A Thai actress has lost her career, had to publicly apologize, and has to carry out community service. What did Chotiros Suriyawong do, you ask? Did she slap a public official? Was she a drug mule? Did she drive drunk?

None of the above. The pretty actress wore a much too revealing dress to her movie premiere. She says, "If I had known it would have been controversial, I wouldn't have done it."

The dress is said to have been inspired by Elizabeth Hurley's safety pinned Versace, and that dress catapulted Hurley to fame. Chotiros' dress has certainly done that, being the subject of innumerable chat rooms and newspapers worldwide.

The backlash for wearing the dress has gone beyond an apology and public service. Her production company has gone so far as to edit her role out of one of its upcoming film releases. “I don’t want my actresses to dress that way,” Somsak Techaratanaprasert, president of the Sahamongkol film production house, was quoted as saying by the Thai-language Khao Sod newspaper. “We are not a porn production house, and it goes against Thai culture.”

“I feel very guilty about what happened. I want to apologize,” said Chotiros, in a white button-down shirt and cardigan, her hair pulled back demurely into a loose bun. “I didn’t know it was going to be such a big deal.”

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