Working in the fashion industry can be very cruel, especially for young girls with little knowledge of the risky encounters in wealthy environments ...

Credit : BK Magazine March 1, 2007, (1000 x 609)

Her name was Rojjana Phetkanha, but everyone called her 'YUI'. She started her life as a child working in the ricefields of Thailand, helping her poor family with their difficult work. She was so beautiful that she she became a model and won Bangkok's 1994 Supermodel international competition: she was only 18. In ten years she was signed in by Chanel as a world-famous leading model. And then ...

You will find here an interesting article about Yui's fall from grace (Fr. déchéance), and a few exercises about her story meant for Thai students. Unusual but really helpful.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/367560/thai-supermodel-gets-help