Thailand News

aussie dollar · #1 14-09-2005, 08:09

Miss Thai an Aussie
From:
September 13, 2005

Beauty ... Angela Mckay is crowned Miss Thailand / AFP AN AUSTRALIAN girl who believed she didn't have the looks to make it as a Sydney model has been crowned Miss Thailand.

Angela McKay, 20, grew up with her Thai mother and Australian father in Margaret River, WA.
She won a modelling competition at 16 - as Girlfriend magazine's "face of 2000" - but when she moved to Sydney found the market "a bit difficult", her aunt Jill McKay said, so she headed overseas two years ago - landing work with a modelling agency in Bangkok.

Ms McKay said Angela was "overwhelmed" by her title and told her: "I really didn't think I was going to win ... it hasn't sunk in."

Angela's mother Kung and father Bob have flown to Bangkok to celebrate.

Angela will now contests the Miss World title in China in December.
Ms McKay said that her niece had been reluctant to enter the competition, wanting to return to Sydney to begin a university degree.
"Her life has completely changed," she said.

stevem · #2 14-09-2005, 08:15

And I dont believe that she is all that attractive.

LivinLOS · #3 14-09-2005, 08:25

Pictures ???

Goes to show the weird fascination the Thai 'elite' has with Luk Kreung looks and non thai features.. Watching the thai TV and seeing the soaps packed with pale skinned chinese looking thais is a little odd for a country thats so nationalistic and more than a little xenophobic..

Mav · #4 14-09-2005, 08:34

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Originally Posted by LivinLOS

Pictures ???

Goes to show the weird fascination the Thai 'elite' has with Luk Kreung looks and non thai features.. Watching the thai TV and seeing the soaps packed with pale skinned chinese looking thais is a little odd for a country thats so nationalistic and more than a little xenophobic..

Yes saw her on Melbourne TV last night.......very pale looking.

aussie dollar · #5 14-09-2005, 09:11

http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/s...r/thailand.htm

MYSELF ONE ON LEFT BETTER LOOKING

LivinLOS · #6 14-09-2005, 10:15

agreed.. One on the left is a honey..

Why did the Oz bird get that.. Tho the one on the right looks like my som tam lady minus a couple of years..

Mav · #7 14-09-2005, 10:31

In AD's post her name is "Angela McKay".....however she has been named Aschara McCline in the "Global Beauties" link...........has there been a Thai translation there ?

eric-the-viking · #8 15-09-2005, 01:17

apparently she wa on Thai tv last night,
well from what i could make out from the noise in the back ground from last nights phone call.
but they think she is ok

junkhouse · #9 15-09-2005, 02:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by LivinLOS

Pictures ???

Goes to show the weird fascination the Thai 'elite' has with Luk Kreung looks and non thai features.. Watching the thai TV and seeing the soaps packed with pale skinned chinese looking thais is a little odd for a country thats so nationalistic and more than a little xenophobic..

How many times have you heard the words "I am Thai" to explain just about any weird action or belif under the sun and then you see the reaction any half/half would get?
I guess the 50% Thai blood more then makes up for the faults the farang blood and upbringing no doubt would have imposed

erik1 · #10 15-09-2005, 02:43

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Originally Posted by aussie dollar

http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/s...r/thailand.htm

MYSELF ONE ON LEFT BETTER LOOKING

Agree, but same story

LivinLOS · #11 15-09-2005, 08:06

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Originally Posted by junkhouse

How many times have you heard the words "I am Thai" to explain just about any weird action or belif under the sun and then you see the reaction any half/half would get?
I guess the 50% Thai blood more then makes up for the faults the farang blood and upbringing no doubt would have imposed

Theres also the scene in Thai media where half and half's can be more outspoken and westernized (confident / dress sexy / speak thier mind / etc) which is less acceptable for 100% Thai women.. Its kind of tolerated and secretely / privately admired..

Kind of the scandalous but appealing thing that Tata Young has played on..

Coyotee · #12 20-09-2005, 15:39

Published on Sep 20 , 2005

Miss Thailand World Angela McKay has stepped down as the beauty queen, saying she wants to focus on her study.

Angela held a press conference with the organiser of the Miss Thailand World contest, BEC Tero, today (Tuesday) to announce her decision to step down.

Angela won the beauty queen title on September 10.

The first runner-up, Sirinya Jensen, replaced Angela as Miss Thailand World.

Mav · #13 20-09-2005, 17:22

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Originally Posted by Malaysian

Published on Sep 20 , 2005

Miss Thailand World Angela McKay has stepped down as the beauty queen, saying she wants to focus on her study.

Angela held a press conference with the organiser of the Miss Thailand World contest, BEC Tero, today (Tuesday) to announce her decision to step down.

Angela won the beauty queen title on September 10.

The first runner-up, Sirinya Jensen, replaced Angela as Miss Thailand World.

