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Close-up of Thao Thep Krasattri and Thao Si Sunthon's monument prototype, the built one is in Phuket. Thao Thep Krasattri (ท้าวเทพกระษัตรี 1735 – 1792) and Thao Si Sunthon (ท้าวศรีสุนทร), formerly Khun Ying Chan (คุณหญิงจัน) and Khun Ying Muk (คุณหญิงมุก), respectively, are Thai national heroines ...
In 2016, after Miss Grand Thailand began franchising the provincial competitions to individual organizers, who would name seventy-seven provincial titleholders to compete in the national pageant, the license for Phuket province was purchased by a local entrepreneur, Teerasak Phonngarm (ธีรศักดิ์ ผลงาม), [1] who later organized the first Miss Grand Phuket competition ...
The murder of Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf, a woman of Swiss nationality on holiday in Phuket, Thailand, occurred in August 2021. [1] She was found dead at Ao Yon waterfall, a popular tourist destination, and thought to have been dead 3 days prior to discovery of the corpse. She was found wearing only a t-shirt and jacket and covered by a black tarp.
The Hanna Charlotta Backlund case involves the murder of a 27-year-old Swedish woman named Hanna Charlotta Bäcklund on the northern tip of the island of Phuket, Thailand on March 14, 2008. On the afternoon of the day of her death, Bäcklund asked her travel companion to join her for a walk on the beach but her friend stayed at the grounds of ...
The Penal Code Amendment Act (No. 14), B.E. 2540 (1997) [15] does not state that prostitution in Thailand is illegal. However, Title IX, Section 286 of the Penal Code states: “Any person, being over sixteen years of age, [sic] subsists on the earning of a prostitute, even if it is some part of her incomes [sic], shall be punished with imprisonment of seven to twenty years and fined of ...
Thailand initiated a Memorandum of Understanding for the Treatment of Trafficking of Women and Children in 1999. [27] It is a guideline for responsible governmental agencies to take legal action against traffickers and "provide social assistance to trafficking women and children of Thai and other nationalities."
During the Vietnam War, Thailand was a popular destination for American soldiers on their R&R leave. [6] Although the soldiers preferred women rather than young girls, the sex industry in Thailand developed faster than ever before. [6] There were five US bases in Thailand, each housing up to 50,000 troops. [1]
Miss Thailand 2023 (Thai: นางสาวไทย 2566) was the 54th edition of Miss Thailand beauty pageant organized by TPN Global Co., Ltd. under cooperation with Tero Entertainment. The pageant scheduled to be held at Chaeng Watthana Hall, Central Chaeng Watthana, Nonthaburi on 19 March 2023, [ 1 ] while the initial pageant activities ...