Recap 2014: Most popular stories of the year

Readers, this was your call. And we can’t say we’re surprised. Once again, the weird and wonderful, and most of all the sexy stories won the internet popularity contest.

Only in a list of Coconuts Bangkok’s Top 10 most-viewed stories does a beauty pageant peacefully co-exist with the Bangkok Shutdown, and we’re sure that says a lot about something.

Without further ado, here are the most popular stories in terms of views, as voted by everyone with their mouse. We’re thankful for your readership and look forward to another wonderful year.

1) Thailand’s first Miss Universe of 1965 shocks world with recent pic

Thai beauty queen looks young

Who says beauty isn’t immortal? Apasara Hongsakula, the first Miss Universe winner from Thailand, proved us all wrong when she was photographed at an event in October while looking stunningly beautiful at 67.
 

2) Plot twist: The beautiful woman he took home is a man (VIDEO)

The luk thung music video “Khatoey never cheats” gave viewers some rare insight into how the world looks to a woman trapped in a man’s body this year through a touching story of a transgender woman who runs into the love of her life, who struggles to recognize her new appearance.
 

3) ‘Ken F4’ former Taiwanese heartthrob meditates in Chiang Mai

For some reflection on your own mortality, gaze at the young sex symbol, the middle-aged dude, and the unbroken line of years between them.
 

4) Chinese rage breaks out into brawl on flight out of Thailand

Three words: Chinese, fork-stabbing, airplane. This moment spelled the end of Thai Airway’s famous metal utensils.
 

5) More than meets the eye: You won’t believe this hot chick’s ‘before’ photos

What do this hot girl and little boy have in common? You guessed it right.

6) Suvarnabhumi prepares for Bangkok Shutdown

From the “news you can use” department was this report on Suvarnabhumi Airport’s advice and measures to help travelers one week prior to the “Bangkok Shutdown” promised by the anti-government protesters in January.

7) Thailand’s Top 10 Hottest Toms of Instagram

While the world obsesses over the ladyboys of our polysexual society, our totally hot toms (tomboys) go underrated and underexposed. We searched all the internet to present the hottest toms on Instagram.
 

8) Uniformly stereotyping Bangkok’s university girls

bangkok university girls

Stuck with the same white collared shirt and black skirt, the girls from each university in Bangkok have their own ways to style their uniforms to represent their institutions, and this illustration has gone viral for its accuracy.
 

9) Sara Malakul Lane talks leaving Thailand to find her sexy self

Sara Malakul Lane, or “SML” as she’s known around here, poured her heart out to Coconuts Bangkok in an interview and discussed her conflicted identity as a Thai actress trapped by society’s expectations of who she should be.
 

10) Sara Malakul Lane hits construction site in white one-piece to erect something sexy

Prudes may judge and condemn the shift of her career, but if there is one thing Sara Malakul Lane should be admired for is the fact she doesn’t need corrective airbrushing. Not even her hair.



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