Posing on the stairs.
Yesterday, the 18th, the finals for the 2009 Miss Hawaiian Tropic Korea contest (미스 하와이안트로픽) were held at "The Ocean" resort in Yeosu. Preliminary contests were held in a few clubs in Seoul in June and July. The winner was Lee Ji-yun (이지윤).
Plenty more pictures via a Naver news search, but the Chosun Ilbo knows what we came here for.
That's 전예은, who took 3rd place. A lot of the other pictures make you wonder how a group of twentysomethings could make bikinis look so dull.
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Cut out the middle man and head to Hawaii directly. Greatest walking-around-in-a-bikini ratio of any major city in America, if not the world. Even in winter.
The Aloha State beckons. Job situation sucks right now so you might have to be a barista or something, but you'll still get your fill of talking in English with South Koreans. :)
Still, though, if you are in the Yŏsu area, it would prolly be worth the trip.
Wow. those photos are so underwhelming.
Does Hawaiian Tropic make a sunscreen with an SPF of 45? Most of those models look like they wouldn't step foot in the sun without being covered head to toe. Judging by the models, Hawaiian Tropic seems to recognize that most Korean women would not like to look like they've spent a week in Hawaii and probably markets mostly high SPF sunscreens.
As a pale-skinned woman, I am delighted that save for a few stars like Lee Hyo-ri, the bronzed look has not caught on in Korea. Sun-worshipping white people start to look older by their early thirties, showing crow's feet, undereye lines, laugh lines, and creases in the forehead. By the early forties, the skin on the chest, shoulders, and arms looks weather-beaten with permanent freckles and liver spots. Koreans boast that in general they look younger than Westerners of the same age. They deserve to brag since they take care of their skin and don't roast themselves like broiler chickens. I'll bet Koreans have very low skin cancer rates, too.
I used to curse my pale skin because it wouldn't tan, but now I'm grateful because it kept me out of the sun. I wish other whiteys would wise up and reject the marketing message that a tan is healthy. A pale-skinned person needs only ten minutes of midday sun on the face and hands to generate enough vitamin D. Once the body's maxed its stores, it quits making more. Tan now, wrinkle later, whiteys.
Koreans boast that in general they look younger than Westerners of the same age.
Uh-huh. Chainsmoking really makes you look young.
A tan is healthy. Tanned people are less likely to burn than pale-skinned people, and burns lead to increased chance of melanoma.
I certainly don't worship the sun, and don't see the point of lying around on a beach to get a tan, but actually HAVING a tan naturally is not inherently evil.
Seeing people walk around in August who are still fish-belly white seems a mite unhealthy to me. Am I seeing them on the first day they emerged from their lightless cave?
A tan is healthy. Tanned people are less likely to burn than pale-skinned people, and burns lead to increased chance of melanoma.
It is more accurate to say that pale-skinned people are more likely to burn and less likely to tan than darker-skinned people. A tan is not healthy for everyone. Regular sun exposure appropriate to one's skin color is. Depending on one's natural skin color, one may or may not tan through regular, appropriate exposure. Excessive exposure to UVA, which causes tanning, and UVB, which causes burning, can initiate cancers, including melanomas. UVA penetrates deeper and exacerbates UVB damage.
탱탱하다 - to be tight, taut, etc.
Your Korean word for the day, and what many of the so called "hot" Korean ladies are missing...
Look at the loose folds of skin on 전예은. Eww... You could pick her up like a Momma cat picks up a kitten - by the loose skin. My Mom's got more skin tone and she's in her 50s.
Korea has some of the loveliest ladies on the planet - no doubt - but girls it does take a little effort to look your best. So get off your collective lazy butts and tighten that shit up a bit...
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