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Art?: ‘Thailand’s Got Talent’ Apologizes After Contestant Douses Herself in Paint and Grinds Topless on Canvas

Woman Paints Topless Using Only Her Breasts on Thailands Got TalentBANGKOK (AP) — An episode of “Thailand’s Got Talent” has stirred a morality debate after a contestant painted a canvas using her bare breasts, drawing a rebuke from the culture minister who called it “very shocking.”

Culture Minister Sukumol Kunplome said Monday that nudity on television is not considered appropriate in Thai society. She said the show’s producers have been summoned to explain why the segment was broadcast and the ministry will then decide whether to take action.

“This program is intended to showcase the talent of Thai people and it usually encourages youths to show their special skills,” the minister told reporters. “Still, there have to be some limits.”

The show, broadcast Sunday on Thailand’s Channel 3, featured 23-year-old Duangjai Jansaunoi, who walked onstage barefoot in jeans and a baggy men’s button-down shirt. She introduced herself as an independent artist from northern Thailand.

She then turned to a large canvas and painted a yellow outline of a person. She then removed her shirt, unhooked a black bra and doused herself with several tins of paint before turning to the audience with a broad smile to display her multicolored torso. The area around her breasts was blurred out by censors.

As dance music played, the contestant used her body as a paintbrush to fill in the outline.

Some in the audience gasped with hands over their mouths, while others cheered her on.

“If I paint in a normal way, then it would be too ordinary,” Duangjai told the judges after being handed a towel to cover up.

The judges then debated whether her act could be considered art.

“I’m not saying this is not good, but it’s not appropriate,” said the panel’s only female judge, actress Pornchita Na Songkhla. “Within the Thai cultural context, I don’t support this.”

Woman Paints Topless Using Only Her Breasts on Thailands Got Talent

As online chatter soared, some called Pornchita a hypocrite and posted photos from a 2010 fashion shoot in which her naked torso was covered with melted chocolate.

The panel’s two male judges advanced Duangjai to the next round.

“This is an art form. If we were in Italy, like Florence or Milan, or the Czech Republic, say Prague, this would be OK,” said singer Jirayut Wattanasin. The audience roared in support, many flashing “V for victory” signs.

Thailand’s Got Talent issued an apology late Monday.

Panya Nirandkul, the head of Workpoint Entertainment, which produces the show, was quoted by the Thairath newspaper as saying he was not aware the contestant would be topless and denied the act was staged to boost ratings. He vowed not to let the mistake happen again, Thairath reported.

Woman Paints Topless Using Only Her Breasts on Thailands Got Talent

Thailand is a predominantly Buddhist country which remains largely conservative, despite its freewheeling image and a flourishing sex industry. Censors in Thailand regularly target a range of social offenses, blurring out cigarettes, alcohol and nudity on television and in movies.

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Associated Press writer Jocelyn Gecker contributed to this report.

Comments (68)

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  • joarivera
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 11:20am

    Maybe if she had bigger boobs, she would’ve done a better job on the painting.

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    • piper60
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 11:42am

      I don’t think boobs and paint brushes are equivalent. Just saying.

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    • Rightallalong
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:02pm

      I am glad the Blaze boys think this is such hard hitting news. I think they need to start sectioning off this sort of “lowest common denominator news” article for the Hollywood gossip people that frequent this site.

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    • oldchevyguy
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:19pm

      The difference is like painting with a brush or a roller!

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    • lukerw
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 1:53pm

      FARRAH FAWCETT did it BETTER!

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    • LetUsReason
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 2:30pm

      Isn’t Thailand the filth capital of the world? How is this beneath them?

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    • The_Cabrito_Goat
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 3:47pm

      This is news sir, very telling news. This is considered “high art” in most of the world, maybe even the Lourve Pyramid in Paris. We must reply to these “exhibitions” by stating the fact that, if art is merely meant to shock and upset, then it is not art at all.

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    • nelbert
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 5:04pm

      Which gives the better stroke? A brush or a breast.

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  • joarivera
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 11:16am

    Maybe if she had bigger breasts she would have done a better job at painting.

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  • SquareHead
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:39am

    I am sure that she has already received a grant from the National Endowment of Art, if not then I am sure that the check is in the mail as they have been made aware of this.

