AT LEAST seven Thai supermodels have had their performances cancelled at the Phuket Fashion Week and Music Festival, causing last minute changes to the schedule.
Heavy discounts are now being applied to ticket prices.
The daily free catwalk parade at Jungceylon in Patong at 2pm has disappeared, with catwalk parades and performances now beginning at 6pm this evening and every evening.
Prices have been slashed by 50 percent to 250 baht, 400 baht and 750 baht for seating, with tickets to after-performance parties at 1500 baht and 2500 baht.
One of the Thai supermodels, Yosawadee ''Yo'' Hassadeewijib, told online information site teenee.com that she had a telephone call on Sunday to say all supermodels' services had been cancelled.
She told the site that the supermodels, having been booked for the week and rejected other work, now wanted part-payment for the cancellation.
The reasons for the cancellation have yet to be made plain but a spokesperson for Jungceylon said all the catwalk shows, the concerts and the after-performance parties would go ahead without the Thai supermodels.
Most of the models engaged for the week are expats.
The staging of the Phuket Fashion Week & Music Festival has been projected by organisers as a positive sign that an economic recovery is on the way for the island.
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Heavy discounts are now being applied to ticket prices.
The daily free catwalk parade at Jungceylon in Patong at 2pm has disappeared, with catwalk parades and performances now beginning at 6pm this evening and every evening.
Prices have been slashed by 50 percent to 250 baht, 400 baht and 750 baht for seating, with tickets to after-performance parties at 1500 baht and 2500 baht.
One of the Thai supermodels, Yosawadee ''Yo'' Hassadeewijib, told online information site teenee.com that she had a telephone call on Sunday to say all supermodels' services had been cancelled.
She told the site that the supermodels, having been booked for the week and rejected other work, now wanted part-payment for the cancellation.
The reasons for the cancellation have yet to be made plain but a spokesperson for Jungceylon said all the catwalk shows, the concerts and the after-performance parties would go ahead without the Thai supermodels.
Most of the models engaged for the week are expats.
The staging of the Phuket Fashion Week & Music Festival has been projected by organisers as a positive sign that an economic recovery is on the way for the island.
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"Ex-pats" denotes foreigners actually residing in Thailand, I doubt the foreign models live in Thailand.
Please, Phuket Wan, "foreigner" is the correct term for...foreigners.
( meaning; of a different nationality..) Believe me, it's far more polite than the slang term based on skin colour, "Farang" which thankfully, I've noticed Phuket Wan has stopped using.
Incidentally, "spat" means persons arguing amongst themselves. Asking for payment for contracted services is not a, "spat". Use of the term in the headline reads as if a petty argument between the models is the reason for the cancellation.
Can I offer proof reading services to you , free of charge?
Editor: We haven't stopped using the word 'farang' and intend to continue to use it where it's appropriate. 'Foreigner' and 'alien' are words we don't like because they imply the person has no right to be here. There are times, though, when we are forced to use those words. 'Expat' is the most suitable connotation-free substitute. 'Tourists' is for tourists. Non-Thais who live on the island are 'expat residents'. This is a spat within the fashion industry.
Posted by MediaWatch on June 25, 2009 08:39