Thai hope to win worldwide acclaim that our women are the most beautiful fell short last night as Maeya failed to win the international beauty contest that Thais very much looked forward to.
Although Miss Thailand Maeya Nonthawan wasn’t named the most beautiful girl in the world, she comes home as one of 11 finalists from the Miss World contest, held in London last night.
Maeya’s finalist spot was made possible by votes via a contest voting app. She received the most votes and for that won the “People’s Choice Award” and a spot in the top 11 automatically.
Thailand’s national fervor for pageants likely proved a big help, after all, as what other nations are as obsessed as Thailand and the Philippines? The two nations are still online debating the pageant in international forums everywhere.
Indeed a Thai-organized campaign online encouraged people to vote for Maeya, who had a lot of hopes riding on her as the tan-skin beauty who broke the bleached-skin mold that had been the pageant norm.
Although Maeya looked stunningly beautiful last night, she wasn’t the only beautiful girl on the stage. Instead, South African Rolene Strauss, a 22-year-old medical student and model, won the crown, with second and third places go to Miss Hungary and Miss United States respectively.
Winner Rolene Strauss from South Africa (middle), first runner-up Eduna Kulcsar from Hungary (left), and second runner up Elizabeth Safrit from the United States(right). Photo: Miss World
Maeya’s results shattered many hopeful hearts here in the kingdom, driving some sour apples to leave sour grapes on Miss World’s official Facebook page.
“Lack of quality… just don’t host a contest again, please… no standards… unfair!” an anonymous user posted on the pageant’s profile. “Seriously, are you blind? Fuck you!”
Folks, we’ll always have our Apasara Hongsakul, 1965 Miss Universe winner from Thailand, who’s still alarmingly hot at 67.
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