"This program is intended to showcase the talent of Thai people and it usually encourages youths to show their special skills," the minister said. "Still, there have to be some limits."
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Culture Minister Sukumol Kunplome said that nudity on television is not considered appropriate in Thai society. She said the show's producers have been summoned to explain why the segment was broadcast and the ministry will then decide whether to take action.
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As dance music played, the contestant used her body as a paintbrush to fill in the outline. Some in the audience gasped with hands over their mouths, while others cheered her on.
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She then turned to a large canvas and painted a yellow outline of a person. She then removed her shirt, unhooked a black bra and doused herself with several tins of paint before turning to the audience with a broad smile to display her multicolored torso. The area around her breasts was blurred out by censors.
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The show on Thailand's Channel 3, featured 23 year old Duangjai Jansaunoi, who walked onstage barefoot in jeans and a baggy men's button-down shirt. She introduced herself as an independent artist from northern Thailand.
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An episode of Thailand's Got Talent has stirred a morality debate after a contestant painted a canvas using her bare breasts, drawing a rebuke from the culture minister who called it 'very shocking'.
