The article makes no mention of "bad girl" Nampetch and "fat girl" Fai who were the original first and third but then left the field clear for American Ellie (masquerading as a Thai) to represent Thailand.

Thailand won the crown twice. In Asia , that is not a simple task as to just take the crown.

You don't understand. Our representative was of course more beautiful than all other competitors. The pageant judges simply failed to recognize that fact.

the widely celebrated beauty of the kingdom’s women went unrecognized again...

I believe this is all part of a concerted effort by foreigners and especially the foreign press to disrespect Thailand and Thainess.

I think the government should consider legal action, clearly, this is defamation and damages the reputation of Thailand, as the home of the most beautiful people in the world.

Those damn foreigners. They are always trying to mess up our party. And they cause us great pain, when they say bad things about us. It seems to us like they are making all this stuff up. All the weird rumors about military coups, press censorship, human rights violations, migrant worker issues. When will those foreigners just leave us alone. It used to be so much better without all the social media, and all that international news. Who needs it?

My daughter's gonna win in a few years.