Best Headline So Far:

“Surprise When Thais Saw Thighs”
– The South African Star

Some people have questioned whether this new morality drive is connected with the new military regime in Bangkok. Yes? No?

[Ms Suriyawong was reportedly forced to demonstrate to the university that the dress had specially sewn-in underwear.]

A Thai writer notes:

When Suriyawong appeared in an outrageously revealing outfit for the Subhannahongse (Thailand’s version of the Academy Awards) presentation, the emerging actress was bombarded with criticism. From her own account, Amy frankly said it was a craving for media attention that had made her pick that outfit, said to be inspired by an evening gown worn either by actress/model Elizabeth Hurley or a US beauty queen.

The actress truly believed the revealing dress would enable her to win ”front-page” treatment from the media. And she was not wrong. But what she did not expect was that things would go way beyond control.

…her acting career appears doomed. The media bombardment has stripped the actress of her more desirable nang ek hopes of a demure heroine. Out of the question.

Amy and two other struggling actresses who also turned up at the Subhannahongse night in scantily-clad gowns, have been penalised by the big boss of the Saha Mongkol Film camp, Somsak ”Sia Jiang” Techarattanaprasert, who ordered a director to remove all the three from the cast of a film, Suai Samurai, for being ”too sexy” and revealing too much.