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R2D2 · Post time 11-6-2014 01:05 AM

BANGKOK: Bowing to pressure, Weluree Ditsayabut tearfully relinquished her Miss Universe Thailand crown on Monday.

"I give up this title," the young beauty queen said at a press conference.

Appearing before media without a crown and a sash, Weluree said she had taken the move to end huge pressure that had taken a toll on both her and her mother's happiness.

"I understand that a public figure is subject to public scrutiny. But I couldn't take it when those comments gave my mother sleepless nights. When she is unhappy, I can't be happy either," she said, as tears ran down her face.

Not long after claiming the Miss Universe Thailand 2014 title last month, Weluree came under a barrage of severe criticism. She was criticised for having a less-than-perfect figure and for many things she had posted previously on social media. They included rude words and harsh remarks about red shirts.

When the social-media storm against her started, Weluree tried at first to ask for understanding and an opportunity. She promised to improve herself and insisted that she was not affiliated with any political group.

Asked why she had opted to toss it in, Weluree said yesterday: "I am worried about my mother. At first, I wanted to keep going. But any struggle isn't worth if that makes my mother unhappy."

Weluree also denied speculation that the organiser of the Miss Universe Thailand 2014 event pressured her to step down.

"The organiser only advised me to make a careful decision," she said.

Weluree said she hoped all youths would learn a lesson from her case.

"An act out of ignorance can come back to haunt us," she warned.

Pranom Thavornvej, manager of the Miss Universe Thailand pageant, said the organiser would conduct more extensive background checks on applicants, including their posts on social media, next year.

With Weluree giving up her crown, first-runner up Pimbongkod Chankaew will assume Weluree's duties from |now on.

"I wish to express my moral support to her," Weluree said, adding that she would talk with the pageant organiser on what needs to be done about prizes worth about Bt4 million that she won in the event. - ANN/The Nation

pakwetizzaqyah · Post time 11-6-2014 01:08 AM

bukannya minah ni wechat suami orang...kecoh la orang siam tak sedar diri ni

clarizsa · Post time 11-6-2014 01:13 AM

gambar? cantik ke?

dani-rox · Post time 11-6-2014 01:24 AM

gemuk ke? biasa jah... hazab lg andrea fonseka thn 2004 dulu

isu kerana mulut badan binasa gituhh

Miss Universe Thailand has renounced her title over remarks she made on social media including one that redshirt activists – supporters of ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra – should all be executed.
Last month's military coup was the latest convulsion in a decade-long conflict between the Bangkok-based royalist establishment and the rural-based supporters of Yingluck and her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Weluree Ditsayabut, 22, was crowned Miss Universe Thailand last month but comments she made months earlier soon surfaced, including one on her Facebook account, referring to the redshirts, which said: "I am so angry at all these evil activists. They should all be executed."
A tearful Weluree told reporters that she could not handle the vitriol directed at her on Twitter and Facebook.
"I felt under pressure. I tried to improve myself but what I could not stand was to see my mother stressed," Weluree said.
"I have decided to sacrifice my status as Miss Universe Thailand."
The beauty queen also hit back at comments on her looks. "Actually I'm fat, you animal!" read one post on her Twitter account, which has since been deleted.
It was unclear whether the first runner-up, Pimbongkod Chankaew, would replace Weluree as Thailand's representative at the global competition, Miss Universe 2014.