That dress is a bit OTT, but she has the confidence and the body to pull it off! Good on her.
As someone else said, Vietnam is a communist country so although she may not be in Vietnam, she's representing the country and I guess the Vietnamese are still held accountable to their laws, especially famous models. I'm sure she was aware of these laws - maybe she did it because she wants to make a statement and bring people's attention to the ridiculous laws of other countries that control what women can wear. It seems she went all out in doing so.
I've just looked up about it a bit more and it seems they do have a dress code that includes not being half naked. However, if she's doing that in another country and not on Vietnam soil, I don't think it should be their concern.
I've seen way more scandalous things on US red carpets, however, if a country or company is sending you to represent their brand, as in, you are contractually there, and there are laws or clauses in your contract that say you must be dressed a certain way regardless if you are in Vietnam in this case, or not, then they have the right to fine her. If there is no law on their books that says in Vietnam AND any where you go in the world you must be dressed like X or if she is there completely of her own volition, then no fine.
Well, if the rules of this event dictate a certain clothing style or restriction, then she might’ve broken this rule. Likewise, she seems to have worn a very revealing dress, so it might actually break some of Vietnam’s laws. Personally, I wouldn’t care or have any issue with her wearing this if I were at this event. This is just my personal opinion though.
No, I mean if she's in Cannes then I don't see why she should be held to the laws of another country (i. e. Vietnam), but then I don't know a great deal about Vietnamese law.
Because she is vietnamese and vietnam is currently a "Unitary Marxist-leninist one-party socialist republic", aka communist, according to wikipedia. They see her as a representative of their country so if she doesn't represent them the way the government wants then the government will punish her.
I disagree with her so-called 'dress' outfit (which attracts the wrong type of attention from civilized people who know the right way to react & from animistic wolves who'll do God knows what if opportunity strikes), considering its utter lack of modesty, elegance, and class. If she was supposed to represent the Vietnamese people (who are generally far more conservative), I would understand Hanoi's move to fine her.
But I'm a Libertarian and find repulsive the idea of a big government with jurisdiction over its citizens' clothing-choices outside its borders. (Individual Vietnamese and/or Vietnamese communities will have to devise their own way of penalizing her for misrepresenting them.) I'm a dual-citizen of the U. S. & the Philippines, but I'm outside Manila's laws outside PH borders, until I enter a PH embassy/consulate.
But, de-facto laws & jurisdictions do vary among governments, no matter where I am (inside or outside U. S. borders), this U. S. citizen will be subject to Washington's laws on its worldwide income-tax, annual bank-account reporting-mandates, antichild-prostition penalties, and 'War on Terror' allowances (for drone-strike, indefinite-detention, surveillance, etc.). If the 'free' & 'democratic' Washington allows for that, should I be surprised at socialist Hanoi's jurisdiction outside its borders?
If she breaks a law in Vietnam, being a Vietnamese citizen, then of course she should be fined.
Anyone going against the laws of a country should be fined or imprisoned according to the catalog of punishments for the offense committed.
However, since she did not commit a reprehensible crime in the country where she appeared in indecent attire (France), then I wonder if it is relevant to be punished in a country other than the one where the crime was committed.
Unless the laws specifically state that any crime that would be punishable in the country of citizenship would also be punishable, even if committed outside the country of citizenship.
Im sorry of course she should , she always remains Vietnamese and this is not a porn shoot , the attire is completely inappropriate , and she should be fined , this is exactly what she was hoping would happen anyhow , I wouldn't know nor care who she is , but I know now. I live in Thailand , but it does not mean I can follow Thai " age of consent " rules for example , you bring with you your Countries' law , and that's as it should be. Just because something may be passed over in Cannes , you are a representative of your own Nation. She achieved what she hoped , but completely inappropriate way to do it.
Just one other thing , loose any Western view its simply note relevant. Asia is Asia , we like it how it is , there are too many loud USA views here already , plus general European views , it doesn't matter , you carry your own flag. Vietnam can do as it sees fit , just as Thailand , different cultures , and you do not dress in this manner , its simple.
Let the governments fight over the fine and jurisdiction.
Let's look at the bigger picture, of which this is just a symptom. There are SO. MANY. of these "Red carpet" events - this award, that award, this festival, that fund raiser, etc., ad nauseum, that the mind just goes numb after awhile. Someone ears a dress that shows 80% of their body. The next star shows 81%, and so on. Each has to one up the previous.
