Khun Kornpat Lertratanaporn, like all young Thai men, is liable to be called up for military service. The fact that Kornpat would rather be a lady and was a previous winner of a Miss Tiffany contest, did not absolve him/her from the conscription process.
Luckily, he/she failed the medical on the grounds that he/she has a disfigured chest.
Photo and story from the Bangkok Post who used the rather clever tagline “A pretty near miss.”
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2009-04-03| Billy saysA fine example of Asian sensitivity and creativeness in ensuring that the right thing is done, no matter what the ridiculous reasoning it requires.
In a Western context he/she would of course have been treated as a malingerer and ritually buggered every night by the Sergeant Major.