Celebrity Fund-Raiser

tang071

sarNie Elites
From "The Nation"

Culture minister, others assail plan to assist Aids hospice by auctioning prints of famous people posing in the buff
The abbot of a Lop Buri temple that serves as an Aids hospice said yesterday he would refuse any proceeds from a controversial auction of nude celebrity photos planned by an entertainment magazine.
Abbot Prah Alongkut made a brief statement, saying he was informed only that morning that Fame magazine wanted to raise funds to support the temple's work by taking bids for centrefold photos of some leading actresses and that he was disturbed by the damaging publicity that the charity project had generated.
However, it was not certain what kind of further controversy the abbot's rejection would create, as it is against Buddhist principles to turn down donations.
Penpak Sirikul, one of the models, insisted that her intentions were well-meant. "I don't have any hidden agenda."
"People are born naked," she said. "This is the art of women's beauty."
She also lashed out at critics of the project, asking them what they have done for the cause. She defended the project, saying this was the quickest way to raise money and get it to Aids victims.
She dismissed suggestions that posing in the buff would set an example for the younger generation to emulate, saying they can think for themselves.
"Not all people are stupid."
The undertaking brought some 30 models and celebrities to take nude pictures to be featured at the Fame Erotica exhibition open to the public from April 5-9 at CentralWorld.
The one-metre-square nude pictures are scheduled to be put up for bidding to raise funds for Aids patients at Lop Buri's Phrabath Namphu Temple and Nonthaburi's Bamraj Naradoon Hospital.
It's not known if the Nonthaburi hospital would feel the same way about the project as the temple.
Culture Minister Khunying Khaisri Sri-aroon called the project inappropriate, as some photos and poses were provocative. She urged the celebrities to use their fame in other merit-making methods.
Khaisri said she understood the models' and celebrities' wishes to act for a charitable cause, raising money for Aids patients, but the approach of taking nude pictures - some reportedly struck suggestive poses as in pin-up calendars - was not proper.
The celebrities already had the public glued to their every move, she said, and should find another way to raise funds.
Prisana Pongtadsirikul, secretary-general of the National Culture Commission, said that being charity-minded was good but their deeds should also be responsible to the whole society. She said the ministry had been trying to promote polite and traditional Thai-style clothing ahead of the Thai New Year festival, so she would prefer these public figures to set good examples for youths nationwide.
She said that they should have chosen other fund-raising activities and asked why the celebrities did not take photos with their clothes on or wear Thai clothing instead. She also suspected that this move might be driven by commercial interests or was a PR stunt for the participants to gain more publicity.
Ladda Tangsupachai, director of the Culture Watch Centre, said she understood the good intentions of the organiser and celebrities but they might lack cultural understanding that merit-making money should be earned from decent methods and sources. She also expressed concern that the affair might confuse young people who have been criticised for wearing revealing clothes.
Ladda also said that the case was discussed at a meeting of the committee for safe and constructive media, which was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Paiboon Wattanasiritham, and committee members just shook their heads in disagreement with such a "benefit".
Former senator Rabiebrat Pongpanit, president of the Happy Family Association, slammed the models and celebrities for resorting to taking their clothes off for a good cause, which would create a bad example for Thai youths.
Rabiebrat said that she felt hurt that the famous people used charity as an excuse to stoop to this behaviour. She said they should have done something else.
"The monks [at Phrabath Namphu Temple] must feel uncomfortable to accept donated money from this, but being Buddhist monks taught not to be choosy in merit-taking, he would have to take it. This charity project is not a good example. They don't seem to think things through," she said while urging the Culture Ministry to act upon it.
Venerable Phramaha Samai Jintakosako from the Saeng Thian Foundation said that, while helping Aids patients was great merit, taking nude pictures was inappropriate and against Thai culture and tradition. He said this even put Phrabath Namphu Temple in a negative light because the money came from an activity against good tradition and thus was "ungraceful" and a bad example. He urged the project participants not to jeopardise the good image of Buddhist monks who devoted themselves to caring for Aids patients. He expressed concern that if this could not be stopped, someone might produce nude VCDs to raise funds for charity in the future.
 

red

sarNie Hatchling
I respect these people for posing nude.. but I do not support them when they are posing for nude charity stunt snubbed by Aids temple. I just don't think it's very tasteful. There is nothing wrong with loving your body, but to me I think nude posing are unneccesary.

I wonder who else took the pictures?
 

Ashi

sarNie Hatchling
i think these people are really nice for taking a nude picture for charity but its still wrong that their selling their body for money i cant they do it in other way
 

puppylov

sarNie Adult
nude for charity. it's kinda weird cuz in a way that they are advertising their body for charity. There could be other ways to do charities. that lady is in her 30s or 40s and she is still posing nude. Plus, they think that body can sell and it is awkward for those people to accept this kind of aid.
 

