Ann Chakrabongse: Miss Universe is not a platform for inferior women – BBC News Thailand

Ann Chakkaphong Jakrajutatip” is a transgender business woman. The owner of JKN Global Group Public Company Limited is well known in all classes of Thai society. o self-publishing Interviews on TV programs and other media, revealing stories from childhood. full body surgery to the history of life in bed in detail in almost every aspect

“Where did he come from today? Oh, the BBC or “Chakrabongse has greeted the BBC Thailand team. Before sitting, let the make-up artist add beauty while listening to the details of talking to BBC Thai. Inside the Kingdom Pink Room JKN

The memory of Ann’s childhood story is bullied by her friends at school. being sexually harassed by a teacher growing up as an adult Even after starting to have some success in business Instead, she was rejected by a strict Chinese family. When choosing to tell parents that the eldest son of the five brothers and sisters Indeed, there is a woman’s will.

Despite graduating from a private school in Thailand I went to study in Australia at the age of 16 and had to work at a gas station for extra income. But on the day of speaking to BBC Thai, Ann also emphasized that she “I didn’t take a silver spoon, a gold spoon” out of my mother’s womb. But the obstacles and bad things in the past are different. That’s the cost and the drive to build your own business empire from the start of adulthood.

The business of importing foreign documentaries and series is booming along with the growth of the satellite and digital TV industry. Including being the main exporter of Thai content to foreign countries, Ann Chakrabongse was able to list the company on the Market for Alternative Investments (May) in 2017 with market capitalization. (Market Cap) A year later, 4,158 million baht, later moved to the Stock Exchange of Thailand in November 2020, and the value of the market cap increased to 4,677 million baht from the latest financial statements in 2021. The company has a cap market of 4,920 million baht.

In mid-October 2022, JKN Group is spending about 800 million baht to acquire Miss Universe Organization (MUO).

Chakrabongse told BBC Thai that it took her some time to decide to buy MUO, but the experience of selling drama rights told her that this was not difficult seeing the income that would come in was substantial. Both broadcast the competition around the world and ongoing business.

“Host Fee is a year where anyone wants to be a host. JKN had to pay about 500 million baht, which now needs to be extended for the next four years. It’s about to be fully booked already.”

Even news and entertainment today is driven by social media. But the Miss Universe pageant is still a worldwide televised competition. which businessmen started from video rental shops like Chakrabongse Don’t believe that the television business will not get a chance to grow.

“Actually, people aren’t watching less TV, people over 40 are still watching… and everything that goes into social media has to start with TV… and then spread the social media content…social media ” A generation will look through that channel, it’s about it”

A transgender businesswoman disagrees with producing content just to cater to social media. Because social media is seen as a medium that is just a chain of television media

“I would like to ask if the production of one time is about 3-4 hundred million US dollars. Just to put it on YouTube, is it worth it? It’s not worth it. For example, the World Cup, Olympics, if you do that, don’t go on national television. But going out on social media alone is not worth it.”

at the beginning of last year #Ban Ann Chakrabongse became a trend After she gave an interview to a TV show revealing the details of her sexual relationship with her boyfriend who had just broken up. and also referred to “sex” one of the Miss Universes when she was born vs. Ann had to come out live streaming to apologize via social media, confirming that she had no intention of disrespecting the queen beauty.

Speaking to BBC Thai When asked if some people could see the beauty pageant as a platform to underestimate women, Ann Chakrabongse stressed that these people can choose not to watch the pageant.

“I think your understanding is very narrow, objectively (looking at women as objects), this does not work at all. A serious question when you go to the beach Wear a nightgown, walk to the sea? Probably not. We have to look at the big picture. intelligence when he answers questions When he walks, he exercises. decision It is a competition that presents personality, beauty and brains, and it comes with the female gender. born on earth Without these things the world would be dull. So, the person talking is boring and narrow minded, you don’t have to watch, that’s all, go and see what’s boring about you.

In the past, Chakrabongse founded the Life Inspired for Transexuals Foundation (LIFT) to support scholarships for women and trans women. She tells BBC Thai that she is waiting for the right moment to push for amendments to the law so that trans women can use the prefix “transgender”. Ms or Mrs. He believed this could happen. because there has been an effort to drive this issue in Thai society for a while

Throughout the last period, Chakrabongse didn’t just draw a line. business plan But also life planning at every stage. Including choosing to spend tens of millions of baht to hire foreign women as “surrogate mothers”, two heirs born from his sperm saved before a sex reassignment operation from male to female. Although those who disagree with surrogacy which occurs around the world consider it immoral. And it is also illegal in some countries.

Chakrabongse, now 43, looks back on his life as if he had been caught in the boxing ring many times. from bullying, discrimination, sexual harassment misunderstanding from the family to doing business She made these things the subject of life. And using pain as power leads to success that believes not only you can do it.

“I want to say that to the new generation The more obstacles you encounter The more you encounter problems, thank you Fahfon for fating us to meet those things. If not, you are unlucky because you never learned. But it’s even more unlucky if you don’t learn and blame other people too, for example, why meet me? I shouldn’t be like this He shouldn’t have done this. So life fell (low).”

Forbes Magazine recently named Anne Chakrapong as “the most powerful transgender woman in the world” for breaking barriers. lead to business success which she herself told BBC Thai that what happened “is fate (destiny) that we have to adjust”