As I look at Lee Ha-nui, Korea’s Miss Universe contestant, I’m reminded why I appreciate model Jang Yun-ju so much — Jang actually looks Korean. The winner of Miss Universe, of course, was from an island nation whose name we dare not mention. Mongolia, unfortunately, didn’t field a contestant, with Kazakhstan representin’ Central Asia.
Miss Korea?
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Lee looks a tad South American to me. Better living through surgery!
Plastic fantastic Stepford
True, Jang Yun-ju’s a pretty woman.
Jang Yun-ju’s no Miss Universe, but she’d get my vote in the Miss Universe competition even so. She’s got some cool – and a serious set of funbags. What more do you need?
I had a damn hard time to find out where these Asian chicks were from. I mean miss Korea looks like she had a transracial (from Asian to Hispanic) operation, miss Japan looks like a Maori (without the excessive (over)weight), miss Khazakhstan looks like a Korean, miss Thailand looks like a Nigerian, and miss Nigeria looks like an ape, which probably, she is.
Havik,
One would hope that the Miss Nigeria comment came out of ignorance (there are some things you just can’t say) but I smell an edit coming on.
That was absolutely disgusting, and I’m sure the Oranckay will delete it (as well as the follow-up comments).
And for what it’s worth, Miss Nigeria is a very beautiful woman.
All the Asian contestants seem to have had plastic surgery… they don’t look… well, Asian.
That’s not fair, otoritakeo — Miss Kazakhstan, the Flower of Central Asian Womanhood, apparently — looks pretty damn Asian. Nice national dress, too.
There was a Korean on the panel of judges: the guy who plays Ando on ‘Heroes’.
Did they introduce Jason Kyson Lee (Ando from Heroes) as a Japanese or did my ears deceive me?
I’ve seen a lot of beautiful Japanese women–Miss Japan certainly isn’t one of them. I can’t believe she beat the likes of Miss Venezuela to win the title of Miss Universe.
Robert: “And for what it’s worth, Miss Nigeria is a very beautiful woman.”
I wouldn’t call her…that other thing, but beautiful she isn’t.
Want a black beauty? Check out Miss Mauritius. Yowza.
” all the Asian contestants seem to have had plastic surgery… they don’t look… well, Asian”
Exactly what I thought. It seems that their were trying to look like what is the Non Asian “perception” about “Asian chicks”.
“I’ve seen a lot of beautiful Japanese women–Miss Japan certainly isn’t one of them”
I agree. “Occidental beauty” seems to be the reason why she became the winner.
Miss Venezuela. That country always has very good looking contestants…must be something they put in the water.
Oh, and Miss Tanzania. Probably has the most proportionate face there (a true classical beauty)…and check those long legs!
“Occidental beauty” seems to be the reason why she became the winner.
Occidental taste in Asian women tends to correlate much with what is found in third rate porn sites, which also explains the current Miss Universe.
You know something is wrong with that kind of contests when the so-called most beautiful wimin in the friggin’ world is Japanese.
And for the record, that Kazakh chick is hawt.
My comment on the Nigerian miss was just a remark based on her somewhat ape-ish facial expressions. Besides that, black people look like monkeys just as Asians look like midgets, Caucasians look like Chechnian terrorists and Europeans look like anaemic morons.
We’re not gonna be sensitive (politically correct) on racial issues here, right?
“Occidental taste in Asian women tends to correlate much with what is found in third rate porn sites, which also explains the current Miss Universe.”
Hmm, hmm. One of the judges was Korean.
See how Lee Hani has changed a bit through the years:
http://tong.nate.com/ice4b1/24179104
#7 Marmot, I will probably get whacked on the pig post for a follow up comment to this winner as well!
Miss Kazakhstan, wow. Looks nothing like Boarat’s sister….
i don’t see any noticable changes. Why are you accusing women of having plastic surgery, just because they look good?
I recall you claimed Kim Hye Soo had plastic surgery recently or whatever, too.
Looks the same to me, 10 years ago and now.
It’s your blog — why can’t _you_ simply delete it?
25# Dogbertt, for the same reason I don’t fill out my own expense reports, I don’t have to.
