Natural Beauties

by Robert Koehler on July 31, 2008

in Korean Tabloid Crap

Somebody’s created a blog of Korean actresses and models who haven’t gone under the knife.

Actually kind of interesting.

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Plastic World |: July 31, 2008 at 10:23 am

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1 Dweji July 31, 2008 at 9:14 am: There are actually actresses and models in Korea who haven’t had plastic surgery? I find that very hard to believe. Well, I guess people will attempt to prove even the most unbelievable claims in the name of nationalism.
2 WangKon936 July 31, 2008 at 9:16 am: Hummm… middle school pics offered proof…
3 Won Joon Choe July 31, 2008 at 9:27 am: Dweji,

For once I doubt this is a nationalism issue.
4 Richard July 31, 2008 at 10:19 am: When I first got to Korea in the 1970’s (brace yourself, another old man story) I was not really impressed with Korean women at first but as time progressed their “innocent” charm became more alluring.
When I first returned in the late 1980’s it wasn’t the plastic surgery but the gobs of makeup the young women were wearing that was a shocker.
But I always was a sucker for the “girl next door” look!!!
5 WangKon936 July 31, 2008 at 10:24 am: # 4,

Very telling.

Korean gals nowadays have very little “innocent” charm left anymore. There is even a very big difference between the Korean girls I dated in the 90’s vs. the ones today.

Many Korean American guys I know are disillusioned with just how jaded and selfish Korean women have gotten. We express this to our mothers, who grew up in the 70’s, and they have disbelieving cognitive dissonance, not being able to comprehend how much Korean women have changed mentally from their time.
6 Sonagi July 31, 2008 at 10:29 am: Who has and who hasn’t is a popular topic, and there are lots of internet lists like this one. I was surprised to see Kim Tae-hee missing from the list, for she is celebrated as a natural beauty. She was a very pretty child with the same delicate features. As Wanggon pointed out, pics from middle school or earlier are good evidence.

Anti-fans are starting to out men, too. I think Kwon Sang-woo and Bae Yong-jun are the kings of plastic surgery. Kwon is even rumored to have chest implants.
7 Sperwer July 31, 2008 at 10:39 am: Kwon is even rumored to have chest implants.

Saw a pathetic poser with a set of plastic pecs at the gym the other day. It was hilarious when a couple of the resident Korean metal heads with whom I lift pushed him into actually getting down on the bench; he couldn’t even push up an olympic bar + 30 (=75lbs). I guess the pneumatics got in the way. LOL. On the other hand, I got mine the old-fashioned way, so I know the effort and pain the imagination of which scared the little wanker off.
8 Tripod July 31, 2008 at 12:05 pm: #2,

That doesn’t mean anything. People change. Just have a look at these two pictures.

http://www.divshare.com/download/2110351-7d8

http://www.zmemusic.com/wp-con.....lrich1.jpg

PS. I ran into Kim Ha Neul and her entourage once. They took one look at my son and their jaws dropped (he’s that handsome).
9 Tripod July 31, 2008 at 12:17 pm: #7,

I don’t laugh at people who are weak because 20 years ago I was the guy who couldn’t lift 75 pounds.

What makes me laugh, though, is insecure wankers who try to get into a pissing contest with me by attempting to lift the 400 lbs I had been doing on the bench press.
10 VJ July 31, 2008 at 12:33 pm: Some people have it all…not only a shockingly handsome son, but also the ability to lift his entire elementary school class at once. Some day…some day…
11 Tripod July 31, 2008 at 12:52 pm: #10,

Only half of my son’s good looks can be attributed to me. Don’t understand? Ask your mom and dad.

As for lifting my entire elementary school class…Last time I’ve had an elementary school class was in the early 80’s.
12 basilides July 31, 2008 at 12:53 pm: Huh? All of these women have gone under the knife. Is the blog satire? Look at the pictures, for Pete’s sake: they all have had their eyelids desecrated.
13 Sperwer July 31, 2008 at 1:01 pm: #9. I don’t laugh at people who are weak either; only wannabees who…… call the surgeon instead of lifting the steel and … (well, you know…).
14 huj July 31, 2008 at 1:22 pm: I guess they were all born with that line on their eyelids…
15 Siddhartha July 31, 2008 at 2:34 pm: Who cares whether they are natural or man made beauty..not unless you want to mate them with expectation of have offsprings like them..besides I was told it is a urban tradition for girls to get double eyelids as graduation gift in Korea..Is it true?
16 rothkowitz July 31, 2008 at 2:43 pm: Nothing wrong with plastic surgery as long as it’s money well spent.
17 Tripod July 31, 2008 at 3:42 pm: #13,

I’ve heard that about 8% of Koreans (or is it 1 in 8?) are born with the epicanthic fold.
18 Tripod July 31, 2008 at 3:44 pm: …so not everyone who has a ‘double eyelid’ got blepharoplasty.
19 squatch July 31, 2008 at 3:49 pm: #15
You mean “without”.
20 Sperwer July 31, 2008 at 4:37 pm: #9 I don’t laugh at people who happen to be physicaly weak, just wannabees who call the surgeon or the pharmacist instead of pushing the iron and — well, you know Mr. “400″ club
21 Maddlew July 31, 2008 at 5:12 pm: Once I was in Kangnam and saw a group of Korean television personalities. They took one look at me and their eyes got wider than I believe their doctor’s prescribed tolerance. They had enough composure not to scream but they certainly hurried the other way.
“I’m a human being!”
Inexplicably, my wife thinks I’m beautiful despite it all.
22 Maddlew July 31, 2008 at 5:13 pm: Oh, and I’m all natural!
23 arthjm July 31, 2008 at 9:47 pm: #15, I think it was 1/4, seems more or less correct from memory.

#5 Shoulda married when it was good . Anyway, I think your mother is an exception though, me wife even complains about the difference now, but thinks perhaps the experience of the chase will make a more responsible father.
24 Tripod July 31, 2008 at 10:57 pm: #18,

Yeah, I read your post a bit too fast. Missed the part about the implants.
25 squatch July 31, 2008 at 11:28 pm: Seriously, you’ve got the figures wrong. Read this:

http://www.koreamed.org/Search.....RID=173394

Epicanthal fold among Koreans: 57%
Double eyelid among Korean males: 30.9%
Conclusion: “the anthropometric characteristics of normal Korean or oriental eyes are apart each other and slanting eyes in addition to puffy eyelid, narrow palpebral fissure, presence of epicanthal fold and absence of upper eyelid crease”
26 Bipolar Mindscrew July 31, 2008 at 11:41 pm: 12/basilides – You could easily be wrong… double eyelids can be faked with a bit of double-sided tape, sold at any cosmetics store next to the false eyelashes…

Besides, this counts as “cosmetic surgery” not “plastic surgery” and puts in the same league as tattoos and piercings…
27 Netizen Kim August 1, 2008 at 1:32 am: Besides, this counts as “cosmetic surgery” not “plastic surgery” and puts in the same league as tattoos and piercings…

I don’t know of too many tattoo/piercing specialists who were trained in medical school.
28 Maddlew August 1, 2008 at 5:58 am: In Korea, if people are engaged in tattooing and haven’t gone to medical school then they are working illegally.
29 hardyandtiny August 1, 2008 at 8:01 am: I liked Kimora for a few days last month.
30 WangKon936 August 3, 2008 at 6:29 pm: More pics of Korean female stars and their girl / middle school pics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ta3cEwhULY

Check out Han Ye Seul’s Cerritos High School pic at 2:23.

Some of them look like they may have gotten some work, but most in the slide show look like they they haven’t.