Mongkut Ritsaya

In the sugar palm plantations of Phetchaburi province, Chompoo and Fah are playing a pretend beauty pageant. Fah dreams of one day winning a real crown. Dao, seeing this, gets annoyed and snatches the mock crown away. Chompoo defends Fah, leading to a fight. However, when a local thug teases Dao one day, Chompoo and Fah step in to help her, sparking a close friendship among the three girls.
Time passes, and the trio grows into young women. Chompoo sells palm sugar to support her father. Dao lives with a sharp-tongued grandmother who scolds her morning and night. Fah lives with her mother, who is obsessed with beauty pageants and determined to make Fah a queen. After years of training, Fah decides to enter her first contest, the Noppamas Queen pageant at a local temple.
Meanwhile, at Channel 88, Puttipat, the ambitious young director, and his mother, Khun Ying Khajeenuch (the channel owner), are arguing about the upcoming "Miss Perfect Thailand 2016" contest scheduled for the end of the year. Due to a misunderstanding, Puttipat gets into an argument with Dao, Fah, and Chompoo. Despite the conflict, Dao finds herself secretly impressed by Puttipat.
Trouble arises when A.B., a transgender pimp, arranges for Dao to have a meal with Chuchai, an influential local politician. Seeing it as an easy way to earn money, Dao agrees and takes Fah along as a companion. However, when Chuchai’s henchmen take Dao upstairs, she realizes she is in danger. Chompoo finds out and rushes to save her, hitting Chuchai hard on the head. The three girls flee from Chuchai’s guards to the train station. To throw them off, Chompoo wears Dao’s shirt, leading the henchmen to chase the wrong person, while Dao and Fah jump onto a train to escape.
Chompoo manages to evade the guards but is forced to work for A.B. at a karaoke bar to survive. Dressed up to look alluring, she encounters Puttipat, who comes to the bar. Mistaking her for a service girl, he buys her time to tease her. Desperate for money to treat her sick father, Chompoo agrees but outsmarts him by getting him drunk, taking his money, and fleeing home. When Puttipat wakes up and realizes he was tricked, he tracks her down. Upon seeing her caring for her paralyzed father, his anger turns to admiration, and he decides not to press charges.
When her father's condition worsens, Chompoo enters the "Miss Phetchaburi" pageant for the prize money. Duangduan, a pageant scout, is a judge and promises to mentor the winner for the national "Miss Thai Beauty" stage. Puttipat also attends the event and is struck by Chompoo's beauty for the first time. Chompoo wins the crown and heads to Bangkok to compete further.
Meanwhile, Fah and Dao, having fled to Bangkok by train, are kicked off in Ratchaburi for having no tickets. They work odd jobs to earn money for the rest of the trip until they meet Chat, a photographer on assignment. He gives them a ride to Bangkok. Fah falls hard for Chat instantly. Once in the city, Premjit takes Fah and Dao into her beauty pageant stable, giving them a total makeover. Chat is assigned by Khajeenuch to cover a scoop on "The Path of a Beauty Queen," allowing him to get closer to Fah. However, Fah becomes jealous whenever Chat is near other women, especially the talkative Dao, whom he seems closer to.
Trouble brews in the beauty house when Praewprao recognizes Dao as the girl who beat her in the Noppamas pageant. Fueled by resentment, she manipulates the other girls to hate the newcomers. The seniors pretend to be nice initially, only to backstab them later. Dao decides to fight back without holding back, while Fah remains submissive, fearing she will be kicked out and lose her dream. As Dao’s star begins to rise, Top, Premjit’s boyfriend who helps manage the girls, takes an interest in her, fueling even more jealousy among the others.
Dao’s beauty and talent make Fah feel constantly compared to her. No matter how hard Fah tries, she always seems to lose to Dao. Eventually, Dao becomes Premjit’s favorite. Deep-seated envy begins to consume Fah, destroying everything—even their friendship.
Witness the sharp betrayal and intense rivalry on both the stage of love and the national beauty pageant. How will it end?
Find out in the drama "Jealousy's Crown" (Mongkut Ritsaya), airing Thursdays and Fridays at 08:00, 15:55, and 19:45 on Channel 8. The premiere episode airs Friday, November 20, 2015.