Paradyke Buys a House
September 20th, 2007
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It’s not easy being Thailand’s version of Brangelina.
Paradorn Srichaphan and his fiance, 2005 Miss Universe Natalie Glebova, did a presser yesterday at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok to announce that they have just bought a new house.
Who holds a press conference to announce they’ve bought a house? I dunno, perhaps people with intimacy issues.
The 4,700 square foot chateau at the Prime Nature Villa estates is a relatively new property, which caters to the high-end market on a site formerly called Sundown Lake, well known among jet skiers in the Bang Na-Srinakarin area.
Apparently the space wasn’t enough room for Paradorn, because he also bought up a 2,500 sq ft lot behind the house to put in a pool and a garage.
Srichaphan revealed to reporters that among the guests at the November 29th ceremony will be Germans Tommy Haas and Nicholas Kiefer. He also said that he’s planning on inviting a bunch of other ATP players at the Thailand Open next week.
Glebova announced that she’ll be wearing 4 dresses throughout the day-long event — one for the morning ceremony, one for the press conferences, one for the reception and another to dance in.
Of course she has to have something to wear for the wedding press conferences. Uh duh!
And in case you’re curious, their purchase price was $1.25M for the digs, which is actually quite a chunka change in Thailand.
More impressive to me, however, was the attire that Srichaphan decided to don during an on-site the couple did to talk about the upcoming nuptials: