Shock in Thailand: A female social media star was actually a man

Fans of a popular Thai social media model were shocked when they learned she was a man following an identity theft case.

Qa-nan is a well-known social media influencer in Thailand with 2,700,000 followers on TikTok, nearly 1,700,000 on Facebook, and 500,000 on Instagram.

The model had recently become known in the international media for auctioning an old iPhone 12 Pro Max with numerous intimate photos and videos inside.

Qa-nan gave fans a glimpse of some of the videos and images left on the phone. Photo: Instagram/qanan_kanokyada

A bidding war ensued, with one fan bidding more than 400,000 baht (10,873 euros) for the phone.

But most of her fans believed she was a real woman.

Likewise, the agencies that hired her to promote their products were convinced that she was a woman, because she had a female ID card proving her identity.

The photo on the ID card did not resemble him, but it is generally accepted that people change over time and that cosmetic surgery can also alter appearance.

So, no one knew about his true nature.

Model accused of identity theft

Kanokyada, the identity theft victim and the model Qa-nan

Qa-nan's secret was revealed when the ID card's true owner, Kanokyada or Joy (surname withheld), 24, came forward after receiving threats of police prosecution.

Joy received several summonses from the police for illegal acts she did not commit.

Police asked Joy to explain his illegal promotion of gambling and alcohol online.

She was also informed by the Revenue Department that she had a huge tax bill.

Joy tried to contact Qa-nan to resolve the issue, but the model blocked her contact on all channels.

Joy then asked a non-profit organization if they could intervene, as she was at her wit's end.

Qa-nan's real name was Nanyapon Boonmee.

Joy met Nanyapon when she was still a teenager and studying at university.

Joy remembered Nanyapon taking a photo of her ID card when they were in college, but at the time, she didn't think there was anything unusual about it, until Nanyapon contacted her again in 2015 to ask for her ID card.

This time, Joy refused to give it to her old college friend.

Five years later, Joy was summoned by the police for a complaint about online gambling.

She managed to prove to the police that she had nothing to do with the case and that it was someone else.

But with the problems recurring again and again, Joy asked the Sai Mai Survive organization to help her file a complaint with the Sai Mai police station.

Sai Mai is one of the 50 districts of Bangkok .

The model admitted the theft.

She justified stealing Joy's name and ID because a fortune teller had told her she would have luck and success with that name.

This is indeed what happened.

Kanokyada added that she had legally changed her name from Nanyapon to Kanokyada and her last name to Jitampon, which did not exactly match Joy's last name.

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Source: The Thaiger , Wochenblitz