STIMA

Guest
hm i dun think theres anything wrong wid posiing nude as long as it doesnt look all sexual and isnt meant for it u noe =/ but now a days..things are so corrupted.
i had to close up on that guy in the corner. looks hot : D
 

madeph

sarNie Juvenile
who decided to pose for this? for a very brief second there i thought that was Cee.
 

tang071

sarNie Elites
i believe the first lady is a model or a some presenter, the second lady starred in many lakorns (lady yaowarat is the only one that comes to mind right now), as for the guy, i believe he is peter corp dyrendal (singer and starred in a lakorn with masha).
 

dynomite

Wanna-Be เจ้าชู้
Man... I think what they are doing is AWESOME. KUDOS to them.

And no I'm not trying to be male about this.

As for distastefulness, unless they are selling porn, the art of the body; be it male or female can be a beautiful thing if presented nicely. (I wouldn't purchase any male paintings).... but the VENUS and the female body are beautiful to admire. Even the pregnant female is a beautiful thing.

For you youngsters... if you have seen DAVID, the thinker statue or any art of the human body, you'll notice most are nude. Did you think they were disgusting? Or if you haven't seen any artwork, get educated before stating it is perverted, evil, or disgusting.

You have seen yourselves in the mirror haven't you? Have you gone to an art museum? Nudity can be considered art and is nothing new.

Besides the money is to help help support the AIDS foundation which I think is wonderful.

It takes a lot of courage to pose nude and the value will reflect the person posing nude as well. So kudos for what they are doing to help society. If the person is staring in porn, then the value might not be as high. So whatever... the point is to support the charity and to pose nude ain't easy. If you could do it, fine... criticize all you want, but to bash and judge those who are doing it with the right intention.

SHAME on those of you

But to intellectually discuss the decency of it... well... I think the media is to blame for their ignorance and inability to appreciate art. This is blown way out of proportion.

If this was not sensationalized, those who posed, would not have been embarassed and the AIDS foundation would have made money and the art would be sitting in a mansion for only those people to see.

Then again, what if this is all an april fool's joke.
 

moilee

sarNie Adult
Yak...this is a 100% wrong doing. That's all I have to say. Why's sell your body to do a good cause? There are many ways to do things in a good cause....but pick this yaky one. Who's going to respect them when they don't respect themselves?
 

starlet1985

sarNie Hatchling
That they're nude doesnt really disturb me cause in the pictures i see you dont see any x-rated bodyparts... The thing that got me wondering is... Who's idea was it to pose BUTT-NACKED for Aids charity... Cause people tend to associate nudity with sex. And how do you get aids? Exactly....This isn't really a subtle way to raise money for Aids i think......
 

noungning

Heartless
i think the cause of raising money to help the charity is a great idea, but posing naked to raise money for a wat [temple] in this manner is not such a great idea. especially like mentioned in the above post, this is for an AIDs charity event. though, in the photographer's mind, going bare means purity, it is also against cultural norms and beliefs of thailand.

it is true nudity is viewed as art to other countries outside the southeast asian countries. for those living there, this is very conflicting to their buddhist beliefs of purity. an act of expressing sexual innuendo is not acceptable to any buddhist society.

it's all good and dandy to those who's done this for a "good" cause, but it's not good to society's perception because it's basically selling sexually appealing art to people to provoke sexual behaviors. which is one of the main causes of HIV or AIDs endemic in thailand.

again i'm not against the photography, i'm just against the cause of it. i like art and i am a quite open minded person, but they shouldn't have an excuse of posing nude to raise charity for a wat, there are other options out there, for instance holding a gala dinner, having a concert, or anything else.
 

dfemc

sarNie Adult
choco chip + peanut butter kudos for dyno's statement. for once, he has something worthy of agreeance. it's definitely not an easy thing to pose nude at all, though for some, it may come naturally, but baring ur body is just as much of baring ur soul to the external world in many ways. it makes u very vulnerable to the world, because the world sees all that is u and at the same time ur body is subject to interpretations, analysis, and criticism, objectification, n on a metaphorical and physical note, to all the elements out there. there's a long history to nude art, and it has been a part of every culture, though unfortunately most conservative and patriarchical institutions and individuals have come to suppress its freedom of expression as modern time has gradually evolved.

it's great that this was done in the name of a much needed cause like AIDS, and it's unfortunate that ppl believe that images like this is the cause of such an epidemic. such a thinking undermines the need for perventative measures and better socio-economic policies. it really goes beyond the basic biological drive of sex that allows for such an epidemic to thrive.

