Chotiros "Amy" Suriyawong ( th, "เอมี่" โชติรส สุริยะวงศ์) is a Thai actress and university student.

Awards dress controversy

During the 2007, Subhanahongsa Awards on February 17, Chotiros wore a revealing black dress that attracted

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, proved to be controversial, and resulted in Chotiros being disciplined by her university. The ankle-length dress had a front slit held together by seven thin strips of fabric that started at her left hip and curved upward to her cleavage.Chotiros Suriyawong: Photos and Pictures of Thai Actress
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backlash against Chotiros and her dress arose in the days following the awards show. , the owner of

Sahamongkol Film International Sahamongkol Film International Co. Ltd. ( th, บริษัท สหมงคลฟิล์ม จำกัด, also Sahamongkolfilm, Mongkol Film or SM) is a Thai motion picture production and distribution company. It is the leading movie co ...

(Thailand's largest production house), ordered all footage of Chotiros to be deleted from his next film '' Suay Samurai'', saying "I don't want my actresses to dress that way. and it goes against Thai culture." He banned her from appearing in any of his future films. Culture Minister Khaisri Sri-aroon called her dress "very inappropriate." However, Amy was supported by many, some of whom resented the junta's morality drive. The university rector Suraphol Nitikraipot and assistant rector for student affairs Prinya Thewanaruemitkul at

Thammasat University Thammasat University (Abbreviation, Abrv: TU th, มธ.; th, มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, , ) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan area of Phra Nakhon District near the ...

, at which Chotiros was a senior at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, forced Chotiros to appear before a press conference with deans of the university, and made her apologize for her actions. As punishment, she was ordered to read books to blind children for 15 days, as well as perform other community services.

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