Miss Bangkok is a vivid, powerful and moving memoir of a life spent in prostitution in Thailand. Poor and uneducated, Bua Boonmee escaped an abusive marriage only to end up in the go-go bars of Patpong. There, in the notorious red-light district of Bangkok, she succumbed to prostitution in an effort to support her family. Bua’s story is one of resilience and courage in the face of abuse and poverty. Her confessions will make you laugh and cry, cringe and applaud. She will change your perception of prostitution forever.

Lectures and country papers delivered at the WIPO-LAWASIA seminar on industrial property organized by WIPO at Bangkok, Thailand, in March 1983, in cooperation with LAWASIA and with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).