Treechada Petcharat ( th, ตรีชฎา เพชรรัตน์; ), better known by the names Poyd ( th, ปอย; ), Nong Poy, or Treechada Malayaporn, is a Thai actress and model. Petcharat underwent gender affirming surgery at age 17.

Life and career

Peranakan The Peranakans () are an ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of South China, Southern Chinese settlers to maritime Southeast Asia, known as Nanyang (region), Nanyang (), namely the British Raj, British Colo ...

family born, as a boy, Petcharat realized she was a

transgender A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through ...

woman. In front of her parents, however, she had to hide her identity and was forced to present as male. She felt disgusted by her genitals, so at the age of 17, she underwent gender affirming surgery. Since then, she has said that she feels as if she has been reborn. At age 19, Petcharat won the Miss Tiffany's 2004 and

Miss International Queen Miss International Queen is the world's biggest beauty pageant for transgender women. The pageant was conceived in 2004 and named the largest and most prestigious by CNN original American documentary television series This Is Life with Lisa Lin ...

2004.

Filmography

* ''With Love'' (2010) * ''Spicy Beauty Queen of Bangkok 2'' (2012) * ''

The White Storm ''The White Storm'', formerly known as ''The Cartels War'' () is a 2013 Hong Kong-Chinese crime thriller film directed by Benny Chan and starring Sean Lau, Louis Koo, and Nick Cheung. The film had its world premiere at the 2013 Hong Kong Asia ...

'' (2013) * ''

From Vegas to Macau II ''From Vegas to Macau II'' () is a 2015 3D Hong Kong-Chinese action comedy film directed and written by Wong Jing and starring Chow Yun-fat, Nick Cheung, Carina Lau, Shawn Yue, Angela Wang and Michelle Hu. The film is the sequel to '' From Vegas ...

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Insomnia Lover ''Insomnia Lover'' is a 2016 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Yuan Jie and starring Treechada Petcharat, Deng Zifeng, Patrick Tam, Lan Yan and Teddy Lin. It was produced by Shenzhen Haiyuan Mengxiang Media and distributed by Beijing Lanj ...

'' (2016) * ''

Witch Doctor A witch doctor (also spelled witch-doctor) was originally a type of healer who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft. The term is now more commonly used to refer to healers, particularly in regions which use traditional healing r ...

'' (2016)

References

External links

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