but at the same time, it is culturally inappropriate due to that fact that this will be displayed at a temple and is a work to be done in conjunction with religious institution. as ning mentions, the context of the surrounding of the charity taboos such a thing n they should have thought about it first.

so much for the PR stunt. the public relations manager for this project should have considered a more suitable partner in charity such as a contemporary art museum or some sort of exhibit where such a thing can be more openly talked about.

i'm not a big fan of religious institutions myself, and i understand that this may be a move to challenge the cultural norms of thailand altogether, but there is a certain level of respect that should have been thought out first. in the context of the nature of the event, they were pushing the stunt a bit too far.
 

ookii

sarNie Hatchling
eewwwww....they are so gross. never thought they could ever do such thing just for charity money....
 

dynomite

Wanna-Be เจ้าชู้
Wow...dfemc agrees with me ? Shocker!

Anyways, I think you guys misunderstood... the money will be donated to the temple. The artwork is not being held, shown, or displayed at the temple.

Anyways... you guys are taking things out of context. Fund-raisers are for the elite class.

It's similar to in America. How many of you have attended a fund-raiser where George Bush was in attendance? He offers them to people you know? What they have at these fundraisers are not well known cause most of us are not part of the elite class. Besides, a meal ticket to eat with Bush is as low as $1000.00 to $50,000.00.

With that in mind, the people in attendance are not ignorant people who will see a naked picture of David or see a nude photograph and think, "Wow, I need to go have sex now".

The point of the charity is to raise money and enough money to make a difference.

With that in mind, does that mean reading playboy and viewing porn is a bad thing? Do you ladies prefer your men asexual? Becareful what you ask... cause one day you might find out your man left you for "ANOTHER MAN". And hey, it does happen.
 

dfemc

sarNie Adult
oh my bad, i guess i did too quick of a read, n thought it said somewhere that the photos would also be exhibited in the temple. on that note, i still see no reason for rejecting the charity, putting aside the cultural taboo.

to claim that merit-making money should come from "decent" means, is to place a judgement on nude pictures as being indecent. nude pictures, if anything, is open-ended honesty (aside from the airbrushing in magazines). it's an honet means to raising money and the models posing nude have put out a lot, showing that they do care about the subject matter. and if thai cultural norms have the odds against such a thing, isn't it more damaging for the models reputation to put themselves out there in the "buff", so it seems like the models did put a lot out on the line for this event.

and once again, i believe dyno does make a great point of the fact that most charity events (ie. galas and what not) is an elitist gathering. so no nude pictures are NOT the cause of AIDS, for whatever reason ppl may toss out there for the millionth time.

it's too bad that sexuality gets attributed with all things negative and most patriarchical cultures downplays out a natural biological aspect of our human nature.

so ridiculous y'all.

btw dyno, u gots it on the reverse, it's not the womyn that has it against all this (n i'm not speaking for any or all of the womyn on sw), but overall, it's men who suppress the sexuality of womyn in most countries so that they can have more control over dictating womyn's behavior while they can go wanking off. so i think ur a bit confused on ur statement regarding which end has the stigmas on pornos. so if a man wants to hit the spot on another man, hey go for it, but don't use the womyn as the justification, that's just homophobically gay. if ur gay, ur gay. n in reality, humans are most likely to be bisexual, but i'm not going into that. if ur interested on that topic, we can discuss later via chat/pm. nonetheless, getting back to topic.

but again, all things must be put into proper context, u can't go around blending sexuality and the expression of sexuality as a justification for all the horrid acts of sexual and general violence against womyn n children sex-trafficked everyday. (aish, i sound so preachy and lecturish, please forgive the didactic tone and verbosity in my 2 cent discussion piece).
 

noungning

Heartless
i've just reread my statement, and i worded it incorrectly regarding art type photographs and intimacy.

and i think it is correct that these donations for the charity to purchase those nude photographs will be the wealthy only, hence why i say, why not hold gala dinners or concerts? why must they take nude photos to raise money for a wat which they knew would stir controversy?

With that in mind, the people in attendance are not ignorant people who will see a naked picture of David or see a nude photograph and think, "Wow, I need to go have sex now".
dude, are we the millionares? no, we aren't but we have access to this, and so will the other 5 million ppl in thailand. it's true, the rich ppl may not be ignorant but i don't think you should be so optimistic, they are only human.

yes, charity, yes the posers are not getting a penny for doing what they are doing, and many credits given.

but i still don't think it's proper to pose naked to raise money for a cause that the temple is caring for. if this has NOTHING to do with the temple and the religious beliefs, i would have nothing to say here because i do believe that their effort for raising money is great. but it's just conflicting that they are doing something purposely to stir controversy because they should know that this is against societal norms.
 

noungning

Heartless
here's an article from the Nation that is basically saying and backed from ppl's views as i see it. they should have opt for something better to raise money.

