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  • Bikini-clad beauty queens offend Thais

    05/19/2005 12:50:54 PM PDT · by Selkie · 75 replies · 4,103+ views
    BANGKOK (Reuters) - Miss Universe organizers scrambled on Thursday to calm a furor over photos of bikini-clad contestants posing near an ancient Buddhist temple in pageant host Thailand after the images infuriated religious leaders. The photos, which showed beauty queens on a Bangkok river cruise with the famed Wat Arun, or "Temple of Dawn," in the background, were swiftly removed from the pageant Web site. But religious leaders and culture watchdogs are still upset, saying the episode violated traditional values and morality just days before a key Buddhist holiday. "This is the time of Visakha Bucha when we are reminded...
  • 'Miss Drunk' Contest Is Held in Thailand (burp)

    01/17/2003 6:10:42 AM PST · by Dallas · 7 replies · 41+ views
    BANGKOK, Thailand -- Most people would hate to be called a drunk, but Thailand's Arunothai Sriaran is wearing the epithet like a crown. Arunothai was named "Miss Drunk" at a contest Thursday to promote Thai wines after downing five shots and walking a zigzag path between two rows of wine bottles without knocking them down. "I was not drunk. Only a little bit dizzy. I was fine and refreshed after a cup of coffee and washing my face," Arunothai told The Associated Press on Friday. "The local wine is rather sweet ... like orange juice," said Arunothai, a 36-year-old...