(2015-10-30)一名泰國女孩頭戴桂冠、腳踩高跟鞋，卻在垃圾桶前以跪拜方式向母親感恩的照片，打動了全球萬千網友。這位17歲的泰國選美冠軍卡妮塔·帕汕又被稱作「撿垃圾女孩」，她沒有羞於面對自己撿垃圾的生活，為她贏得了廣泛讚許。
然而，事情突然峰迴路轉，卡妮塔被爆參賽時學歷造假，本來只念到初中三年級的她，謊報自己的學歷是高中畢業。這引發了其冠軍頭銜將被剝奪的猜測。泰國《曼谷郵報》網站29日引述比賽主辦方的澄清，表示卡妮塔的桂冠將繼續保留。卡妮塔就教育背景造假事件向比賽組織者致歉，並稱自己並非有意為之。她表示，比賽申請表由叔叔填寫，之後她沒有對其內容進行審核。
據悉，卡妮塔奪冠後，一所大學聯繫主辦方，表示願意為她提供獎學金。之後主辦方才發現她的學歷造假。有報道稱，主辦方本想收回后冠和獎金，不過看到她誠心道歉和她的孝心，並且也的確需要這筆錢來改善家境，決定原諒她。卡妮塔也通過媒體請求主辦方不要收回后冠，因為她已經把獎金送給家人。
儘管一些人對卡妮塔的造假表示失望，但大部分泰國網民還是支持她。一名泰國網友留言表示，教育水平不應該成為一個問題，這名女孩顯示出的誠實品格，是任何教育背景都不能比的。
泰國北欖府一名17歲少女阿敏(Mint)家境清貧，母親為了供應她念書，每天都在垃圾堆中翻撿回收物和二手衣物，生活過得相當坎坷。在一次因緣際會下，阿敏被推薦參加一項國內舉行的選美比賽，一路過關斬將摘下后冠，她戴著桂冠和飾帶回到家，見到正在撿拾垃圾的母親，馬上跪地拜謝恩情。圖為阿敏跪地拜謝母親。
2015-10-27
（曼谷訊）泰國近日舉行一項選美比賽，摘下桂冠的是一名以撿垃圾為生的少女，其坎坷的命運令人唏噓，但堅強的個性也獲外界大讚。孝順的她回家後，向站在垃圾桶旁的母親跪拜謝恩。更難得的是，她將來還會繼續幫媽媽撿垃圾。
17歲的阿敏家境貧寒，中學畢業後就沒有繼續學業，幫媽媽撿垃圾、賣二手衣服等，賺錢上大學。在選美圈子工作的親戚見到她們一家生活不易，就推薦阿敏去參加選美比賽。
阿敏形容，當裁判宣布她獲得冠軍時，感覺就像做夢一樣，沒想過像她那麼平凡的女生，也能奪得選美冠軍。她強調，不會對有一個撿垃圾的母親感到羞愧，因為她能有今天的成就也是來自母親，每個職業都是靠自己的雙手賺錢，沒必要覺得丟臉。
阿敏獲得冠軍後，戴著桂冠及飾帶回家，跪拜母親謝恩。雖然她將接到一些廣告、影視等工作，可以幫助家裡改善狀況，但母親還是會繼續撿垃圾為生，阿敏有空時也將繼續幫媽媽撿垃圾。
許多人對阿敏像貧民窟一樣的家感到震驚，但紛紛大贊她自強不息的精神，認為她在這樣的環境仍能保持一顆赤子之心，不受物慾和嘈雜的社會污染，十分難得。
Thai garbage collector gets to keep beauty queen crown despite 'lies'
( October 30, 2015 )
For Thai beauty queen Khanittha "Mint" Phasaeng, things nearly turned ugly when organisers discovered she had "lied" about her educational background.
However, the garbage collector, who won the Miss Uncensored News 2015 pageant on Monday, will get to keep her crown, according to the Bangkok Post.
It said that organisers had dismissed speculation about stripping the winner of her title.
On the application form, it was written that Khanittha had passed Mathayom 6 (Level 12), a lie organisers only discovered when a university contacted them to offer the 17-year-old a scholarship.
In reality, she had only passed Mathayom 3.
The beauty queen was the talk of the town after it was reported that she helped her mother collect garbage for a living - a fact she is not shy about.
The teenager, who used to be a second-tier dancer to earn extra income, had vowed to help her mother when her schedule clears up as the work helped provide for her upbringing.
Kanittha reportedly lived with five other family members in a 4-by-5-metre shack, where her 47-year-old mother Orathai Pormaun also stored garbage for separation before sale.
She then moved to live with an aunt because of crowded conditions at home.
According to Orathai, her daughter had to leave school at 14 because the family ran out of money.
Khanittha later began collecting garbage and sold used clothes to help cover household expenses and her brother's education.
She was then adopted by 「Know」, a salon owner who sent her to school until she completed Mathayom 3.
Know claimed that a committee member called to say that the prize money of 30,000 baht would be taken back because of the misinformation on Khanittha’s education background in the application.
But on Tuesday, it was reported by Bangkok Coconuts that the beauty queen begged the committee not to strip her of her crown through the media, as she had already passed on the prize money to her family.
Khanittha also apologised to contest organiser Somchai Leknoi on Thursday, stating that she had no intention of lying, having failed to check the application which was filled in by her uncle.
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