Nude photos spark furore

Culture minister, others assail plan to assist Aids hospice by auctioning prints of famous people posing in the buff

The abbot of a Lop Buri temple that serves as an Aids hospice said yesterday he would refuse any proceeds from a controversial auction of nude celebrity photos planned by an entertainment magazine.

Abbot Prah Alongkut made a brief statement, saying he was informed only that morning that Fame magazine wanted to raise funds to support the temple's work by taking bids for centrefold photos of some leading actresses and that he was disturbed by the damaging publicity that the charity project had generated.

However, it was not certain what kind of further controversy the abbot's rejection would create, as it is against Buddhist principles to turn down donations.

Penpak Sirikul, one of the models, insisted that her intentions were well-meant. "I don't have any hidden agenda."

"People are born naked," she said. "This is the art of women's beauty."

She also lashed out at critics of the project, asking them what they have done for the cause. She defended the project, saying this was the quickest way to raise money and get it to Aids victims.

She dismissed suggestions that posing in the buff would set an example for the younger generation to emulate, saying they can think for themselves.

"Not all people are stupid."

The undertaking brought some 30 models and celebrities to take nude pictures to be featured at the Fame Erotica exhibition open to the public from April 5-9 at CentralWorld.

The one-metre-square nude pictures are scheduled to be put up for bidding to raise funds for Aids patients at Lop Buri's Phrabath Namphu Temple and Nonthaburi's Bamraj Naradoon Hospital.

It's not known if the Nonthaburi hospital would feel the same way about the project as the temple.

Culture Minister Khunying Khaisri Sri-aroon called the project inappropriate, as some photos and poses were provocative. She urged the celebrities to use their fame in other merit-making methods.

Khaisri said she understood the models' and celebrities' wishes to act for a charitable cause, raising money for Aids patients, but the approach of taking nude pictures - some reportedly struck suggestive poses as in pin-up calendars - was not proper.

The celebrities already had the public glued to their every move, she said, and should find another way to raise funds.

Prisana Pongtadsirikul, secretary-general of the National Culture Commission, said that being charity-minded was good but their deeds should also be responsible to the whole society. She said the ministry had been trying to promote polite and traditional Thai-style clothing ahead of the Thai New Year festival, so she would prefer these public figures to set good examples for youths nationwide.

She said that they should have chosen other fund-raising activities and asked why the celebrities did not take photos with their clothes on or wear Thai clothing instead. She also suspected that this move might be driven by commercial interests or was a PR stunt for the participants to gain more publicity.

Ladda Tangsupachai, director of the Culture Watch Centre, said she understood the good intentions of the organiser and celebrities but they might lack cultural understanding that merit-making money should be earned from decent methods and sources. She also expressed concern that the affair might confuse young people who have been criticised for wearing revealing clothes.

Ladda also said that the case was discussed at a meeting of the committee for safe and constructive media, which was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Paiboon Wattanasiritham, and committee members just shook their heads in disagreement with such a "benefit".

Former senator Rabiebrat Pongpanit, president of the Happy Family Association, slammed the models and celebrities for resorting to taking their clothes off for a good cause, which would create a bad example for Thai youths.

Rabiebrat said that she felt hurt that the famous people used charity as an excuse to stoop to this behaviour. She said they should have done something else.

"The monks [at Phrabath Namphu Temple]must feel uncomfortable to accept donated money from this, but being Buddhist monks taught not to be choosy in merit-taking, he would have to take it. This charity project is not a good example. They don't seem to think things through," she said while urging the Culture Ministry to act upon it.

Venerable Phramaha Samai Jintakosako from the Saeng Thian Foundation said that, while helping Aids patients was great merit, taking nude pictures was inappropriate and against Thai culture and tradition. He said this even put Phrabath Namphu Temple in a negative light because the money came from an activity against good tradition and thus was "ungraceful" and a bad example. He urged the project participants not to jeopardise the good image of Buddhist monks who devoted themselves to caring for Aids patients. He expressed concern that if this could not be stopped, someone might produce nude VCDs to raise funds for charity in the future.

- The Nation
 

lady_sati

sarNie Adult
the first girl...
i saw her somewhere in a mv or something...
i cant think of it...
ahhh!!! it's bugging me....
where is she from???
ahhh!!!

but i don think it's any bad intentions.
cause if the money goes to charity anyways...
it's kinda like the stars are revealing themselves to help others.
i think so.

someone tell me that first girl is from!!!
ahhh!!
 
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