Ms.Jang Yun-ju’s dad is not a top rank official of National Secret Agency nor her mom a National Treasure. Ms.Jang Yun-ju is not the niece of No.2 powered man in Korea, who’s the most trusted man by the now-on president.
Miss Norway (Miss Pusan)
27 – Are you saying that’s why she’s not Miss Korea?
“You know something is wrong with that kind of contests when the so-called most beautiful wimin in the friggin’ world is Japanese.”
Well, on a per capita basis I’d definitely give Korean women an edge over Japanese in terms of physical attractiveness, but Japan does have its fair share of beautiful women. As with some of the other people who post here, I tend to be a little more partial to a more traditional – i.e. lighter on the cosmetics and surgery – look, but to each his/her own. As wjk pointed out, I wouldn’t be confident in having a 100% accuracy rating as to judging who has or hasn’t had surgery.
“Well, on a per capita basis I’d definitely give Korean women an edge over Japanese in terms of physical attractiveness”
It’s funny..that’s what I used to think too when I lived in Korea, but since I have moved out lived in Japan before coming home, I definitely think your average Japanese girl looks much cuter and prettier than the average Korean girl. I think it has to do with being “in the flock” at the time. Although I see Korean beauties from time to time, when you see them out of their element, you realize that alot of them are just 3′s made up to be 9′s. Anyways, its good that at least two Asian representatives made it to the final cut.
However, I have to admit that the picture really does make her to look hispanic. Is that really plastic surgery or was that just a dose of the typical heavy Korean makeup routine?
If the work is done well, I have zero problems with a touch of the plastic!
It seems as though the Korean troll contigency is in full force hijacking the comments sections of all Miss Universe 2007 related videos. It’s quite interesting (but not surprising at all) that while even commenters from the 1st runner up nation, Brazil, will express that Miss Japan should not have won, even they will not stoop to the level of boorishness and low class as displayed by the Korean posters who swarm and hijack every video with comments laden with profanity, crude and utterly rude personal insults and distasteful comments directed to Miss Mori and Japan. Pretty much every single comment by Koreans and kyopos has the word “ugly bitch”, “fugly”, or “ugly jap whore” written in somewhere. How classy.
It’s kind of interesting because in their attempt to bad mouth Japan and gain support from the foreign audience, it seems as though all they have done is show how ugly and distasteful Korean culture can be as the other commenters have posted how disgusted and turned off they are by the trolling comments by the Koreans. It’s really comical how Koreans are their own worst enemy at times like this.
“See how Lee Hani has changed a bit through the years:
http://tong.nate.com/ice4b1/24179104”
Besides the fact that she has a lower BMO than she did while she was in her teens, I really don’t see much change (most Korean girls get chunkier in middle-school and high-school because they’re always eating on the go in between hagwons lessons… but then lose the weight at university). She still looks a lot like the cute little girl of 5 or 6 in one of the pictures at that site. If she’s had cosmetic surgery, hats off to the surgeon(s): good cosmetic surgery is the kind that is only noticeable by expert eyes.
BMI, not BMO. Sorry.
“It’s kind of interesting because in their attempt to bad mouth Japan and gain support from the foreign audience, it seems as though all they have done is show how ugly and distasteful Korean culture can be as the other commenters have posted how disgusted and turned off they are by the trolling comments by the Koreans. It’s really comical how Koreans are their own worst enemy at times like this.”
An unfortunate theme that comes up again and again here. It’s comical, but in a morbid sort of way. Unfortunately, constructive advice in this department is sometimes taken as being anti-Korean.
“If she’s had cosmetic surgery, hats off to the surgeon(s): good cosmetic surgery is the kind that is only noticeable by expert eyes.”
Her eyes look proportionally larger now than they were when she was a young child. The opposite is true in real life – our eyes become smaller in proportion to the rest of our features as we grow up. There is a subtle change between the second and third photos from high school. Her face looks to have changed again as an adult. Judging from her childhood and early teenaged photos, she was naturally pretty, but she is in a highly competitive industry that demands a certain look. Surgery is extremely common among beauty pageant contestants in general. Speculating about who’s had work done is a favorite pasttime amongst Korean netizens. The consensus is that she does not look natural.
That’s why I love women like Jang Yun-ju. I’m sure she’s been advised to fix this or that if she wants to be a star, but so far, she seems to have rejected the advice.
