webfact Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Beyond Blackface: Thai model in shameful homeless-inspired photoshoot By Coconuts Bangkok BANGKOK: -- Just when you think you’ve seen it all in Thailand, the ground seems to give way so your jaw can drop just a bit further. In this week’s WTF news, former winner of Thai modeling show The Face Thailand Season 3, Natthaya “Grace” Boonchompaisarn, 22, from Bangkok, posted an Instagram picture from her latest photoshoot wearing menswear-inspired clothing from top-tier designer Jil Sander. The wildly ill-advised shot shows the model sprawled on a city street wearing the designer clothes but they are tied around her like rags. She still sports a full face of makeup but grasps a fast food burger bag and holds her hand out as if asking for change. Full story: https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/beyond-blackface-thai-model-shameful-homeless-inspired-photoshoot/ -- © Copyright Coconuts Bangkok 2017-06-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonmoon Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I think its a good picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Why shameless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 "In front of her is a sign that reads, in English, 'Homeless just trying to get through the day any help greatly appreciated. Thank you.' " Just a misspelling. It really was meant to be "Harmless". Like all those years they misspelled "Darlie" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 About as advisable, and tone-deaf, as Ms. Jenner's Pepsi ad. Nothing a lip-enlargement can't solve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 And I think it´s bad behaviour and disrespectful to all the homeless that really needs that sign in front of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamypoko Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 spread'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 She looks like she has been sucking on the exhaust pipe of an old diesel vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Taking fashion to a new low. What is the Thai word for tasteless and trashy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy50 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Whatever. It's all been done dozens of times before. 'Homeless Chic' is a popular perennial for designers and fashion mags alike. UK magazines such as The face, and Blitz were very keen on this sort of fashion shoot back in the eighties and nineties.And further back, photographers such as David Bailey often shot scruffy waif-thin models in the street, or lying on the pavement etc etc [ yawn]. It's incredible some idiot journo, can can be so naive and un-researched to think that this is somehow 'new' or shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 quite politically incorrect perhaps? but on the other hand the scandal could ignite some awareness of the long forgotten/ignored beggars in the streets of Bangkok...that is for the real beggers and not the organised begging gangs that exist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) like like.. Edited June 20, 2017 by mok199 misquote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiavelli Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Lucky man she has. With those lips she suck a golf ball through a garden hose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just now, Machiavelli said: Lucky man she has. With those lips she suck a golf ball through a garden hose. or suck away your cash!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 21 minutes ago, observer90210 said: quite politically incorrect perhaps? but on the other hand the scandal could ignite some awareness of the long forgotten/ignored beggars in the streets of Bangkok...that is for the real beggers and not the organised begging gangs that exist... It won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 "Grace" is Thai, 22 years old, dark skinned (a plus in a world of white), hot and a successful world class model. The photo shoot was for designer Jil Sander, a 73 year old minimalist fashion designer from Germany. I don't believe this photo was taken in Thailand since the message was in English. Maybe someone can disprove my point. Bad taste, yes, but since when has fashion been governed by taste. https://www.google.co.th/search?q=Natthaya+“Grace”+Boonchompaisarn,&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0t6Om2czUAhVDMI8KHXoTAw8Q_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=638#imgrc=5v7iqyU8wU7hJM: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedtripler Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 1 hour ago, yellowboat said: Taking fashion to a new low. What is the Thai word for tasteless and trashy ? thainess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essaybloke Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 10 hours ago, Thechook said: She looks like she has been sucking on the exhaust pipe of an old diesel vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveE13 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 She's a hottie. Think this could well be for charity. Could be wrong but think its shot in New York for homeless shelter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebyrd Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 11 hours ago, yellowboat said: Taking fashion to a new low. What is the Thai word for tasteless and trashy ? I would be stunned if there is one at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebyrd Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 1 hour ago, DaveE13 said: She's a hottie. Think this could well be for charity. Could be wrong but think its shot in New York for homeless shelter Hot? - ugh! - she doesn't even begin to light my candle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 On 6/20/2017 at 1:45 PM, jaltsc said: "In front of her is a sign that reads, in English, 'Homeless just trying to get through the day any help greatly appreciated. Thank you.' " Just a misspelling. It really was meant to be "Harmless". Like all those years they misspelled "Darlie" And there was me (idjit) thinking the toothpaste manufacturers were being politically correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wow64 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 What an inspiring photo. She really has captured black homeless peoples lives in the streets of Bangkok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavidovsky Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 The prejudice revealed in this kind of thing is based on perceived standards of social organisation. Until Africa sorts itself out, blacks will always have an image problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Lets get a follow up to this ,,,, Publicity stunt or lost her marbles ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Goes to show you what fashion is worth these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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