"Her office will gather pictures of too-much revealing models at the motor show for using as evidence for taking action, she added. "

I need to see the evidence before I can make a judgment.

From this post on I will only make one comment: This place is <deleted> (in every possible good and bad way).

Thainess

I don't know why they're picking on the models. - they just wear (or not) what they're told. If they want paid they don't have any choice. Typical Thai Official mentality. Scapegoat the poor sod on the lowest rung of the ladder.

That is an excellent point. I would expect the models were asked

what size they were, and when they showed up were handed

what amounted to to a uniform for them to wear. I hate to use

the L word here in Thailand, but logically the " culture " ministry

should be going after the car manufacturers themselves for

forcing the poor girls to wear skimpy uniforms. Haha good luck

with that, would be fun to see what the hypocritical government

would do if Honda talked about pulling out of Thailand..

Edited March 25, 201511 yr by EyesWideOpen

The bar is raised once again.

if they have to use near naked women to sell cars you really have to wonder at the mentality of the ones that buy them. Nothing wrong with seeing near naked women but every country has its own laws and here it is not allowed, very simple. We all want to live here so we must abide by the thai laws(even if we dont agree with them), if seeing naked women all the time is more important to you then maybe you are in the wrong country. We all have out whinges but seriously, naked women mean so much to some of you at a car show, lets us know which head you think with, I thought car shows were to look at the cars, not wandering around staring at models.

Wow, what planet have you been living on?

I don't go to motor shows because I have no interest in cars, but even I know that the 'prettys' are present in abundance draped over every car. This has been a staple of the auto industry for quite some time now. It you want to blame someone, blame the marketing departments. You know the old adage... 'Sex Sells'.

One post referring to the Thai government as a dictatorship has been removed from this thread.

The minister said he has seen the photos of body-painted models and he thought they were revealing too much and their act was not appropriate for the Thai culture.

Can we see said photo's please, so people can give an informed opinion as to whether they are appropriate or not

Stickman (stickboy?) has them on his site (maybe not for much longer). Very interesting, but this comes under the heading of 'Much ado about nothing'. If one really wants to oogle scantily clad girls, Nana or Soi Cowboy would be a better bet.

Thailand becoming more and more like Singapore literally... Maybe The Little PM wants to be to Thailand as Lee Kuan Yew was to Singapore, who ruled for three decades. Looks like the same authoritarian playbook.

More clothes less Ferraris sold...

Next thing you know they will have a law banning tight fitting clothes. Then what will the prime minister wear??

This is ridiculous.

Thailand is world famous for beauty, and beautiful women are part of it.

It's a matter of taste whether visitors to motorshows like the models' outfit or not (it's certainly not porn).

Edited March 26, 201511 yr by micmichd

there is so much immorality in the LOS that the issue of overexposed women is negligible.

Not worth going then.........Have they resurected the Minister that was under Thaksin?? The one who wanted to make it illegal to teach Thai-Wisdom to farang?.....

Yes, its a small booklet available at the chocolate teapot shop

As usual I have to go against the grain.

I totally agree with the minister. These days they can't get away with just putting pretty girls up on the stand, there has to be more to it, the game has changed.

The car shows are put on to sell cars and promote business. They have to give the products the semblance of having class, i.e. including the models, also they are not taking into consideration that probably women are are taking an equal interest in these shows as the men, perhaps more.

Oh look...grandpa just got out of bed!

As usual I have to go against the grain.

I totally agree with the minister. These days they can't get away with just putting pretty girls up on the stand, there has to be more to it, the game has changed.

The car shows are put on to sell cars and promote business. They have to give the products the semblance of having class, i.e. including the models, also they are not taking into consideration that probably women are are taking an equal interest in these shows as the men, perhaps more.

Equal rights for interested females.

Any idea what women want to see in a car show? Male models, or what?

Edited March 26, 201511 yr by micmichd

A gov'ment bash in M/Chan 2 nights ago.

As usual I have to go against the grain.

I totally agree with the minister. These days they can't get away with just putting pretty girls up on the stand, there has to be more to it, the game has changed.

The car shows are put on to sell cars and promote business. They have to give the products the semblance of having class, i.e. including the models, also they are not taking into consideration that probably women are are taking an equal interest in these shows as the men, perhaps more.

Oh look...grandpa just got out of bed!

Yes, looks like Gramps will spend another evening trying to mend his broken tea spout. poor boy, I remember when he had a pulse (and knew what to do with it)

DM07 ... i actually laughed out loud, thanks ... I needed that.

As usual I have to go against the grain.

I totally agree with the minister. These days they can't get away with just putting pretty girls up on the stand, there has to be more to it, the game has changed.

The car shows are put on to sell cars and promote business. They have to give the products the semblance of having class, i.e. including the models, also they are not taking into consideration that probably women are are taking an equal interest in these shows as the men, perhaps more.

Equal rights for interested females.

Any idea what women want to see in a car show? Male models, or what?

No idea, but with the topic on positive discrimination let's at least show one male motor

depositphotos_12091684-Sexy-man-on-motorcycle.jpg

http://depositphotos.com/12091684/stock-photo-sexy-man-on-motorcycle.html

PS even searching for male models yahoo came with many 'pretties'. I'm as appalled as the Ministry of Culture

You have complexly missed the point here.

This is not an advertisement for a motorcycle.

The bike is not branded, and has been Photoshopped to eliminate details.

In short, you got waht you Googled "Sexy man on Motorcycle"

Please examine the picture I included.

This is how they sell performance bikes to MEN.

As usual I have to go against the grain.

I totally agree with the minister. These days they can't get away with just putting pretty girls up on the stand, there has to be more to it, the game has changed.

The car shows are put on to sell cars and promote business. They have to give the products the semblance of having class, i.e. including the models, also they are not taking into consideration that probably women are are taking an equal interest in these shows as the men, perhaps more.

Oh look...grandpa just got out of bed!

Yes, looks like Gramps will spend another evening trying to mend his broken tea spout. poor boy, I remember when he had a pulse (and knew what to do with it)

DM07 ... i actually laughed out loud, thanks ... I needed that.

FYI: Thailand Ministry of Culture - Vision & Mission

Edited March 26, 201511 yr by MaxYakov

As usual I have to go against the grain.

I totally agree with the minister. These days they can't get away with just putting pretty girls up on the stand, there has to be more to it, the game has changed.

The car shows are put on to sell cars and promote business. They have to give the products the semblance of having class, i.e. including the models, also they are not taking into consideration that probably women are are taking an equal interest in these shows as the men, perhaps more.

Equal rights for interested females.

Any idea what women want to see in a car show? Male models, or what?

No idea, but with the topic on positive discrimination let's at least show one male motor

depositphotos_12091684-Sexy-man-on-motorcycle.jpg

http://depositphotos.com/12091684/stock-photo-sexy-man-on-motorcycle.html

PS even searching for male models yahoo came with many 'pretties'. I'm as appalled as the Ministry of Culture

You have complexly missed the point here.

This is not an advertisement for a motorcycle.

The bike is not branded, and has been Photoshopped to eliminate details.

In short, you got waht you Googled "Sexy man on Motorcycle"

Please examine the picture I included.

This is how they sell performance bikes to MEN.

I yahoo-ed for images with three search keys: motor male model

Which law was violated?

Probably something passed by one of the military juntas over the last fifty years that everybody else has forgotten about. You know, I remember in 1971, when I was here on R&R from Pleiku, one of the girls at the Thai Heaven told me that if they went outside the bar dressed the way they dressed inside, they'd be arrested. Let's see, that was Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn, but the law/regulation probably went back to Field Marshall Sarit, or maybe Pol. Gen. Pao Sarasin. I've always kind of admired Sarit for his brash confidence escorting younger and younger "nieces" to various public functions. Pao, as near as I've learned, was much more prudish, although arguably more corrupt. (and that's going some). The Culture Ministry is entirely staffed by puritan bluenoses who have no function except to complain that the young women of today have no respect for Thai values. That's where they should have put Purachai, not in Interior where he controlled the Police (at the time).

I believe we can give the propriety genesis credit to Field Marshall Plaek Phibunsongkhram (Phibun) in the 30's and 40's. He wanted Western dress for Thais to change the image of Thailand in the West (or so Wiki says) The "uncivilized" Thai apparel is on the left panel of this poster from the era in case it's not obvious:

:

Google hits

1. tanks and

2. motorcycle parts

for those keywords.

As usual I have to go against the grain.

I totally agree with the minister. These days they can't get away with just putting pretty girls up on the stand, there has to be more to it, the game has changed.

The car shows are put on to sell cars and promote business. They have to give the products the semblance of having class, i.e. including the models, also they are not taking into consideration that probably women are are taking an equal interest in these shows as the men, perhaps more.

Oh look...grandpa just got out of bed!

Yes, looks like Gramps will spend another evening trying to mend his broken tea spout. poor boy, I remember when he had a pulse (and knew what to do with it)

DM07 ... i actually laughed out loud, thanks ... I needed that.

Not true. I bought a new tea pot last week.

Which law was violated?

Maybe the people who proposed to take legal action against the models are gay and therefore the violated law was the lack of male genitalia shown. Lol.

No steps forward two steps back at every turn nowadays.

No steps forward two steps back at every turn nowadays.

Always has been. Especially with the CULTURE ministry!

Why take action on the beautiful girls? Take action on the motor company that hired them!!! Those are the real culprits!!! GRRR

Why take action on the beautiful girls? Take action on the motor company that hired them!!! Those are the real culprits!!! GRRR

and while action is taken you'll take care of the toy bits?

Why take action on the beautiful girls? Take action on the motor company that hired them!!! Those are the real culprits!!! GRRR

and while action is taken you'll take care of the toy bits?

But of course rubl!