Venus Flytrap in METRO Newspaper

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New Thai lady boys the next Spice Girls?

Forget the Spice Girls reunion, Sony BMG are about to give us the next generation of girlband - Hot, Cool, Posh, Naughty and Sweet.

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Video source of Venus Flytrap in ITN news

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Venus Flytrap in UK ITV News

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They may look like Thailand's answer to Girls Aloud - but this girl band is really a boy band.

The five young Thai transsexuals - commonly referred to as ladyboys - have been brought together by record company Sony BMG.

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Transgender Korean Celebrity Harisu to Wed in May

Source:english.chosun.com


The transgender celebrity Harisu will be a May bride.
Harisu is to marry Micky Jung, a rapper six years her junior, at CentralCity in Banpo-dong, Seoul on May 19. The two families met last December and again in January to set the wedding date, the star told the Chosun Ilbo. Who will officiate and emcee has not been decided, nor has the honeymoon destination. Their married life is to start at the home in Nonhyun-dong, Seoul that Harisu shares with her parents.

Asked about the sensitive issue of babies, she said, “I asked my boyfriend, I can’t have a baby: what should we do? And he responded so naturally, ‘We can adopt.’ He consoled me saying the baby will be mine if I give it a blood transfusion.”

How do you feel after announcing your wedding plan?

It was difficult to keep it secret because the wedding has been planned for such a long time. I really wanted to announce it out of blue, but it was leaked.

What does marriage mean to you?

Fulfillment as a woman. To think in broader terms, it may mean that a socially shunned transgender person is recognized as a woman.

It must have been hard to get to the point of marriage….

Above all, we are so compatible and we really need each other. So we decided to get married.

How did your prospective parents-in-law react?

I went to see them last August for the first time. My boyfriend and I were really worried, but we were surprised how warmly they welcomed me.

Who first talked about adoption?

My boyfriend. He joked he is willing to adopt up to four babies.

Micky Jung, Harisu’s bridegroom-to be, was a member of a dance group EQ that was active during mid 90s. Since finishing his military service, he has been a rapper in the underground scene but held down a day job. He joined Harisu’s management company in 2005 and worked on her fourth album released in January 2006 and her summer special album that came out in June that year. They have recently started to appear on TV shows together. Their love apparently grew along with their career.

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Harisu - Summer Summer lastest single

Italian News of Venus Flytrap

source:GAY.tv
(22/02/2007)

Sono 5 e sono trans. Ecco il VIDEO delle nuove Spice Girls
Si sa le boy-band e le girl-band non vanno più di moda. A rinnovare il ‘genere’ ci ha pensato la filiale thailandese della Sony.
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Nadia Almada - A Little Bit of Action

The popuppular UK transsexuals.

The UK showed its fleeting love for transsexuals when Nadia Almada won Big Brother in 2004. Nadia Almada is a Portuguese reality television star, best-known for being the first transsexual winner of the reality show Big Brother UK. She released a music single called, "A Little Bit of Action" which charted at #27 in December, 2004
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Another Venus Flytrap Article in the UK

Ladyboy-band sign to Sony
Stewart Who?, GAY.COM
Tuesday 20 February, 2007 09:55


Dana International proved that gender reassignment need not be a block to Eurovision success. The UK showed its fleeting love for transsexuals when Nadia Almada won Big Brother in 2004.

Coming our way, and to possible success is Thailand's first ladyboys band called Venus Flytrap.

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Venus Flytrap Video News Story in Reuters.com

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Venus Flytrap News Story in Reuters

Poy Treechada - In TV Drama 'Ruk Tur Took Wan'

Poy Treechada (Miss Tiffany 2004 and Miss International Queens 2004) starring in Thai TV drama 'Ruk Tur Took Wan'. She act in 'Monsie' who's Aom Piyada's ladyboy friend and Ken Theeradeth starring in this program too, it's coming soon. For more details www.polyplus.co.th

Song by Pan Paibulkiat from the Thai drama "Ruk Ter Took Wan"

Pick up Wattina on BK Magazine this week!

Pick up BK Magazine this week!
Tah Da! Please pick up BK Magazine this week b'cos Wattina on BK cover! Haha yes, it's me!. I worked at No.1 free magazine 'BK' before and this issue the concept is Fake Huntand they looking for a Fake girl on cover and then they choose me. If you wanna read this story more just click to BK site www.asia-city.com or pick it up at Starbucks, Siam and many shop etc. see you there!.

Fan video of Venus Flytrap - Don't Touch (The Zoom Song) by Ashley Tisdale

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The first Venus Flytrap's article in the Reuters UK.

Members of Thai ladyboy band "Venus Flytrap" pose in Bangkok February 7, 2007. (From L-R) Amy, Taya, Bobo, Nok and Gina are Thai ladyboys brought together by record company Sony BMG to create a girl group with a twist. Five beauties, questionable singing abilities, great dance moves and the skimpiest of outfits: "Venus Flytrap" fits the girl band cliche in every respect but one. These Thai girls used to be boys. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND)

Thai ladyboy band hopes to hit the high notes
Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:40 PM GMT
By Rosalind Russell

BANGKOK (Reuters Life!) - Five beauties, questionable singing abilities, great dance moves and the skimpiest of outfits: "Venus Flytrap" fits the girl band cliche in every respect but one.

