How did you become an internet idol?
At the beginning, a few people clicked like on my Facebook pictures. The number grew until my pictures started getting 100,000 likes. Now I have more than 500,000 followers on Facebook. Most of them are girls.

Have you been recognized by people on the street?
Yes, especially at university. Some of them walk up to me for photos and a chat. I get all types of feedback: compliments that I’m pretty or not as conceited as people expected, while some speak sarcastically while walking past me or just shout at me. Some comments make me feel bad, but they also push me prove myself. I hope people can be open-minded and judge me by my work instead.

How do you feel when someone posts a message about wanting to have sex with you?
Sexually explicit comments are the worst. But in the end it’s just nonsense from someone who doesn’t know me. I shouldn’t care as I’m not doing anything wrong. I’m used to them now. I’ve never met any perverts in person, but some send me dirty messages. I want to tell them that if they feel that way, they should fulfill their desires themselves, and not post about it on Facebook.

Tell us about your background?
I’m a Nepali girl. My grandparents were evacuated to Thailand during World War II, so my parents were born here. They lived in the Nepali community in Kanchanaburi before coming to work in Bangkok and getting married. I was born in Bangkok, but moved to live in Chiang Rai for 10 years due to the financial crisis. I came back for high school in Bangkok. Now I’m studying information technology and in my second year at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University.

Are you afraid that starring in a movie about sex like Fingering contradicts your reputation as a cute and naïve girl?
It’s not a sexually explicit movie although the trailer might make it look that way. I want everyone to see it. For those who look down on people with cutesy or abbaew clothing, I want to say that people who dress like that have a dream and they are free to follow it. It’s wrong to judge someone from their personal preferences.

What is your sexual orientation?
I’m okay with both men and women because I think love can happen with any sex or any nationality. But as I’m Nepali, it’s our tradition to marry only Nepali and my parents expect me to do just that. I’ve talked to my mother about it, saying times have changed, but she only listened and thought it over. I’m not a person who’s going to break every rule, but I don’t believe in locking myself into one nationality. I want to be free to love anybody, male or female.
Find Emmy at www.facebook.com/zuperem