But are they really one-upping each other? Or maybe just showing that they must keep going to further and further extremes just to get "noticed" in our increasingly OTT society?
It's quite generous calling that ugly piece of lingerie a dress. I don't agree with the fine, though. If someone wants to dress like garbage for attention, it's their choice. But I would support the organizers at Cannes if they were to choose to stop her at the door and not let her in until she changes into something more fitting for the occasion.
She isn't in her country but i understand that in some Asian countries you could be in trouble for how you represent your country and its a big no no, but then again when are Asian countries not right in the head? (Im Asian and trust me, i know my people are crazy)
International law states that you are subject to the laws of the country you're in, not the country you're a citizen of. So by international law, seeing as this is not illegal in France, she's not breaking any laws and can therefore not be fined. End of the story. It doesn't matter what her function is or whether people find it inappropriate. It also does not matter what kind of government her home country has, she still isn't subject to their laws while in France.
You think the government of Vietnam cares about International Law when it comes to one of their own slaves? Ha!
You think China cares? China has few prisons as they just take people out to a ditch and put a bullet in their brain. The Vietnamese are probably not as kind.
@MrOracle The fuck does China have to do with this? The question is "do you agree she should be fined" and my answer is no, because no one should be fined when they didn't break a law.
I'm guessing it's not that easy for the Vietnamese government to fine her either, they gotta find some loophole first. The more media attention this receives, the harder it becomes to fine her. Vietnam isn't north korea; they wish to have good relationships with other countries.
Vietnam, like China, wants the economic advantages of capitalism, but otherwise wants to remain a totalitarian state, and while they are a bit more sensitive about how they treat foreigners, they have few qualms about severely punishing their own people.
It might not be the PRK, but it's not that far from it either.
Yeah, and the same guy who publicly announced that they'd fine her/humiliated her also definitely jacked off to her photos. Fucking hypocrisy. Since when can a country rule any person's life to that extreme? Maybe Vietnam should focus on their economy that can't lift its ass off into the attention of any superpower much less be a prominent trade/tourism partner instead of focusing on what someone wore in another country entirely.
This is rich, the government officials all go to bordellos and they want to fine someone that dresses a little showy? Probably because they will never get a piece of her and they are butt hurt.
People dont get the point here, all being white knight shit. She is supposed to represent her country which is pretty conservative, so I think yes she should be fined for being an absolute idiot, not for her horrible slutty clothing style, but for not thinking farther than her nose.
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she wore that dress with her ass hanging out because it's comfortable. She didn't expect anyone to look and notice it. lol I can't even say that with a straight face. Anyone wanna admit girls do shit like this for the attention yet? :D Also, she should be subject to the laws of the country she's in when she does stuff like this. Not be penalized by her home country. And people bitch about the USA being so bad and controlling. haha. We let the country the "offense" happened in decide if there should be punishment or not.
There's nothing more fun than going out with your ass on display. I love it. I remember going to the mall in the sheerest little white stretchy shorts and just getting a huge rush from all the gentlemen staring at me like I was their next meal. One guy followed me all the way to the parking lot. I just looked over my shoulder at at him and laughed.
I dont think a country should be allowed to enforce laws on citizens when they are outside of that country. She's an attractive woman and if that's what she wanted to wear why shouldn't she? I love lady gaga but she went to the Grammys dressed in meat so hey to each their own.
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Interestingly, many people seem to think she's dressed 'normally'. Maybe for the bedroom or this kind of events...
It's not my place to say if she should be fined by her government or not. In Europe, she probably wouldn't be, but she is also far from being dressed in a decent way. Just another girl crying for attention.
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I guess it goes down to the fact if she was well aware of how her government works. If she knew she could get in trouble in some way, shape, or form despite being in a different country then that's on her for getting fined. Personally, I don't agree with a government having that kind of control over its citizens but I also don't live in a country that would fine someone for how they dressed in another country.
How the hell would it be any of their business? Sounds like they just want an excuse to take money from a presumably wealthy individual. The only ones that should have a right to complain are citizens and the local government.
If it is the last of her country and if that law is applied equally and in the same way to every citizen of Vietnam, then of course a fine would be fair and appropriate.
Other societies have other laws and if she breaks the law of her society, she should face the law of her society, cause nobody forced her to break the law. It was her decision wasn't it?
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