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  • Apple Bite
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:35am

    Not outrageous at all. They had to know what she was going to do, or else she wouldn’t have made it that far. Imagine if some jackhole decides to go ‘OWS’ and write his name with it using his butt? These shows have to know whats coming as to screen the contestants out…

    That‘s why I don’t believe the judges when that chic comes out and crushes cans using her breast. I don’t believe their reactions one bit.

    And ummm, they should cut it out with the “Mr. Effeminate” crap. Mr. Effeminate is shocked by everything…

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  • potica69
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:33am

    Google search these: Nana Plaza, Soi Cowboy, Patpong – all in Bangkok. Then search: Pattaya Beach, Thailand.

    There’s the real nitty gritty.

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    • OniKaze
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:37pm

      The pics that google has of the Beach, make it look pretty nice… All the other searches make me think of an industrious red light district…

      Not something I think I would like on every corner in the U.S., but I think everything has its place…

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    • Two Sheds
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:55pm

      I didn’t get a painting, but I did get a good drawing at Nana. I won’t tell you how it was done. All I’m going to say is those girls are talented! =)

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  • CrismaFire
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:22am

    It was tacky and trashy had she adobe’s them in advance it would had been different. She couldn’t win any other way makes it trashy.

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  • ShyMan
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:21am

    Ah, the exportation of American culture. Thanks Madonna and Lady gay-gay.

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  • dimitrisokolov
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:49am

    Seriously? That is a scandal in Thailand? What about prostitution & the whole sex industry?

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    • MetalPatriot
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 12:13pm

      That was my thoughts too. World famous “underground” industry. Bangkok is THE place to find any kind of deviency.

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    • Tom K
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 4:18pm

      @ DIMITRISOKOLOV : Thailand, one of the world leaders in human trafficing / slavery / sex trade. They are shocked by little boobies on a canvas but NOT by little children being sold to the highest bidder ? Bangkok, the pedophiles’ choice for “ vacation ”.

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  • Rayblue
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:49am

    But can she sign her name on it ?
    Dot the i ?

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  • gsplgtr
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:49am

    Am I missing something or hasn’t Sports Illustrated included in their “swimsuit”issue some of the models photographed with PAINTED ON SWIMWEAR?????

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  • MRMANN
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:37am

    This genre of art, “performance art,” has been popular in the USA since the 1970s. Not my favorite genre, that’s for sure.

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  • MRMANN
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:32am

    In the USA, this genre of art, called “performance art,” has been popular since the 1970s.

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  • Murkman
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:28am

    That was completely inappropriate. That was smut not art.

    Oh who am I kidding? Whoo Hooo! You go girl!

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  • affinity
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:16am

    She is very talented.

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  • cessna152
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:12am

    She wins!! That was definitely the breast act ever!

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:10am

    Some covered their eyes and others cheered….

    Demographic breakdown:

    Men cheered and women covered their eyes.

    Sex does not know politics, does not know social mores…… If a person has the nerve to do an audacious act like this – attention they will get.

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  • Inlightofthings
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:04am

    Perhaps ironic…but when the female judge hit the red button the word “PORNchita” came up. Not sure if that’s a name or what. The expressions were humorous and I’m sure those that view placing a Crucifix in a jar of urine as art would call this art…

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    • huntinwabbits
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:27am

      I am pretty sure Porn is a popular Thai name. I have friends here in the states whose mother name is Porn. Regardless, the name seems fitting here.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:41am

      Yep Pornchita is her actual name. use your search engine.

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  • leasecommander
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 9:00am

    I would say she wins, “hands down” ????

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  • Independent4233
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:53am

    I can just imagine how disgusted JZS is about videos like this one, having to view a partially nude female.

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  • poorrichard09
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:32am

    Now THAT’S talent!

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    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:25am

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    • 1956
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 10:15am

      Sounds like a ham operator to me -or ex-military. How about tango India tango tango India echo Sierra happens…

      Report Post » 1956  
  • Guerrino_P
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:23am

    I’ve never seen those kinds of paint brushes before. Nice job.

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  • Joyzee
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:12am

    You have have to paint with feces

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  • BlazeGlory
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:12am

    She can create a masterpiece on me any time she likes.

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  • jackact
    Posted on June 18, 2012 at 7:59am

    This would also be considered as ‘art’ in any of NYC‘s museums and would be subsidized by the National Endowment for Arts with ’forced’ taxpayer funding.

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    • realistic_01
      Posted on June 18, 2012 at 8:46am

      Only if she put the canvas on the ground afterward and defecated on it.

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