PUBLISHED: 31 Dec 2024 at 05: 55
NEWSPAPER SECTION: News
Lalisa” Lisa” Manobal, the internationally renowned Thai K-pop legend, is in leading position for the 2024 Thailand’s most powerful soft energy surveys, followed by the girl dwarf hippopotamus” Moo Deng” and the Butter Bear symbol, or” Nong Mee Noei”.
Sanit Siriwisitkul, commander of the North Bangkok Poll Centre, said the surveys on this year’s gentle authority review was conducted among 1, 500 individuals between Dec 24 and 28.
Lisa: Distinguished Thai K-pop celebrity
Of those, 25.4 % voted Lisa the most influential soft power figure of the year, followed by Moo Deng, the celebrity hippo at Khao Kieow Zoo, with 15.2 % of the votes and Butter Bear, the mascot of a bakery shop of the same name, with 12.7 % of the votes. Danupa” Milli” Kanatheerakul ( 10.3 % ) and Muay Thai boxer Buakhao Bunchamek ( 8.5 % ) won the fourth and fifth spots respectively.
In June, Lisa released a song movie Rockstar, filmed in the lively, bustling nighttime meal streets of Yaowarat, Bangkok’s classic Chinatown. It became this year’s pain while spotlighting Thailand’s sweet energy.
Mr Sanit also reported that 30.5 % of participants saw Songkran as the most influential festival for soft power promotion, followed by Loy Krathong ( 18.3 % ), New Year’s Day ( 14 % ), the Wai Khru Muay Thai ceremony ( 9.5 % ) and long-tail boat races ( 7.7 % ).
Butter Bear: Bakery purchase symbol
When asked to vote for the most successful soft power themes, participants voted for tourism, festivals and culture ( 24.7 % ), Thai fashion and clothes ( 20.3 % ), Thai food ( 15.2 % ), sports such as Muay Thai ( 15.2 % ), and traditional Thai medicine and traditional Thai massage ( 10.1 % ).
Earlier on Dec 24, Moo Deng was listed as the” Top Meme of the Year” on X ( Twitter ), generating 7.7 million posts across the year.
Moo Deng: Celebrity dwarf crocodile