Thai contestant appeals for votes in Miss Universe 2017 contest

By The Nation

 

 

IF YOU want to have your say and help Miss Universe Thailand Mareeya Poonlertlarb return home with the Miss Universe 2017 crown, be ready for pre-voting that will open tomorrow at noon.
 

 The beauty queens with the highest number of votes in the competition held in Las Vegas will receive a guaranteed spot in the Top 12.

 

Anyone who wants to vote for Mareeya, a 25-year-old half-Thai, half-Swedish model, can cast their ballot by visiting vote.missuniverse.com. You will need to log in using Facebook, Twitter or email authentication, and follow the voting instructions. There is a limit of 10 votes per account per day via this method during the voting period.

 

A second voting approach is via Twitter by submitting a tweet or a retweet with #MissUniverse and a contestant-specific hashtag announced on the website. For Mareeya, the tweet could be something like: “I support Mareeya to be Miss Universe 2017 #MissUniverse #Thailand.”

 

Miss Universe 2017’s Facebook page said that only the votes that complied with the instructions and rules, and were within the proper voting period, would be counted.

 

Tweets must not contain subject matter that is sexually explicit, obscene, pornographic, violent, discriminatory, illegal, offensive, threatening, profane or harassing. 

 

Mareeya wore a specially designed Thai outfit under the theme “Making of the Chasing of Light” at the national costume competition on Saturday at the Planet Hollywood Mezzanine in Las Vegas. The costume, designed by Prapakas Angsusingha, won applause from both Thais and foreigners at the event.

 

 The inspiration for the costume came from a Thai native tale about the origins of lightning and thunder from a story in the epic poem, Ramayana. According to the story, Mekhala, the goddess of lightning who had a magic crystal, accidentally met the Giant Ramasoon, or god of thunder. She refused to give him the magic crystal and he became angry. 

 

Mekhala wanted to tease him by soaring into the air, tempting him to follow her. During the chase, the crystal shone and caused lightning. When the giant threw his diamond hammer at her, it caused thunder.

 

 There are two figures incorporated in the costume. Mekhala is a puppet, while Mareeya is Ramasoon in the costume. The costume is in a modern Thai style.

 

 You will be able to watch a broadcast of the official national costume contest on facebook.com/MissUniverse/ and on YouTube next Sunday, November 26 at 9am, Thailand time.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30332016

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-11-20

errrr... she doesn't look remotely Asian let alone Thai

1 hour ago, lupin said:

errrr... she doesn't look remotely Asian let alone Thai

I beg to differ. Also, she's certainly better looking than what many in the press like to call a Thai "Pretty".

 

Edited November 20, 20178 yr by jaywalker

I can equate to that

 

Think I will do laundry instead. 

Beauty contests are based on the subjectivity and biases of supposedly unbiased judges.  But really?  No.  

 

 

she's supposed to have-appeal, not to-appeal... 

 

 

might as well go to monk and donate baht for good luck

Winner is predetermined. Organisers and Miss Thailand Pageant owners need commercially viable, useful,  easy to manage title holders. Contestants need to "lobby" the decision makers in every way they can using all connections to achieve success. No good just turning up on the night looking lovely.

3 hours ago, lupin said:

errrr... she doesn't look remotely Asian let alone Thai

As said in the article, she is "half Thai", so not really Thai, something half alien.

Edited November 20, 20178 yr by hansnl

Was she born in Thailand? Does she speak Thai? If yes, yes, then I guess she is qualified to enter the contest.
If she's had facial or body enhacing surgery then she should not be allowed to enter.

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best form of lobbying;

 

 would be to instead have her compete for Miss World, and raise Baht for Charity

5 hours ago, webfact said:

There is a limit of 10 votes per account per day via this method during the voting period.

Right. So the usual cheating then? If she doesn't think she has a chance to get into the finalist group in an honest way, she shouldn't be competing at all.

2 hours ago, jaywalker said:

I beg to differ. Also, she's certainly better looking than what many in the press like to call a Thai "Pretty".

 

 

I beg to differ - on both counts.

 

Each to their own!

15 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

Right. So the usual cheating then? If she doesn't think she has a chance to get into the finalist group in an honest way, she shouldn't be competing at all.

Why is she cheating if she is campaigning for votes, within the rules of the competition?

52 minutes ago, hansnl said:

As said in the article, she is "half Thai", so not really Thai, something half alien.

Actually she's 1/4 Thai.. mother is Thai-Chinese

I won't say ' I have seen better working the tills in Lotus '    I may well of seen better ones in Lotus ,  but we are not voting .................................now that would be better on TV , vote for your fav. Lotus girl.

 

 

Miss South Africa Won...

 

Miss Thailand was in the final 5....

 

she was beautiful..., should of won....., anyway, all personnel choice...

 

Thailand does have some beautiful looking Women...

 

 

 

On 11/20/2017 at 9:40 AM, lupin said:

Actually she's 1/4 Thai.. mother is Thai-Chinese

She might be 0% Thai then, if the Thai-Chinese mom is fully Chinese but with Thai citizenship.