Top 5 Posts: Nadech & Yaya Are Number One
Do you like to know which are Sirinya’s Thailand Blog’s most popular posts? Well, since I’ve been writing my blog for more than nine months now, I think it’s time for a small review...
Tagged: Nadech & Yaya
Nadech Kugimiya: Thai-Austrian Actor
For some years now, half-Thai actor and model Nadech Kugimiya has been a popular face in Thai media and the entertainment industry. Hence, he is famous on Channel 3. I think there is hardly any Thai teenager...
Bike for Mom 2015: Mother’s Day Cycle Tour
H.M. Queen Sirikit’s birthday on 12 August is a public holiday and Mother’s Day in Thailand. On this day, public buildings in Thailand are decorated with flower garlands, Her Majesty’s photographs and coloured lights....
‘Yaya’ Urassaya Sperbund: Thai-Norwegian Actress
If you are into Thai popular culture, you certainly know the lovely Thai-Norwegian actress and model ‘Yaya’ Urassaya Sperbund. I have dealt with her shortly in my post about ‘Nadech & Yaya’ because they...
Why are ‘Luk kreung’ successful in Thai Media? Half-Asian Advantages…?
“The signs of beauty are the signs of health” (R. Elisabeth Cornwell, psychologist) The topic I want to address today concerns the increasing success and dominance of ‘luk kreung’, half-Thai people, in Thai entertainment industry...
Nadech and Yaya: Ideal of The Perfect Couple
When I first saw Nadech Kugimiya (Barry) and Urassaya Sperbund (Yaya) in a clip to the Rising Sun Series (Roy Fun Tawan Deard), a series with a Japanese setting, I thought to myself that they are just to good...
‘Luk kreung’ and Concepts of Mixed Race in Thailand
Recently I’ve written a post about Thai beauty ideals and the desire for ‘fair skin’ pointing out that in Thailand, Western beauty concepts prevail even though the country has never been colonized by a European...
