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Korea’s overplayed beauty polls

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Written by On October 26, 2011

Recently in a poll done by Y STAR Entertainment, viewers and plastic surgeons were asked to pick the best natural beauty and they picked Yoona. Among the celebrities on the list were: Go Hyun Jung, Kim Jung Eun, Kim Sarang, Son Yejin, Im Soo Jung, Park Ha Sun, Goo Hara,  Park Bom,  Kang Min Kyung and G.NA.

Seriously?

Is this the best South Korea can come up with? What is the point anymore when the majority of the people who come out on the top of these lists are members of SNSD? It’s not interesting. I understand South Korea is a country were beauty matters and plastic surgery reigns supreme. However, this excessive and pointless polling has become stale and unimpressive.

I would like to see a poll that would show us a different side of our favorite idols and not focus on their looks.  We all know they are good looking and I’m sure they are aware of it too. It was fun the first couple of times, but now I would much rather see a poll rating funniest, can drink the most soju in one sitting, the noisiest sleeper, most diva like, biggest eater, or class clown. I think it would be a breath of fresh air and more exciting.

We love it when the MCs on these shows ask cheeky questions about funny things that our idols do. If internet sites are going to poll on useless things anyway, why not make them funner, on a bigger range of topics? Yes, beauty is always a topic that will draw conversation and a lot of heated fanwars especially if more popular idols are involved, but it’s something that makes K-pop repetitive and never re-inventing itself because the same people get spotlighted over and over, and for all the wrong reasons. It also creates a stigma for certain idols that they’re “only” known for being attractive and draws much ire to those who were never fans of them to begin with. Yoona cannot be a bigger example of this — being featured over and over in these polls, at this point, does more harm than good for her.

What do you guys think?

(Nate)

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  • victoriee

    Personally I think Yoona’s pretty. But I don’t like her as a person. She works hard and everything I’ll definitely give her credit for that. But her personality on shows are somewhat forced to me. 

    I also want to see different polls other than looks. Looks are not Everything.

  • tiffany

    I find it sort of funny that Goo Hara ended up on a list of NATURAL beauties. 

    It’s not that I hate on idols because of plastic surgery, but sometimes I feel like it’s hard to differentiate between them when they all try to look the same. Maybe it’s because I’m not a die-hard SNSD fan, but I can’t even tell the difference between Yuri and Yoona sometimes. I also agree that these polls can get repetitive, but it’s also that aren’t these idols all more or less pretty? Sometimes I don’t understand why Yoona and other SNSD members always come out on top, because I find that most korean female idols look the same-pretty.

  • mija

    What got me was when Yoona was voted the “most intelligent”. WTF???  

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ORSXPERTNAEPCKZBGEZMP7A3NU Bianca

      well, surprisingly, some objective people actually backed it up with proof. and considering she was asked to go on a lot of variety shows where wit is necessary, i’m inclined to believe so. let’s just all be happy that she’s not at all dim.

      • Nana

        But it’s not objective if 1) Korea’s variety shows are mostly scripted and 2) she doesn’t really say much. I always thought she was stuck on variety shows to boost the show’s ratings. Truly witty people are improv comedians (like Whose Line Is It Anyway?) or people like Winston Churchill. Doesn’t intelligence in Korea mean academic excellence?

  • Anon

    how does park bom get voted for in a post about natural beauties? or kim jung eun, g.na and goo hara for that matter?

  • http://twitter.com/JNew83 Jessie

    Park Bom is natural???  Not only is the poll a rehash topic, it is complete BS.  I love Bom, but she is not natural.

    I agree that funner polls are in order in kpop.  I would love to find out which idols snore :D

  • Tigana

    Lol forever at Park Bom. Trolololol.

  • Anonymous

    Hmmm…. nothing against Yoona (she seems like a sweet and hardworking girl), but it’s funny she’s always being touted by others as a ‘natural’ beauty… when she’s isn’t one.

    (She’s had at least one nose job as well as jaw reduction. I’m putting this in parentheses because the last time I said this I got jumped by about a thousand angry Sones.)

