"Well-known among fellow cabin crew members as "Nicky", Kiranunt enjoys walking up and down the aisle with baskets of snacks for passengers who are unaware that this flight attendant, wearing make-up and in a full air stewardess's uniform, was not born a woman."
While a young boy riding on the back of a buffalo plodding through muddy rice fields in Lampang province, Kiranunt Suwannasingha looked up at the aeroplane flying among the fluffy clouds in the sky. "I was wondering what the giant metal bird was doing up there. And I wished I could ride on it some day," Kiranunt recalled.
Today, Kiranunt flies across the country almost every single day on board an aircraft, taking care of the safety, welfare and comfort of the passengers. Well-known among fellow cabin crew members as "Nicky", Kiranunt enjoys walking up and down the aisle with baskets of snacks for passengers who are unaware that this flight attendant, wearing make-up and in a full air stewardess's uniform, was not born a woman.
Being born a man didn't stop Kiranunt from being a flight attendant - her dream job of a lifetime - and from being a woman - her dream life. To realise her dreams however, this male-to-female transsexual had to travel a hard route with lots of ups and downs as she struggled through life: An unfortunate life of poverty, loneliness, loss and confusion, and most significantly, striving to become a "real" woman.
Kiranunt reveals her shattering secrets and shares her joy and tears in her three-volume autobiography: Pom Pen Air Hostess Krab (He's an Air Hostess), which tells of Kiranunt's childhood and how she became a man in a female air hostess uniform; Nam Ta Nang Fa (Tears of an Angel), which reveals her life as a "secret" wife and her struggle with unrequited love; and I Am the Ladyboy, which she wrote in English together with four ladyboy chums.
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