For local Thais the pushing out of their candle lit krathongs is the highlight of this traditional Thai Festival. For many farangs who maybe never manage to drag themselves down to the crowd thronged beach the highlight is the hundreds if not thousands of local beauties who spend hours in the beauty salon on Loy Krathong day to have their hair styled in Traditional Thai ways, elaborated make-up applied, colourful ornate silk costumes donned and fancy costume jewelry added to create the finishing touches that transform thee plainest khun Jane into a Thai Traditional Loy Krathong Model.
Many bars around Pattaya arrange lavish parties with sacrificial pigs and that special song Loy Loy Loy Krathong Dah Dah Dah Dah Dah that is great when you first hear it but can grate on the ears after many years of the same renditions.
Khun Nu the manager of the Aussie Bar on Soi 7 set up her own Loy Krathong Festival and presided over a panel of judges who carefully scrutinised the beautiful contingent of 16 Loy Krathong beauties for the title of Miss Aussie Loy Kratong 2013.
At 11.30 the contestants gathered on stage to receive the judges decision:
3rd place was Miss Pokie
Runner up was Miss Nit
And this years winner was June
Sashes and prizes were handed out and no doubt along with with many offers of you beautiful lady I buy you San Miguel lite OK.
