Korea’s Own Jocelyn Wildenstein

by Sonagi on November 15, 2008

in Korean Tabloid Crap

The international media is calling her Hang Mioku, the Japanese pronunciation of her Korean name. Hang Mioku first underwent plastic surgery at the ripe old age of 28 and made frequent trips to Japan for multiple procedures. After returning home so disfigured she was unrecognizable to her family, they took her to see a psychiatrist but couldn’t afford to continue treatment. Back in Korea, Hang found a doctor willing to supply her with syringes and silicone to inject herself at home. Running out of silicone, she substituted vegetable oil. Her face became so horrifically bloated that neighborhood kids called her “standing fan.” Koreans moved after seeing her plight on local television donated money to pay for reconstructive surgery. A slideshow of before and after photos can be seen here. If you’re wondering who “Cat Woman” Jocelyn Wildenstein is, see here.

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1 seouldout November 15, 2008 at 1:02 pm

But what we care about is how the boob job looks.

In her defense the eyebrows look outstanding. Tattooed, one assumes.

2 Ladron November 15, 2008 at 1:09 pm

This was in the Korean media many months ago, I wonder why it’s not got the Western media attention.

Also, this reminds me of an article I read in the (maybe?) Joong Ang Ilbo about how some plastic surgeons thought their patients really needed psychological help, but couldn’t say anything, because then the patients would just go to another doctor.

3 Ladron November 15, 2008 at 1:11 pm

..should be NOW got the Western media’s attention…

4 MrMao November 15, 2008 at 2:21 pm

“couldn’t say anything”

What about the Hippocratic Oath? Or is it a hypocritic oath in Korea?

5 shakuhachi November 15, 2008 at 3:40 pm

“Hang Mioku”? Sounds like a “forced name change” along the lines of “Son Kitei”.

6 Robert Koehler November 15, 2008 at 4:00 pm

The Sun’s picking this up a bit late, no? The Fan Ajummah was big news in 2004:

http://www.rjkoehler.com/2004/.....c-surgery/

In case anyone wants to listen to her music:

http://music.naver.com/album.nhn?tubeid=155336

7 Sonagi November 15, 2008 at 9:59 pm

Not only the Sun, the Telegraph, ABC News, and other international news organizations were running the story yesterday.

8 Jewook November 15, 2008 at 11:01 pm

#5

Yea, we’re just pissed that Japanese ‘Bae Yong Jun’ groupies have the audacity to change his name to Yon-sama. How dare they! :)

9 NetizenKim November 16, 2008 at 9:00 am

It is people such as these that Christ was referring to when he said “I come for the sick, not for the healthy.”

God’s kingdom flies a flag of divine opposition against the value system of the secular world that has produced people like Hang Mioku.

10 KrZ November 16, 2008 at 9:19 am

Atheists made her this way? Damn those sneaky bastards!!

11 wjk, 검은 머리 외국인 November 16, 2008 at 9:46 am

don’t talk about Christ, Netizen Kim.

You didn’t vote the way the Protestant church, or the Vatican asked to vote. US Catholic church Priests recently took a vow to fight Obama on pro life issues. African American church is curiously very silent. They’re singing Hallelujah’s over the fact that God put an African American in the Office. It’s just as David Klinghoffer said. (who is religious). You picked and choosed certain things were more important.

You also cast a vote to hinder Lee Myungbak’s Korea.

I am appalled to see pictures of female versions of Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson seemed to make himself look more and more feminine.

I think the girls in these cases, succeeded the other way. They look more and more like ugly males?

A good psychiatrist could have saved them.

12 judge judy November 16, 2008 at 10:12 am

i remember watching the documentary on her a couple/few years ago. was hoping that you had the “after” pictures of her once she went through the reversal procedure.

13 KrZ November 16, 2008 at 10:13 am

I think the photos at the end of the s(l)ideshow are the “after” photos.

14 Jewook November 16, 2008 at 10:14 am

“A good psychiatrist could have saved them.”

Good luck finding one in Korea. If you become psychologically ill here, you are basically screwed.

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