These Thai girls used to be boys.
Bobo, Taya, Gina, Amy and Nok are ladyboys brought together by music firm Sony BMG to create a girl group with a twist.

Stylish and articulate, they want to sweep aside the common image of ladyboys as cabaret queens or tourist curiosities and join the mainstream of international pop.

They have quite a way to go as the girls still flog the nightclub circuit in Bangkok, but the band is hoping a newly-released album, "Visa for Love" and a risque video will propel them to stardom.

In preparation, they're already behaving like celebrities, making a dramatic, breathy entrance into the boardroom at Sony BMG's Bangkok office and flinging themselves on chairs amid much posing, pouting and flicking of hair.
"We get such a great feeling when we're on stage. We can feel how much the audience loves us," said 24-year-old Taya, branded "Cool Venus" in the Spice Girl mode. "We are ladyboys, but we think we can appeal to everyone."

Venus Flytrap's music (www.myspace.com/venusflytrapfan) mixes European pop, electronic house and funk with Thai lyrics.

The video -- entertaining Bangkok commuters on screens at Skytrain stations -- is based loosely on the Cinderella fairy tale and features band members running from their prince, shedding clothes as they go.

Clever camera angles protect the modesty of the singers, who have breast implants and take female hormones. Four Venus Flytrap members have undergone sex change operations.

NEW LIFE AS WOMAN
"When I was little I always wore skirts and was into girly stuff," said "Naughty Venus" Gina, 24, the most striking band member with fluttering false eyelashes and blunt cut black hair.

"The turning point was when I was a teenager and I decided not to be a man."
In her early 20s, Gina followed the path of thousands of young Thai men who come to Bangkok from the provinces looking for a new life as a woman.

In a Buddhist society which prides itself on tolerance, ladyboys, known as "katoey" in Thai, enjoy wide acceptance.

Many Thais believe being a ladyboy is the result of bad karma -- paying in this lifetime for misdeeds in former ones -- and that ladyboys deserve pity, not blame.

"We feel like girls from a young age," said Bobo, 25, who worked in a bar in the beach resort of Pattaya before successfully auditioning for Venus Flytrap. "My family has always understood me and accepted me but life hasn't been easy."

"Sweet Venus" Amy, a 23-year-old gemology student, has problems finding a place to stay when she started university.

"In the boy's dormitory I was teased and groped," said the long-limbed redhead who is the group's most accomplished singer. "The girls didn't want me because at the time I still looked like a man. In the end I had to move out and rent a room by myself."

Hot, Cool, Posh, Naughty and Sweet hope to be an inspiration for young ladyboys and anyone confused about their sexuality.
"It isn't easy if you're born into the wrong body," said Amy. "What happened to us is amazing. We never expected to be here."

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Venus Flytrap interview at Give Me Five, Pop Chanel : 25 Jan 2007

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Venus Flytrap at Pop Chanel part 3

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Venus Flytrap at Pop Chanel part 4

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CD Single Cause I'm Your Lady

I just get this promo single 'Cause I'm Your Lady' it's relesed before 1st single Visa For Love. It's an AVCD includes with a track and live at Virgin Hitz Awards 06...anyway I like this front single cover more than their front album cover lol.

Tracklisting are:
1. Cause I'm Your Lady (Live at Virgin Hitz Awards 2006)
2. Cause I'm Your Lady (Album Version)

Official Website Venus Flytrap Launch!

Official site, with information, news & activity (coming soon), download, and photos. www.sonybmg.co.th/venusflytrap Check it out!.

Venus Flytrap at Pop Chanel

Venus Flytrap at Cool Outing season 2 : 007 CASINO-VO-TEL

Thank you Novotel Tipviman Resort And Spa Cha-Am, Phetchburi and Cool 93 fahrenheit. 27-28 Jan, 2007

Making the video 'Visa For Love'

Thanks for P'Bobo Venus Flytrap.

Venus Flytrap at TOP Awards 2006, 26-01-2007

Venus Flytrap at MumShow, 03-02-2007

Pls wait for Mum Show's clip video coming soon..

Venus Flytrap at Seed Awards 2007 red carpet

Venus Flytrap Live Chat at Trueshop

Venus Flytrap live chat at trueshop, ZoneZaa TV, 10 Jan 2007. They talk many thing about the band, life style, love, idol, making the video, gossip, plan in future, Q/A and etc. That's so funny (sorry for LQ). Enjoy!

Venus Flytrap Live Chat at Trueshop part 1


Venus Flytrap Live Chat at Trueshop part 2


Venus Flytrap Live Chat at Trueshop part 3


Venus Flytrap Live Chat at Trueshop part 4
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Venus Flytrap Live Chat at Trueshop part 5


Venus Flytrap Live Chat at Trueshop part 6


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Venus Flytrap - Footage at Virgin Hitz Award 2006

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Nok Venus Flytap - Dtac Sa-Bai Pay commercial

Nok Venus Flytrap act as a BA(Beauty Adviser) in Dtac 'Sa-Bai Pay' commercial that so funny and she's looking great in the end! Don't be serious. Enjoy!

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Dtac Sa-Bai Pay commercial