A Change of Guard

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Sunday 9 September 2012

New uproar over scantily-clad starlets



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Chai Lydalen (left) during her tour in the U.S earlier this year.

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) - Khmer Art Association chairman Sos Mach is furious with the sexy outfits worn by some entertainers.

"It's so hard for me to bear this burden as I'm the one who has to take responsibility," he told CTN on August 30.

"These stars actually intend to wear sexy dresses," he said. "They like to profit from their boyfriends, friends and fans.

"To be famous, however, they don’t have to flaunt their sexiness by showing their breasts, for example."

Sos Mach urged scantily-clad stars to reconsider their activities.

"Let's look at famous stars like Chorn Chanleakena, Meng Keopich Chanda, Orch Sokun Kanha and Sokun Nisa who are top stars but never dress in sexy clothes," he said.

Sos Mach stressed that fame should come with talent being admired rather than criticized.

"If stars dressing sexily were under control of the Khmer Art Association, we would advise them," he said.

"However, their origins are unclear. Some have acted or sung in just a couple of songs and then call themselves stars.

"They take photos of themselves wearing sexy clothes that are unacceptable and affect stars who are good and moral."

Sos Mach said his association was working on the issue with the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, noting that the future of Khmer culture was at stake.

He also noted that some stars had changed their behavior after being contacted by the association, notably the large-breasted singer Chai Lydalen.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why don't you naked and dance for your fans and for your fame? You're showing your little girls to please your fans ,Right!? Cheaper is not to wear cloth,because the outfit that you wear cost money.Next time don't wear anything,maybe your fans or your fame will be sky high....You're too westernize,and trash your own value as a Khmer's star.I am Khmer man,I am not impressed by what you wear on stage,you're too cheap,disgraced yourself.

Khmer man.

Anonymous said...

You disgrace the picture poster behind you by dressing like hooker to claims to fame by showing your breasts to get fame.You have no value as a Khmer star.

Anonymous said...

Don't say the are Khmer star, because Most of well and good educated oversea Khmer don't love that kind of presentation.
We just want a good performance and good song for our time.

Anonymous said...

Be a topless dancer is better for you to earn more money. Too much for nothing as a Khmer singer and depending on what kind of songs have been sang, even that, it looks so dirty with white outfit if it is a black would be better. We all know that it’s not just only our neighboured countries could do but we Khmer can do it too if there is no barriers of culture.

Anonymous said...

She'll look more sexier if she got no clothes on and just completely naked in front of the crowd

Anonymous said...

I like ladies wearing sexy outfits, but not bare breast and showing belly button like her. This is not sexy, it is phornography.

Anonymous said...

She look like a man to me. Alnold got bigger breast than her.

Anonymous said...

Too much of the westernization is bad for khmers woman to be influence by revealing bare breasts on stage to please the wrong groups of fans.For me is too cheap and too childish for Khmer's star to copy westerner's stars.

I'm not impressed at all for this kind of act to get attention from the growds,sexy? Not really! Disgraceful? Perhaps yes! Because you're khmers lady suppose to be good role model for young khmers girls to looks up too,but you did in the wrongful tasteless disgrace manner...

Yobal Khmer.

Anonymous said...

Disgrace! Disgrace! Disgrace!...you're down grade yourself to dirty trashie...Take it all off and dance on the pole if you want to show off your top little girls,they pay you enough to disgrace yourself.Did you value yourself as a khmer's role model[Star] or just to make money? Wrong impression,tasteless,valueless....

Kmenhwatt.

Anonymous said...

Lighten up. You guys are a bunch of conservative preachers. Khmers today are more updated . You're so out of touch. Bye.

Anonymous said...

Do you understand Khmers tradition!? I am not a preacher I lived a broad all my life,born in Cambodia raise in abroad seen many sexy dress or naked women.
But,khmers role model should cover up her private parts and she was entertainer of families oriented or there kids watching her.Is that appropriate to you?

Its should be okay if she only entertain an adult.Why don't she dress like that in Srok Khmer,and see what happen...?

Anonymous said...

Guys! Who cares about this partially naked photo of a Khmer singer! It's rather amusing to me. Get over it.

In fact, there are hundred, not thousand of Karoke bars in Cambodia, that used/abused women as sexed slave. Why should we even care about this photo.

Anonymous said...

I think it's becoming a big deal because even westerners are finding this quite provocative, especially for a more traditionally conservative country like Cambodia. But like what was stated in the article, some of these girls are doing strictly for sex appeal and attraction, yet they don't want to seen at all as trashy or slutty. Ironic though, isn't it?