Beating prejudice to the punch


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 08 Jun 2003

TWO weeks ago, she was just another plump schoolgirl that nobody really noticed. After all, this is a country where high value is placed on beauty and frumps are frowned upon. 

Today, Rosukhon Oransetakul is a household name. The 18-year-old student nurse has become a heroine to millions of Thai women deemed as “mai suay” (not beautiful) just because they do not meet their society’s expectations of loveliness. 

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