Never Trust a K-Pop Poll

Lol I like this article and I agree that Kpop polls are useless, despite how seriously many Kpop fans take them. They’ll be damned if their oppar isn’t the smexiest idol evar according to some random, meaningless poll.

You bring up an interesting point about beauty. Different cultures DO have different standards of beauty. For example, Yoona. Yoona is supposed to be one of the most beautiful woman in Korea, but most international fans that I’ve talked to think she’s just pretty in a plain sort of way, nothing really special. To Koreans, Yoona is gorgeous because she fits into the one-and-only standard of beauty. Another example is something that happened to me today. I was looking at a picture of Tiffany and I showed it to my mother, who is completely and entirely unfamiliar with Asian culture and Kpop and everything that we’re used to, and asked her if she thought Tiffany was pretty. This wasn’t just one picture of Tiffany, it was like 20 pictures of her at once, showing her with different looks and styles (it was on my Tumblr dash). My mother analyzed her before saying, “She’s cute. I wouldn’t give her an A+ but she’s cute.” I told her Tiffany is considered extremely pretty in Korea and my mother said everyone has their own idea of beauty. My brother and father also don’t find the SNSD girls all that pretty. My brother is the same age as the girls and thought they were 15 before I told him otherwise. They thought Sooyoung was really pretty face-wise, though, as in much prettier than the rest. I don’t know about anyone else, but I find these sort of minor cultural differences interesting. SNSD is supposed to be the pinnacle of beauty in Asia but to a regular, white American family, they’re nothing special.

I wonder how Kpop would take off in places like India, where curvy women with hourglass figures are seen as the ideal. Bollywood actresses typically have volumptuous bodies completely unlike the stick-thin bodies of Kpop stars. Would they still be seen as sexy and perfect in a culture like that?

lol kpop polls are just ridiculous. 

well kevjumba is a heterosexual bear wrestler

So… which idol CAN wrestle a rabid polar bear?

I’d say YoonA. After all, she can actively sing, act, and make numerous variety show appearances.

Since when polls became believable? Also, I simply can’t understand that when it comes to polls, it’s always SNSD or any SNSD member will top the list while there are other female idols—solo or member in a group—are greater than any SNSD member in terms of singing, dancing, acting, hosting, rapping as well as establishing relationships between a group and fans. Also, there is no need to mention that there are Korean idols and celebs that are looking better and very sexier than SNSD. Now that Yuri has become as skinny as Yoona, no one in SNSD that is as sexier than anyone else.

As much as I hate to hate Yoona, but how come she is besting at everything? For the love of humanity, she does not have an S-Line! And is there anyone who could measure the intelligence quotient of Yoona?
I guess those Kpoppers who vote Yoona should check online dictionary and know the word INTELLIGENT and INTELLIGENCE, because you can have talent in DANCING, SINGING, ACTING, but lacking common sense and wit. You can do any of those but you commit numerous logical fallacies. You can do any of those but you fail at academic performances. I can call someone intelligent if that person is witty, has common sense, and has awesome academic performances. To quote Filipino writer Bob Ong (ABNKKBSNPLAko?!)…

People under the “performer lists” (i.e. those who are active in singing, dancing, acting, sports activities) are just mere performers but questionable when it comes to intellect and class participation. He may not have said the same exact words like I do, but for Filipino readers, you can buy that book in any available National Bookstore. However, the way I describe the “performers” is almost the same as how Bob Ong describes. Not to generalize those people though, since there are people who are prodigious enough in mastering all of those.

I am not questioning Yoona, but calling Yoona as the “most intelligent one” is the most laughable statement ever heard. I could definitely agree if Park Ye-eun of Wondergirls would be labelled as “most intelligent idol” because she managed to receive Straight As or A+s while being an idol. And she is great at posting empowering/inspiring statements on her Twitter. If Nichkhun would manage to land in College, I could include him to the list, and I am not saying this because he is my “bebeh”, “bias”, “luvz”. He is able to master 4 different languages, and he even managed to get high GPAs on his high school.

If you know anyone whom you could mention, them please tell me.