wealth Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 ... as one of two Thais in athletes ... respect for this lady and her character ... really impressive how she goes for what she likes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wym Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I think her non-physical traits are likely more from the Chinese and farang in her background than anything to do with Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thongkorn Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I think she is on the fiddle, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdanielmcev Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Photoshopped? There's a white line around her head. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobo Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Photoshopped? There's a white line around her head. The image does look Photoshopped, but she was there at the opening ceremonies. The other Thai athlete carried the flag, and she followed in trace. In the Olympics, though, she is competing as Vanessa Vanakorn. The other Thai athlete is Kanes Suchanritakul, an alpine skier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasun Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 No question she's been photoshopped in. Maybe they thought she was competing for North Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I think her non-physical traits are likely more from the Chinese and farang in her background than anything to do with Thailand. why? and what does non physical traits mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wym Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Physical - pertaining to her body, appearance, her beauty is very Thai, or at least luk Kreung, As she's been raised overseas, more as a Brit and Singaporean, the Kingdom can't really lay claim to her other attributes as acclaimed in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutoie2 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Her father is Thai and her mother is Chinese. Farang??. She is also a British citizen. Sent from my i-mobile IQ 2 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wym Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Culture she was raised in is British, hence farang upbringing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Everyone is blurred, except her. Even the ones in front of her. But good luck, anyway!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobo Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 There seems to be a bit of confusion about her background, so here it is: Vanessa Mae was born to an English man of Thai background and a Singaporean woman. Her parents divorced and her mother re-married a British citizen. She was raised in Europe and introduced to the violin (and skiing) at the age of four. She became the richest UK entertainer under the age of 30 with her style of techno-classical music. She was estranged from her biological father for quite some time, but when she wanted to compete in the Olympics, the two became close again. Thailand, of course, jumped at the chance to "claim" her as one of its own, and she became a Thai citizen a couple of years back. She qualified for the Olympics based on the required number of races and scores. I watched the opening ceremonies, and the announcers were all over her and ignored the flag-bearer completely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseFrank Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 No question she's been photoshopped in. Maybe they thought she was competing for North Korea. Maybe because she has aged a bit ? This picture is the most recent one, and to me she look much less attractive as how we all know her. For those in doubt, Vanessa is the one on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taotoo Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Everyone is blurred, except her. Even the ones in front of her. But good luck, anyway!! That's normal - depth of field. It's probably not photoshopped - why would it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 She'll be British if she wins:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealth Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Photoshopped? There's a white line around her head. The image does look Photoshopped, but she was there at the opening ceremonies. The other Thai athlete carried the flag, and she followed in trace. In the Olympics, though, she is competing as Vanessa Vanakorn. The other Thai athlete is Kanes Suchanritakul, an alpine skier. no, it's not photo shopped. It's the reflection of flood light while the others a little blurred out so that you can't see the same effect as it makes on her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 The picture is from Barbara Walton of EPA. It's not p/shopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Physical - pertaining to her body, appearance, her beauty is very Thai, or at least luk Kreung, As she's been raised overseas, more as a Brit and Singaporean, the Kingdom can't really lay claim to her other attributes as acclaimed in the OP. Look at the national teams at soccer in Europe...have the player can't even speak "their" countries language...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomatopo Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) It looks like Miss Vanakorn finished dead last, 74th 67th out of 74 67 finishers, 50.10 seconds aggregate for two runs behind the Gold Medalist. But kudos for finishing, running in poor conditions, fifteen others DNFed. I'd say finishing, even last, is a lot better outcome than I would have predicted. Edited February 18, 2014 by lomatopo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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