Thai beauty queen sparks online drama over airline seat

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A misunderstanding involving Thai beauty queen Nampech Teeyapa and renowned YouTuber Spin9 has sparked significant online drama.

 

Nampech criticised an airline for providing a lower-grade seat than she expected despite paying nearly 400,000 baht, which she believed would secure her a Qsuite seat. However, her ticket was for a standard business class seat on a Boeing 777-300ER, which does not feature Qsuite or Premium Economy seating as she had thought.

 

The beauty queen’s initial outrage appeared to be directed solely at the airline but the situation escalated when she tagged Spin9, a popular tech and travel reviewer, in an Instagram story. In her post, she accused Spin9 of misleading content and seeking engagement at her expense.

 

“When booking tickets, it clearly states which flights have Qsuite and which don’t, with different prices. Who is really at fault here, Spin9? Don’t just make your content famous at the expense of others. You benefit from free reviews, but others are genuinely affected. Don’t add to their troubles.”

 

 

Nampech mistakenly believed that Spin9’s content had referenced her specific issue with the airline, but Spin9’s video had been created three months earlier. This was clarified by Spin9’s wife, Suching, who responded on social media.

 

“Nampech, have you misunderstood something? Spin9 has never mentioned or known you before being tagged today. The website that wrote about you referenced Spin9’s earlier review. Please read carefully and post a new story to apologise.”

 

Realising her mistake, Nampech later apologised via her Instagram story, stating that she had resolved the misunderstanding with Spin9. She acknowledged that Spin9 had not created any content about her but maintained that her confusion was understandable. She urged everyone to avoid further drama and mentioned her willingness to take legal action if necessary.

 

Despite Nampech’s attempts to settle the matter, social media users continued to discuss her actions. Many criticised her for not fully grasping her mistake and dragging an unrelated party into the dispute. While she expressed a desire to move past the issue, her comments about seeking benefits and readiness to go to court kept the conversation going, reported KhaoSod.

 

By Puntid Tantivangphaisal

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-07-26

 

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[StayinThailand2much]

A beauty queen shouldn't be a drama queen too... 😋

[Mavideol]

really?? who cares,... and it made the news and I was stupid enough to click

[PingRoundTheWorld]

She's a queen alright, but not sure if I'd call her a beauty. Well past her prime, yet still a prima donna apparently. It is indeed frustrating when airlines market the same class and rates for different types of premium seats, but the way to handle it is not - file a complaint with the airline and move on. Bitching about it online and even worse attacking people who had nothing to do with it is exactly how not to handle oneself.

[newbee2022]

Thai Kindergarten 🥱

[NowNow]

She didn't spend 400k, that's just 💩

[Artisi]

Wow, what an absolute disappointment, she must be completely shattered by the  experience. 

[watchcat]

10 hours ago, Artisi said:

Wow, what an absolute disappointment, she must be completely shattered by the  experience. 

 

Yes she shouldn't leave her home without constant supervision.

[Gsxrnz]

Beauty Queen? In the low sevens at best. 

[sfbandung]

Beauty queen? Se has that awful manufactured look that comes with having had too much work done. The prima donna act? Who is surprised?

[nobodysfriend]

The bulls hit again .

Thai wanna be celebrities want to be in the headlines ...

[hotchilli]

I guess the seat was too small to accommodate her ego.

[spidermike007]

She sounds like a self entitled brat. And one without much in the way of smarts, if she paid $11,000 for that ticket. 

[Zack61]

She suffers from a severe case of self entitlement. I’m not sure how she is going to recover from this. Perhaps she’s going to have to spend another 400,000 on a therapist. 

[thesetat2013]

Whether she is a beauty queen or not is debatable. But she surely must be stupid to pay 400k for a plane ticket. Even more so to blame an unrelated party. And then triple down on that for threatening legal action. This so called beauty queen needs to stay home and do her content online to generate income because surely she is not in touch with reality... From her popularity, her fans are also not in touch with reality either

[sumongkhwai]

"She urged everyone to avoid further drama and mentioned her willingness to take legal action if necessary."

 

Legal action against who? Either you bought the ticket and should have known what you bought or someone else bought it for you and you just "assumed" it was a Qsuite. I highly doubt you spent $B400,000 and thought you were getting a Qsuite (I belive, although not mentioned, that Qatar is the only airline with the Qsuite) which is considerably more.

 

Anyway, wishing you well in your legal battles as I guess you have to do something to stay relevant once you're past your prime. Good luck. 

[ezzra]

6 minutes ago, sfbandung said:

Beauty queen? Se has that awful manufactured look that comes with having had too much work done. The prima donna act? Who is surprised?

The term Beauty queen is subject to a lots of interpretation and whose is judging, and beside, beauty is in the eye of beholder,

what looks beautiful to some might look just an ordinary to others...

[mikeymike100]

13 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

She's a queen alright, but not sure if I'd call her a beauty. Well past her prime, yet still a prima donna apparently. It is indeed frustrating when airlines market the same class and rates for different types of premium seats, but the way to handle it is not - file a complaint with the airline and move on. Bitching about it online and even worse attacking people who had nothing to do with it is exactly how not to handle oneself.

Absolutely correct, but unfortunately, especially for the 'younger' generation they always put these issues on 'their' social media thinking it will attract more attention and clicks, as in this case!

[IamNoone88]

Excellent news story. Very important. Very informative. Thank you again for this knuckle dragging headliner.

[chiman]

If you can't take it, don't sling it... 

[renaissanc]

As expected most posters are attacking her personally. To you, I say: If you had spent nearly 400,000 Baht on a suite and you were given a "cheap" seat, how would you feel? For all we know, maybe the airline had to change the plane to one that didn't have a QSuite. She deserves justice, not personal attacks.

[soalbundy]

14 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

A beauty queen shouldn't be a drama queen too... 😋

The two are inseparable, just one big ego trip.

[DUNROAMIN]

Another airhead who thinks the world revolves around them.

[Bert got kinky]

 

Dubai porta-potty wannabe.

 

[ronster]

Oohh look at me I have money !!

But seriously lacking brain matter. 🤯

[Korat Kiwi]

If I had a dog with a face like that, I'd shave its a*se and teach it to walk backwards. 

[10baht]

13 hours ago, NowNow said:

She didn't spend 400k, that's just 💩

If she did she is pretty stupid.

[Bundooman]

41 minutes ago, sfbandung said:

Beauty queen? Se has that awful manufactured look that comes with having had too much work done. The prima donna act? Who is surprised?

I'd still gerfurgle it!

I'm not too choosy.

[Oliver Holzerfilled]

How did she earn the 400k baht for the ticket?

[Peterphuket]

It is nothing but 'Thai. Style', nothing wrong people, just keep walking.