Cross-dressing social media darling dies
A KHON KAEN cross-dresser who used a smartphone to attract almost 1.5 million Facebook likes has died of cancer. She was 27.
Born Niwat Saengmor and known as “Pancake”, she died on Sunday. Hundreds of her social media followers posted farewells on her Facebook page, “Sexy Pancake2”.
‘Pancake’ became well known to social network users despite living in an old rural shack with no television or fridge in the Northeast.
The old smartphone gave her access to Facebook and a wide audience.
‘Pancake’ and her 37-year-old friend, transvestite Sura Narin, loved taking ‘selfies’ and shooting videos of themselves, so they set up “Sexy Pancake” three years ago.
Most of her followers loved the page because of her bizarre posts and self-confidence although she made no claims to being a beauty. She wore sexy lingerie and bikinis, and many of the sexy outfits were sent to her by Facebook page followers.
She often chose paddy fields as backgrounds for photos, and buffaloes as props. The page attracted about 1 million likes. She also loved to pose with local Isaan dishes that did not look eatable, according to some people. She always told followers about her rural life.
‘Pancake’s celebrity expanded beyond social media when TV programmes began interviewing her and she started appearing at events.
However she had a conflict with her manager, reportedly over how money was shared, resulting in them splitting and her setting up “Sexy Pancake2”, which had 500,000 likes.
She once said she would save money so she could have a house built for her mother.
In April, she was diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer and was admitted to a local hospital.
She had an operation but her condition deteriorated, partly because she became resigned to her fate and kept saying she wanted to go home. She refused treatment and meals.
On Sunday, she was allowed to go home but her family took her back to the hospital after her condition worsened.
And so came an end to Sexy Pancake’s surprisingly uplifting life.
