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Word: asavarak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tales, where at the grand finale the queen sobs tears of joy while the losers hug her valiantly. Last week the Miss Thailand World contest ended up in a guerrilla-style skirmish that looked more like a nasty palace coup. While TV cameras recorded the scene, Newly Crowned Saengravee Asavarak, 22, was beaming before a Bangkok audience of 2,000 when someone grabbed her tiara and put it on the head of the sobbing first runner-up. Then another hand attempted to pull off her winner's sash. Saengravee was popular with the audience, but hardly with other contestants. Some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: Uneasy Lies the Head | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

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