  • Gnattie

    Beauty polls are ridiculous. What’s the point in them? To make other women feel bad about themselves and feel pressured to look a certain way? For entertainment companies to highlight the “greatness” of their idols? We all know that Kpop stars have had plastic surgery, whether they admit to it or not. SNSD have all had some work done, including Yoona. I think Yoona had her jaw shaved a little to give it the ideal “v line” and possibly a nose job. However, out of SNSD, she probably is the most naturally pretty. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t consider spectacularly beautiful like other people and find her to be as pretty as other Kpop idols. However, judging from pre-debut photos of the other SNSD members, I think Yoona has had the least amount of plastic surgery. Tiffany, Taeyeon, and Sunny look like they’re had the most, and even Hyoyeon, Yuri, and Sooyoung look like they’d had a lot of work done. Not being a hater here, just pointing out a fact. Tiffany’s face looks nothing like it used to, even her fans admit it.

  • tyounge1991

    *shrugs* they don’t need to do polls to make broads feel bad about themselves. These girls being somewhat attractive, and breathing, already does that much to a group of insecure females. /SHADE…Kidding, lmao.

    Personally I don’t get the ‘yoona hype’…I know everyone says that, but being that I am from Korea I can…understand her appeal to a degree, she is pretty much a blank sheet, she isn’t overly cute like Hara or Sohee, she isn’t hot like Yoobin or Gina, she isn’t sexy like Hyori or Lexy, she is just plain, pretty, fits any image you put on her, and can fit well into many ads.

    I guess she is what they call “marketable” I don’t know too many guys except teenage boys that find her isanely beautiful, she’s the “prettiest girl in her grade” type of beauty, not the “holy sh*tballs and crackers, I gotta stalk this chick!” type of hot.

  • Ainokea

    LMAO that whole list of “naturals” are made up of women who modified themselves!

  • http://smashingly-fabulous.tumblr.com/ Abra007top

    I think you should have created your own poll at the end of this.

  • unachicaloca

    know what, it doesn’t matter what question is asked in these polls. netizens will ALWAYS tend to vote for their biases (granted it’s a positive attribute that the poll is asking, e.g. funniest, hottest). just look at the poll of the smartest female idol. it’s yoona. recently, it’s always yoona. hmmm not hating on her or anything but it just seems stupid at times.

  • Huh

    You know it’s a joke when Park  Bom is on the list!  lol

  • Haha

    How in the world is Yoona natural?
    I mean I do find her pretty and all, but as a kid, she was definitely average looking. In fact it has been only since 2010 that Yoona has started to become somewhat of a looker. 
    She’s so had a nose job…….. I mean I’m not so sure about the jaw line thing, but her nose is just bloody obvious. I mean it looks completely different compared to when she was younger.
    Don’t think she should deserve this title. Give it to someone like say Sunye or IU or KIM TAE HEE????
    I think Kim Tae hee’s looks are more legit than Yoona’s right?

  • BTD

    These polls do get annoying because Yoona’s beauty is overrated.  She’s a beautiful girl but there are also other gorgeous Korean ladies that need recognition for their appearance.  She has sort of a plain look that can get boring after a while.

    BUT I hate how people here are accusing her of getting plastic surgery.  Were you there when she got her nose or jaw done?  Are you a cosmetic surgeon?  If you answer no to both questions, then you should not just assume she got something done because it looks like it.  It’s quite rude and I don’t think you would like it if someone went up to you and said your face looked fake.

    The bottom line is that Yoona doesn’t deserve all this recognition for her beauty but she also does not deserve all these insults about her appearance.  

    • Haha

      Look, I don’t think that there is anything wrong with plastic surgery. And i’m pretty sure that people here aren’t saying that it’s bad. I mean hey, if you can afford it then go for it!
      But i think people are saying that since she most likely did do surgery (go look at her childhood photos…PUBERTY does not change the complete shape and size of your nose.. that would be kinda great if it did), and so she shouldn’t deserve the title “natural beauty”. I mean people are also saying that Goo Hara and Park Bom shouldn’t be on the list and no one is defending them. 
      But then again, Goo Hara did admit that she had a couple work done, but honestly no one gives. It’s not the plastic surgery that’s a problem. It’s pretending that you’re completely natural when you’re not.
      And why do you think that it’s insulting for someone to say that you’ve gotten plastic surgery.
      I’d take it as a compliment because generally you tend to look better. Why else would anyone get plastic surgery in the first place if it was to make you fugly?

      • BTD

        Ok so if there’s nothing wrong with plastic surgery, then why did you talk about deserving the title “natural beauty”?  I agree plastic surgery is not a huge issue and people should still be loved the same even if they went under the knife.  Still, I do not like it when people accuse celebrities of getting surgery especially when the idols themselves did not admit it.  Plastic surgery is a personal decision and celebrities themselves may not want to expose this fact.  So, is it wrong for me to believe that people’s privacy should be respected?

