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Yollada Suanyot

Thai politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ8054794 ↗
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Yollada "Nok" Suanyot (Thai: ยลลดา เกริกก้อง "นก" สวนยศ, RTGS: Yonlada Kroekkong "Nok" Suanyot; born June 18, 1977), nicknamed Yollie, is a Thai politician and celebrity in Thailand known for her multiple television appearances. On May 27, 2012, she was elected to represent Mueang Nan District on the Provincial Administration Organization for Nan Province in Thailand, running as an independent politician. Previous to entering politics, Suanyot had been a model, She won the Photogenic award at the Elite Model Look Thailand 2003 and, on the beauty pageant stage, she represented Thailand at Miss Tourism International 2001, where she received the Best National Costume award under the name Hassadee Budtriwong. She was the former winner of the ‘Miss Alcazar 2005’ Beauty Queen Contest and was a member of Sony-BMG Thailand the pop group Venus Flytrap, where she performed of the lead singer under the name "Nok". The famous songs include "Visa For Love" and "Cause I'm Your Lady." Later she join the 2nd pop band "Papillion" by IM Music. with the unreleased song "Dangerous".

Suanyot is a transgender woman. She underwent gender-affirming surgery to align with her female identity at the age of 16. She is a published writer of her own books Katoey (Trans) and Puying (Women), She founded and chairs the TransFemale Association of Thailand, which advocates for transgender rights. One of the most popular projects of her association is a reality TV show offering free gender reassignment surgeries called Sister's Hand Because of the lack of legal recognition for transgender people in Thailand, her birth name appeared on the ballot.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Yollada Suanyot” as thai politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977, 2012, 2003, 2001—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-06-18. The account is most persuasive where Yollada, Suanyot and Thai can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as thai politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8054794. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1977, 2012, 2003 and 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from “Yollada Suanyot” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.