Thai designer defends working for award-winning Laos costume

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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BANGKOK — Thailand’s white elephant failed to roar its way to victory at this year’s Miss Universe 2018, but the prize for best national costume nevertheless went to an elaborate dress designed by a Thai.

 

Rapeepat Sumray, who conjured up On-anong Homsombath’s award-winning costume depicting mythical avians, said he was taken by surprise at the news of victory. He said he didn’t expect the first time he designed for Laos would be met with such success.

 

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Very poor headline. What is there to defend? Nothing. This guy should be applauded.

"THAI MAN WINS LAOS AWARD FOR BEST COSTUME" should be the headline!

Here is a more accurate headline:

"When nationalism and envy become endemic"

The designer also defended his decision to work for the Laotian contestant despite his nationality. “I saw it this way: it’s about opportunities,” Rapeepat, who’s better known by his stage name Kamphee Alangkan, said. “If they hand me that opportunity, I should grasp it. I have to do whatever brings me success.”

 

Kudos to Sumray. Anyone who criticizes him for working at designing a dress for the Loatian contestant, knows nothing about anything, has a mind smaller than a postage stamp, lives in a box less than 5 cm in circumference, and is completely brain dead. There is no place for extreme nationalism in this day and age. It is an era of globalization. Be proud of this guy, do not attempt to take him down, under the pretense of bigoted, false nationalism. Dumb and dumber. That costume is incredible. Super creative stuff. 

...and he has to defend that, because....???

Well..not on aesthetic grounds..apparently.

 

The long and the short and the tall of it is that he is a traitor.

 

A traitor to what exactly in the Land of Endemic Democracy is open to  question..