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| Leena the primee teacher |
Candidate for Bangkok governor Leena Jangjanja ('Leena Jang') is putting her appearance fee from acting in director Poj Anon's latest kathoey comedy to good use.
Leena takes the role of a crafty teacher in the comedy about teen football players, Taew Te Teen Rabert (แต๋วเตะตีนระเบิด).
She dresses in prim teacher's garb, two pairs of glasses, and high heels which do not exceed two inches - compared to the 6-inch ankle-busters she likes to wear normally.
'Wearing short short high-heeled shoes made me feel a little less confident,' she says jokingly.
Poj is shooting the kathoey movie in Bang Kae. Leena says she is grateful to Poj for following her career, and casting her in the film.
Poj is shooting the kathoey movie in Bang Kae. Leena says she is grateful to Poj for following her career, and casting her in the film.
She puts the B7,000 she makes from each scene in which she appears into her campaign for governor. She has already put the appearance fees into printing name cards to introduce herself to voters - as if the eccentric campaigner, who likes to wear shocking pink, really needed any introduction.
Leena also ran in the campaign for governor last September. A new election has been called after incumbent Apirak Kosayodhin quit over a firetrucks purchase scandal.
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| Leena is rescued from the canal |
Leena, a mother of two and lawyer, who also sells beauty products on the side, was showing voters how to get off a ferry in the Saen Saeb canal when she fell in instead.
A day later, she took her campaign team to Samwa canal - to show voters how to swim - when her team leader entered the water deliberately, but then drowned.
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