Reflection of Ideal Beauty in K-pop

I wouldn’t say Tiffany is beautiful after the surgeries. Nowadays she looks like she can’t even move her face, and in some photos, her face has that “unnatural” look, like her cheeks and nose don’t look real. In many SNSD photos recently, she’s the only one who’s almost always unrecognizable, either from the Photoshop or because she looks different every time she gets photographed. 

She’s only, what? 23 or 24? And she’s already had several plastic surgeries done. You can only think about the psychological impact of that on her: the idea that if you want to achieve beauty, you must put yourself through pain in order to get it and to be able to have confidence, you have to change who you are…Same can be said for Sooyoung’s tragic nose after the nose job, and her shrinking body from too much weight loss. She looks stick thin…

That whole entire “face changes” argument irritates me. I don’t mean to attack you, I just want to make a statement about this. Your face does not change that much in the span of three or four years, especially once you’ve passed puberty. The girls were 17/18/19 when they debuted, their facial features have stopped growing and changing. A person could still lose face fat but no so dramatically that it changes their entire facial shape, jawline, or nose. Your nose doesn’t suddenly become higher (or change shape at all), you don’t suddenly get double eyelids, and your jawline doesn’t suddenly become more narrow. To me, the whole entire ageing argument is silly and I can’t believe people fall for it.

Some people may not find SNSD attractive and that doesn’t mean they’re not confident with themselves if they do. Everyone has different ideas of beauty. Personally, I don’t find Sunny or Tiffany to be that pretty. I think they’re attractive in a cute sort of way and have other appeals about them (such as personality) that makes them more attractive. I find most of SNSD (Yoona, Yuri, Taeyeon, Jessica) to be pretty in a more generic sort of way. They’re pretty but the sort of pretty you’d find in many girls.

I do think SNSD has had some plastic surgery in the past but I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. Personally, I believe it sets a bad standard for young girls that look up to SNSD. I think they should be confident in their own beauty, not manufactured beauty. But compare Tiffany’s appearance in “Into the New World” to “The Boys.” Look at Taeyeon and Sunny’s old school photos, wherein they have single eyelids. Look at how Sooyoung’s jawline and nose looked in 2008 and then now. I do think the girls have had a few touch ups here and there, which was entirely their own choice.

Of course, this is all my opinion :) .

Why would anyone admit to plastic surgery? Even celebrities who admit to it are those who have been so caught in the lie that they have no choice but to tell the truth, or those who need to drum up the sympathy by going the route of, “Plastic surgery is never the answer. I regret it having it done. Don’t do it. Don’t forget to watch my next movie!”  

Some celebrities use the excuse of a “deviated septum” to have a nose job that for those who actually have a deviated septum and need to get it fixed, people don’t believe them anymore. 

We shouldn’t assume? We have eyes. We have seen the older photos of SNSD. We have noticed the changes. And no, they’re not changes that come with just losing baby fat on your face. They’re changes that come with spending time on the plastic surgeon’s office.

Noses don’t get straighter or narrower when you lose weight. Jaws don’t get narrower unless you shave it off. Eyelids don’t develop an extra fold just by telling yourself in the mirror you need to have double eyelids. 

If people don’t find others who look like they have had several plastic surgeries at a young age, why is that a bad thing? Why is it bad to think that some people shouldn’t feel the need to change so much they look like a different person? Here in North America we get a lot of pressure as to what is the ideal beauty, hair, weight, body shape, etc. but we also have a lot of media that focus on your natural beauty and loving who you are no matter your shape, size, color, etc. We have DOVE commercials that encourage teen girls to see themselves as beautiful without bleaching their hair, tanning, and developing eating disorders.

So please excuse those who don’t seem to find SNSD or other idols who have undergone so many changes as “beautiful’. 

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It’s funny how you say in your comment above that you think “beauty is absolutely subjective”, and yet here you say anyone who doesn’t find SNSD attractive is just jealous and not confident in themselves. 

Don’t be a hypocrite. You say one thing, and then change your mind when someone else states an opinion you don’t agree with.

Are you the only one who can judge when is beauty supposed to be subjective, and when people should agree with your assessment?

Many people don’t find SNSD attractive. Big deal. I don’t think any of them is beautiful. 

I don’t get all the fascination with Song He Kyo either. So sue me.

Why does it make them (or me) jealous? Because our opinion isn’t the same as yours, therefore you are right and we are wrong, and we are insecure b*tches who are totally jealous of anyone who are thought by others to be prettier than us?

Care to show evidence that she isn’t how Annie Xiong described? That’s the awesome thing about idols. They are pretty much whatever the people want them to be.