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In Thailand, death of a ‘pretty’ underscores dangers of life as a hostess


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In Thailand, death of a ‘pretty’ underscores dangers of life as a hostess

 

•Model-for-hire who appeared at ‘VIP’ party in Bangkok dies after being dropped off at hospital

 

•An activist lawyer says she died of heart failure after consuming ketamine and Ecstasy, but no charges have been filed in the case

 

Vijitra Duangdee

 

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Soi Cowboy street in the Sukhumvit district of Bangkok, where much of the city’s nightlife is concentrated. File Photo: Wikipedia

 

The death of a woman from a suspected drug overdose after a Bangkok party has underscored the risks faced by Thailand’s “pretties” – models-for-hire who offer services ranging from making appearances at sales promotion gigs, modelling at motorshows and hosting “VIP” parties, and who at each turn usually entertain male clientele in some form.

 

The woman, Whitchayaporn Visessombut, known as Wa-Wa, was booked out to a VIP party in a Bangkok suburb late on Monday night and died at a local hospital the next day.

 

CCTV footage shared on local media showed two unidentified men dropping the 33-year-old at the hospital around 6am, paying 15,000 baht (about US$500) to the cashier at the emergency desk and then leaving. She was declared dead a few hours later.

 

Full story: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3123391/thailand-death-pretty-underscores-dangers-life

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Albert Zweistein said:

Why they are called pretties ? The proper description should be hookers.

OK then if it makes you and every one else happy let's just call them pretty hookers ???? But in any event , whatever there calling is to earn money, then just like the rest of the world it should be a lesson that drugs are not a quick fix to enhance your lifestyle

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4 hours ago, webfact said:

An activist lawyer says she died of heart failure after consuming ketamine and Ecstasy, but no charges have been filed in the case

The dangerous life of a "pretty" or the dangerous life of an individual who is in the drug culture.  The two can be mutually exclusive.  Hiring out for VIP parties doesn't mean you have to take ketamine and Ecstasy.  Have a few drinks and stay away from drug combinations that can kill you. 
But youth - you pay your money and take your chances.  Didn't work out well for this kid.  Sad story but avoidable and has nothing to do with her employment choice.  I had to do with her choice of what to put into her body.

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7 hours ago, madmen said:

Anybody thinking pretties are not available for a price are nieve. Of course it helps if your " handsome" like me ????

And the price in this instance was her life...sad :sad:

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This "pretty" thing is getting ubiquitous. I've noticed that not only in high end liquor stores, but even in a fairly budget market like Foodland on soi 5 Sukhumvit, there are curvy babes in nice clothes in the alcohol aisles, ready to help you pay the outrageous mark-ups. They are eye candy, but their pay can't be more than a few hundred baht per day, the business couldn't afford more. 

And btw, "pretty" as an an adoption from English is not bad, and I rather like it. It's no worse than "fan" for lover, or paw-paw for older (presumably respected) male, both from English.

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3 hours ago, Kerryd said:

Not all are "hookers" despite what some want to think in their little fantasies. You know, the ones who seem to think that every woman in Thailand is "for sale" and dying for the opportunity to thrown themselves at the feet of some fat old expat whose barely squeezing by on what little pension he has.

Bit judgemental there ............. 

My 'little' pension 40k Vs her 'respectable' 7-11 job 9k.

I don't think 'every woman in Thailand', but I do think 'every woman who will give me the time of day'

And in 12 years I haven't been wrong.

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7 hours ago, webfact said:

In Thailand, death of a ‘pretty’ underscores dangers of life as a hostess

Common sense tells us this already. Of course the life is dangerous, they sell themselves for sex - and who's going to do that sober? I've seen some pretties with absolute beasts, and that isn't going to happen unless they're wasted. Sad story, and sadly, it's a predictable outcome.

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7 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Having no morals or conscience is a major trait of a lot of affluent and self named "hiso's' in Thailand, unfortunately.

A bit harsh, could have dropped her there and left the  bill upto her .... 

but certainly understand the comment. 

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8 hours ago, webfact said:

models-for-hire who offer services ranging from making appearances at sales promotion gigs, modelling at motorshows and hosting “VIP” parties, and who at each turn usually entertain male clientele in some form.

Why don't they  just  call them prostitutes  then.......pretties ha!

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5 hours ago, connda said:

The dangerous life of a "pretty" or the dangerous life of an individual who is in the drug culture.  The two can be mutually exclusive.  Hiring out for VIP parties doesn't mean you have to take ketamine and Ecstasy.  Have a few drinks and stay away from drug combinations that can kill you. 
But youth - you pay your money and take your chances.  Didn't work out well for this kid.  Sad story but avoidable and has nothing to do with her employment choice.  I had to do with her choice of what to put into her body.

BS !  I have been to parties in my teens (and  older) when guys had spiked the punch so that girls  would get wasted and they could take advantsage of them. I ended up taking some girls home.  1 I left with her parents the other lived by herself and was in bad shape, couldn't walk ,I had to carry herv  to her apartment.. She  pleaded with me to stay with her as she felt like she was going to die.  I stayed on her bed  an had a pail, towel  water ice nearby. She did throw up once during the night. If I wasn't there she might have choked on her vomit  and died.  I left the next day after she woke up and she thanked me for staying with her. Next week she rewarded me for bring her home and staying with her.

Some  of the pretties get in trouble by acpting big amounts of baht for taking  a drink and not knowing whats in it. Once they start they are too f--up to make  a decision to stop.

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