“http://tong.nate.com/ice4b1/24179104″
Looking at the photos, I’m beginning to have doubts to whether she really did have plastic surgery… It’s just looks as if she’s lost a lot of weight.
>tabitha
Hey I saw your post at Japundit. Word by word the same post. Ofcourse the name of the poster was different.
At Japundit it was Chonko.
http://japundit.com/archives/2007/05/29/6112/#comments
Are you the Japanese version of VANK?
Hi tomojiro,
That is a coincidence. However, have you ever thought that perhaps my post serves as a great excuse for others to copy and paste if it serves the same agenda for them? I am just offering an explanation.
Thanks.
BTW, what is VANK?
Tabitha, I am a Korean-American. I also don’t think Miss Japan should have won, but it’s not because of the reasons certain trolls have stated (if indeed they said what you claim they say). I have seen hot Japanese girls…..BEAUTIFUL girls….and they have this Miss Japan beat in the looks department hands down.
I think it’s great that a Miss Japan won the Miss Universe contest….I just don’t think she’s all that when there are so many finer Japanese women out there. Then again, I know beauty is not the only factor in the contests.
Thanks to tomojiro I followed the link to japundit and then found this, the national costumes of the contestants.
Too many photos to go through, but the link I included has Miss Korea and her drum. Miss USA (or is it Miss America?) is Elvis, btw.
From what I saw only Ms. Norway was wearing something resembling a real McCoy national costume.
Anyway, I’m really gayed out now, so ’nuff said.
““It’s kind of interesting because in their attempt to bad mouth Japan and gain support from the foreign audience, it seems as though all they have done is show how ugly and distasteful Korean culture can be as the other commenters have posted how disgusted and turned off they are by the trolling comments by the Koreans. It’s really comical how Koreans are their own worst enemy at times like this.”
An unfortunate theme that comes up again and again here. It’s comical, but in a morbid sort of way. Unfortunately, constructive advice in this department is sometimes taken as being anti-Korean”
It depends on the occasion. I consider most Koreans very reasonable and rational on one-to-one conversations. They tend to become less reasonable when they gather in groups, and they tend to become like total barbarians when they can hide their identities on the internet.
I was checking some photos from the Miss Universe contest on the web and wondering what the heck is Donald Trump doing there? Then I find out that Donald Trump owns the pageant. As one of the perks, the winner is given the use of a Trump Tower apartment in New York City for use during her reign.
So basically, this means that the Miss Universe pageant has become like Trump’s personal harem.
“It depends on the occasion. I consider most Koreans very reasonable and rational on one-to-one conversations. They tend to become less reasonable when they gather in groups, and they tend to become like total barbarians when they can hide their identities on the internet.”
This statement would hold true if “Koreans” was replaced by many other nationalities. Anonymous postings in online Korean forums are no worse than the troll trash on Japan’s 2ch or some Chinese BBSes. The Yahoo boards, whose international news stories drew posters from many different countries, were finally shut down after Yahoo got sick of complaints about messages.
“So basically, this means that the Miss Universe pageant has become like Trump’s personal harem.”
Rosie O’Donnell nearly got sued by Donald Trump for suggesting that.
“I think it’s great that a Miss Japan won the Miss Universe contest….I just don’t think she’s all that when there are so many finer Japanese women out there. Then again, I know beauty is not the only factor in the contests.”
Yes, it all comes down to the fact that this is a beauty pageant, not a beauty contest. The contestants are judge on a variety of things, so it’s possible that the ‘hottest’ one does not become the winner. But, in the greater scheme of things, does it really matter who wins? It’s not necessarily the most significant of contests. The Nobel Prizes, sure, that’s significant…but this? It’s entertainment, that’s all.
“Anyway, I’m really gayed out now, so ’nuff said.”
Yeah, I never thought I’d write so much about something that involves sequined gowns held up by double-sided tape.
“We’re not gonna be sensitive (politically correct) on racial issues here, right?”
That’s so out of tempo with the times that it makes me want to bust a gut. You get the daily “inadvertant humor awArd” (affectionately known as the “baduks.”)
That Miss Korea is a freak. She’s beautiful and nasty at the same time. What a disgrace. That picture is revolting. What yucky beauty. Yikes.
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