She must have been called up by our cricket team.

aussie dollar · #14 21-09-2005, 14:39

news reporting "nude photos" have surfaced.
hope one on left gets it now !!!!(dirty bastards I mean "miss thai crown")

Mav · #15 21-09-2005, 14:41

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Originally Posted by aussie dollar

news reporting "nude photos" have surfaced.

Oh no.....Gez will want 2 see them !

Coyotee · #16 21-09-2005, 19:54

Miss thailand gives up crown

Published on September 21, 2005

Miss Thailand World 2005 Angela McKay yesterday gave up the crown she had won only 10 days before. The beauty said she was quitting because she wanted to pursue her studies and modelling work in New York. While rumours flew that she had posed for raunchy photographs, her supporters dismissed them and defended her motives as purely personal.

“I’m under contract with a modelling agency in New York. I’m willing to step down. I didn’t understand the contract when I applied, because I can’t read Thai,” she said.

“It was just for fun, experience and an opportunity to learn more Thai, and I didn’t think I’d win”, said Angela. “During the 10 days I’ve been Miss Thailand World, I’ve felt the duties are too heavy. It’s a shame, but I can’t take it”.

However, to her critics, the reasons she gave “don’t make sense” and failed to warrant quitting the pageant, considered by many the opportunity of a lifetime.

As to Angela’s not understanding the contract, her critics wondered why her Thai mother, who appeared so happy when she won, did not translate the conditions for her.

Rumours of her departure started the night before an abrupt press conference was called for yesterday morning.

Angela and her parents, Robert and Anchana McKay, attended the event with pageant organiser BEC-Tero chairman Prasarn Maleenont and CEO Brian Marca.

Also present were Miss Thailand World second and first runners-up Kanokkarn Intim and Sirinda “Cindy” Jensen. They will assume Angela’s duties but not her title, while Cindy will take Angela’s place in the Miss World pageant.

“We have to respect the judges’ decision by keeping Angela as Miss Thailand World. Otherwise, the judges would be discredited, and who would want to judge for us next year?” said Prasarn.

Prasarn said he had no idea about the alleged photographs.

He was informed that Angela was not ready for her duties and was unable to adjust. “We’ll have to do some more background checks, but it’s all is up to the board,” said Prasarn.

“Because Angela decided to further her studies, we have to send Cindy to the Miss World pageant instead. There are no other reasons involved,” said Marca when asked if Angela had departed because of the alleged photographs.

Miss Thailand World 2004, Nikalaya Dullaya, said the decision was completely personal. She said it was really hard work and the sacrifice made over the course of a year was enormous. Nikalaya said she respected Angela’s decision to step down.

Angela completed high school in Australia. Since then, she has travelled and worked as a model in Europe and the US. She hopes to become a set designer for films and television shows.

When asked about the photos, Angela’s mother tearfully said someone had been spreading the malicious rumour.

She said Angela’s modelling work required her to pose for photographs, but they were artistically taken.

Angela’s modelling scout, “Mui”, said she had seen some of Angela’s work, and they included photographs of her in bikinis, but there was nothing like what the rumours claimed, she said.

Angela’s father did not respond to any questions.

A previous Miss Thailand World disruption occurred two years ago, when first runner-up Chatuporn Saengthong was disqualified when it was discovered she was married, which was against pageant regulations.

Sirgezza · #17 21-09-2005, 20:13

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Originally Posted by aussie dollar

news reporting "nude photos" have surfaced.
hope one on left gets it now !!!!(dirty bastards I mean "miss thai crown")

Where are they - on the internet, what's the site?

Mav · #18 22-09-2005, 08:13

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Originally Posted by gez

Where are they - on the internet, what's the site?

http://www.gezwantstoseenudeshotsofa...heplanet .com

barflyrex · #19 27-09-2005, 09:05

AP - Thai-Australian model Angela McKay, 21, last week gave up her title of Miss Thailand World, citing a contractual commitment to a modelling agency, but Thai newspapers, continue to seek out a scandal behind her actions.

McKay, after holding the beauty crown for ten days, gave a news conference last week to announce that she was stepping down.

Raised in Western Australia, with an Australian father and a Thai mother, she said her relatively weak Thai-language ability made her unaware that winning the pageant would commit her to staying in Thailand for a year.

She said she realised only after her victory that she would be unable to fulfil a commitment to a New York modelling agency, so decided to give up her title for career reasons.

Despite her explanation, rumours were rife - circulating especially on popular web boards on the internet - that she was stepping down because potentially scandalous nude photos of her existed.

Her parents told Australian newspapers that they were aware only of some swimsuit-type shots that were "tastefully taken."

However, on Saturday, a Thai tabloid newspaper, Bangkok Today, published four nude photos they claimed were of McKay, and a bigger mass market daily, Thai Post, reprinted one of them on Monday.

McKay could not be located for comment.

Although Thailand has a huge sex industry, public attitudes toward nudity remain fairly conservative, reflecting society's Buddhist roots.