        Second of all, what annoys me the most is the attitude of the netizens.  They can just point out who had surgery and who did not in a second.  All they do is compare childhood pictures and then make their decisions.  People’s faces do change over time and it can change a lot.  Exercise not only shapes one’s body but also one’s face.  I know many people who exercise vigorously each day and their faces have slimmed down so much.  It looks like they had gotten surgery but they didn’t.  

        I am not saying that Yoona and the rest of the people on the list didn’t get plastic surgery because there is a possibility that any of them could have.  I just wished people would stop bringing up the plastic surgery topic because it is POINTLESS!!!!  People cannot prove if these idols went under the knife and as you said, it doesn’t matter if they did had cosmetic surgery in the first place.

        • Nana

          Haha was talking about Yoona’s NOSE.

          How does exercise change the shape and size of your entire honker?

  • IZ M

    This is a joke. Natural beauty ? and they included people who clearly had plastic surgery ? They need to find the meaning of natural beauty in the dictionary.

  • Jennyisjelly

    Seriously what’s their problems??? Not to bash any of the girls. But to say natural beauty, hara explained herself in strong heart that she got an injection on the nose not to include the fact that she cut her double eyelids deeper. Even though hara is pretty before surgery but at least she’s not a natural beauty anymore. At least to me, Victoria is one of the best when I comes to natural beauty

  • http://www.facebook.com/roan.deguzman3 Ro-an de Guzman

    Best Natural Beauty? Seriously?!??!??!?!

    I think polls in Korea HAVE NO RIGHT to conduct such polls like that. As to agree with Chloe, South Korea is a land that beauty matters and PLASTIC SURGERY reigns SUPREME. If your country happens to have lorded by Plastic Surgery culture, then no institutions should have the right to conduct all about Natural Beauty while beauty culture in South Korea HAS.NEVER.BEEN.NATURAL.

    I hate bashing their culture, but with their norm that puts heavy emphasis on plastic surgery and physical beauty than skills, intellect, personality, social capability etc… it just makes Korea not only very very shallow but fucking hypocritical.

    And Yoona? Yoona….Yoona…..Yoona…..Yoona…..Yoona…. NEVER-ENDING YOONA!??!?!? FOR PETE’S SAKES, YOONA IS NOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND NOT EVEN THE MOST NATURAL BEAUTY IN KOREAN ENTERTAINMENT. There are lots of actresses, singers and TV personalities that are beautiful, uljjang, momjjang, have better personality, classier, sophisticated, unquestionably talented, goddess-like, have good PR skills than IM YOONA. I couldn’t also believe that in one of the polls, Yoona defeated Kim Taehee or Son Yejin… to think that the latter 2 actresses are, IMO, more substantial and full of personality than Yoona. And I do not think Yoona is not natural beauty either because something was changed in her face, even some of her body parts. So stop with Yoona overhyping.

    Sometimes I think that polls in Korea is not credible either because it is usually due to overhyping by fans and company, or paid by the company.

    Lastly, YOONA DOES NOT HAVE THE BEST S-LINE BODY. SHE.HAS.NOT.BOOBS.AND.ASS!!!!!
    SHE.IS.NOT.EVEN.ULJJANG! Remember when Yoona was declared as best S-Line body by their physical trainer, even reasoned that “yoona has genes that prevents her from gaining weight….” That physical trainer, even adds to the South Korean population of disputable critical thinking skills. After all, are Koreans trained with critical thinking skills, with their education system filled nothing but rote learning? No wonder, even in entertainment, ALL ARE SCRIPTED. Memorization of bajillionload is not a good indicator of high IQ.

    A person with S-line is not necessarily having a slim body. It usually focuses on the side-view of a woman’s body, and if your boobs and ass does not evens with your tip of your stomach and back—jjuk jjuk bbang bbang—then congratulations! You have a perfect S-Line! If your boobs and ass almost evens with your stomach and ass, or your boobs and ass happens to be as almost as flat as pancake… you failed to achieve perfect S-line! Sorry! Try Again Later!

  • mark jason lobaton salas

    i love yonna one of the member of girls generation..!!

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  • pillow

    agreed.

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  • anonymous03188

    its funny how most people who reacted to this are girls and also even though plastic surgery is actually common everywhere not only in korea you people keep on whining about it. also i watch a lot of korean shows and korean artist dont really hide the fact that they had plastic surgery and its getting annoying how people claim that  a certain person done it even though they didnt just because p.s. is common in korea as if good looking people dont exist and they need a plastic sugery to be a good looking person.