Koreans are deeply interested in face size and shape (
1,
2,
3), maybe because their heads often look so damn big. Actress Han Ye-seul was voted the
celebrity with the best facial structure (via
Extra! Korea), according to a survey of aboug 2,400 people. Ye-seul is best known for being a Korean with breasts. However, I find her face a little weird, and I think before she accepts any award she needs to explain what the hell she was doing in
that Cass Lemon commercial.
Am I the only one who noticed that last year? One of the runners-up is Kim Tae-hee, who is famous for being in commercials. She is an innovator on the small-face front, and shills for products that will give your face either
a V-line or a
heart line. Another runner-up was the woman
I made fun of in April for having bug eyes and for posing with what looks like a dildo.
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Her face at the end of that commercial looks distinctly strange - like she's just come out of the dentist's or something.
Definitely not attractive, and definitely not a good endorsement for lemon-flavored beer.
The only way that Cass Lemon could be appropriately advertised would be through footage of the Cass marketing department contritely and tearfully prostrate, accompanied by sombre 'cello music.
Am I the only one here who likes Korean women? I think she looks fine...
Oh, no doubt about it, Les. It's just that in these pictures, she's pulling a very stupid and irritating face, quite probably in an attempt to look like Audrey Hepburn (who incidentally was a terrible, terrible actress and sounded like a complete spaz whenever she opened her mouth).
The woman in the April post is Han Ga-young, one of a handful of young entertainers who hasn't had any plastic surgery. Her eyes are naturally large but not buggy. Looks like a zealous photo editor improved on mother nature. Even Western models get eye enlargements courtesy of photo editing.
The combination of plastic surgery and photo editing is rendering young Korean entertainers into clones, but judging by online comments, young Koreans think these Barbies and Kens are beautiful and want to look just like them.
At least you have an eye for real versus fake beauty, unlike so many of your fellow men, Brian. I get a chuckle at the hot Korean women pics in GI Korea's forum as all of the women's images have been significantly altered by editing. "She's got such hot legs!" gushes GI about a woman who's undergone the Photoshop equivalent of leg stretching on a rack. Surprisingly tall, leggy Western women get the rack treatment, too. I guess a 36-inch inseam isn't long enough for Eddie Bauer.
I'm slightly ashamed to admit that sometimes, out of the blue, I'll think of that ad and laugh at her weird expressions. I'm easily amused... I think Stevie's got it-- if she wasn't poorly imitating Audrey Hepburn, she was definitely going for a "cute" look, and missing.
I'm too busy to go through the hoops to watch the commercial, so I'll just ask: Is the facial expression supposed to demonstrate that the beer is sour or tart, like a lemon?
Has anyone else heard of the cat face and dog face thing? I think it has something to do with what kind of face can advertise for what products.
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