Thai actress dressed down for revealing gown (must read to blind to atone for undermining morality)

Reuters ^ | Feb 16, 2007 5:01 PM IST

[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.

[bk1000]

Yowsa!

[hummingbird]

Oh, yeah, that's me!

We could be twins, I just don't wanna....

[Kimmers]

Well if she was going for the street corner ho look she did succeed.

It seems many celebs these days get fashion inspiration from the ladies of the evening.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Hot stuff !

[Nachum]

As Howard Dean might say:

YYEEAAAHHHHH

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Tulsathit Taptim... said the brouhaha had "exposed ugly truths" about Thailand.

She wears that 'bruhaha' rather well; nothing 'ugly' I can see....

[353FMG]

I wonder what she's studying and what her GP average is.

[Abathar]

Wow, nice!

(Now let's hope a bunch of 50+ year olds like Babbs doesn't imitate her during the Oscars...)

[Squawk 8888]

Probably a fitting penalty- she probably inspired a lot of people to make themselves go blind ;-)

[Zuben Elgenubi]

hubba hubba.

[CORedneck]

Univiersities acting in Loco Parentis. A concept that is making a come back here in the states.....

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

has imposed a penalty requiring her to read to the blind for two weeks

Read to the blind? They won't appreciate her assets very much. She should read to the deaf.

[Tax-chick]

"If I'd known it would have been so controversial, I wouldn't have done it."

Nonsense.

[Abathar]

I see the Mods didn't like your choice of catagories.

Again.

[SSR1]

She can read to me all night long!
I've been a bad, bad boy.

[Tax-chick]

That seems to be something of a consensus.

[JRios1968]

Thai actress dressed down for revealing gown...

I think the headline writer was trying his/her hand at comedy...

[JRios1968]

[angkor]

9 of 10

[Mad Dawg]

Thighland!

That looks like the most uncomfortable dress. If it was me I'd be looking around to see where the draft was coming from.

---

[TADSLOS]

It's a Burhka for you honey! Get with the program.

[angkor]

Thai..ping pong.

[CholeraJoe]

I wonder where she got all the money for the plastic surgery - Epicanthal folds (eye job), chin implant, and boob job?

[Enterprise]

"Read to the blind? They won't appreciate her assets very much."

Oh that shouldn't be much too trouble. She can let them "read" her assets with their fingers.

[nmh]

Looks like a wanna be slut in training.

[nmh]

"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.

[Leatherneck_MT]

Well they don't call their capital Bangkok for nothin.

[killjoy]

Since I live in bangkok, as a service to the FR community, here is another one with some better lighting.

[Enterprise]

Looking at the picture and contemplating the words "dressed down." Oh yes, yes indeed.

[HOTTIEBOY]

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.

[Holicheese]

MEOW!

[Enterprise]

"Since I live in bangkok, as a service to the FR community"

Service with a smile.

[killjoy]

[HOTTIEBOY]

exposed ugly truths about Thailand.

I thought the brothels and teenagers raised specifically for prostitution covered that...

[bmwcyle]

I see nothing wrong at all.

[Enterprise]

LMAO!

[bmwcyle]

You opinion is?

[bmwcyle]

your

[pissant]

She needs a caning. I volunteer.

[JRios1968]

[JRios1968]

[Dead Corpse]

Hiut it like a screen-door in a hurricane...

[nmh]

Would you let YOUR daughter walk around like THAT?

[nmh]

If this was such NORMAL attire, why the thread?

Why did it make the news?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

My daughter won't be dressing like that ... look at some of the crude comments on this thread ... my daughter deserves better than that. We aren't raising a slut in training.

[Wolfstar]

Probably a fitting penalty- she probably inspired a lot of people to make themselves go blind

LOL!

[Publius6961]

"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."

This from a "last-year" student at a prestigious' university??!!??

WTF?

[HOTTIEBOY]

Would you let YOUR daughter walk around like THAT?

If she was 30 years old, yes.
Daughter? Who said anything about daughters. My daughter has worn a two piece bathing suit at the beach, yes.
We had fun that day. She got a sunburn. She built a sand castle. And she's not going to hell for it either.
If you think that constitutes sluttiness, then you really need to get out of the convent more often...