
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That looks like the most uncomfortable dress. If it was me I'd be looking around to see where the draft was coming from.
It's a Burhka for you honey! Get with the program.
Thai..ping pong.
I wonder where she got all the money for the plastic surgery - Epicanthal folds (eye job), chin implant, and boob job?
Oh that shouldn't be much too trouble. She can let them "read" her assets with their fingers.
Looks like a wanna be slut in training.
"If I'd known it would have been so controversial, I wouldn't have done it."
Sweetie, THAT is the ONLY reason you wore that - attention.
Well they don't call their capital Bangkok for nothin.
Since I live in bangkok, as a service to the FR community, here is another one with some better lighting.
Looking at the picture and contemplating the words "dressed down." Oh yes, yes indeed.
Have you ever wore a bikini at the beach or the pool? Maybe you are a guy, I don't know.
I wonder if she had ever wore a bikini at the beach?
Surely not. She would be exposing to much and be called a slut.
MEOW!
Service with a smile.
I see nothing wrong at all.
LMAO!
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