1. ITZY's Chaeryeong When ITZY's members were first introduced,
Chaeryeong quickly received an awful lot of snide remarks for her visuals. Well compared
to the other 4 members - Yuna who's predicted to be the next Kpop goddess, Ryujin who steals
everyone's hearts with the girlcrush look, Yeji whose gorgeous cat eyes attract people
right from the start, and Lia who looks like a porcelain doll, Chaeryeong simply looks
so… average and even a bit strange, according to netizens.
They say that her facial proportions are unfortunate, like... her eyes angle upward like Yeji's
but they are too small for her face, her nose is way too big and has a weird shape. Some
people think her big ears are cute, some just straight up comparing her to Dumbo. And those
are the nicest opinions compared to other thousands of insults.
The hate went so far that her mother had to plead with netizens to stop hating her daughter
for her looks. "Just because she isn't pretty by your standards,
you write hate comments on every video, bully her, and completely ignore her. Everyone is
attractive in their own way and I am saddened that my precious girl is being criticized
mercilessly. Just give her a chance. You don't have to like her, just please don't hurt her..."
However, her plea was only met with another wave of spiteful comments. Korean netizens
claimed that being judged by the public was just part of being a Kpop idol, and if Chaeryeong
could not stand it then her mother shouldn't have let her debut. They even brutally told
her mother to accept the fact that Chaeryeong is ugly.
Reading many horrible things about her made Chaeryeong fall into self-deprecation. In
the video of Letters to MIDZY last year, Chaeryeong talked about how the first year of her debut
was the hardest time of her life, and how she felt like her achievements were nothing
due to all the online hate. It's even more heartbreaking to see her admit
that she always tries not to stand out in group photos by standing to the side.
2. IZ*ONE's Chaeyeon No different from her younger sister Chaeryeong,
Chaeyeon also received tons of malicious comments about her visuals.
When the final result of Produce 48 got announced, some netizens started questioning how she
could win with that face: “Lee Chaeyeon seriously looks like a witch.
Who would even pick this one? She's too ugly to be an idol. She only deserves to be a backup
dancer.”
Yes, someone really said that. And when people learned that her little sister
also debuted with ITZY, they even came up with this theory that their wealthy family
backs them up, implying that both Chaeyeon and Chaeryeong use money to get what they
want.
But the whole experience with Produce 48 was not Chaeyeon's first time dealing with negative
reactions for her look. Do you know that Chaeyeon also participated in SIXTEEN - the survival
show by JYP Entertainment? Most people don’t remember her from this show because she was
the first one that got eliminated! And why's that? The judges blamed her for ruining all
the group’s photos [editor: chèn đoạn giám khảo nói câu đó - ko voice]. They
even tried cutting Chaeyeon out of the photo to prove that it looked much better without
her. So yea, Chaeyeon was the first participant
losing her opportunity to debut with TWICE simply because she isn't pretty enough.
Though Chaeyeon was never really vocal about how she feels, she was still very insecure
about her appearance. At the 2019 Idol Star Athletics Championships, someone told Chaeyeon
they were her huge fan, and this is how she replied:
“Thank you for liking me even though I'm ugly.”
3. aespa's Ningning While Karina, Winter and Giselle often get
praised for even looking way more gorgeous than their AI avatars, Ningning is more likely
to be criticized for her appearance. She's not too ugly, people say, she simply
doesn't really meet Korean beauty standards - and by that they mean a slim body with standard
proportions. Compared to the other members of aespa, Ningning
is considered more... chubby - some might even claim she looks “too fat” to be an
idol, and her face is not v-line shaped but rounder and bigger. These elements make Ningning
look out of place, especially when she stands next to Karina.
Due to this, Korean netizens have been insisting that Ningning should lose some weight to look
prettier on camera. Sadly, even her fans share the same thought because they keep retouching
Ningning's features in her photos. Usually, they would edit so that her head looks way
smaller, and her thighs, waist and arms look slimmer than they naturally are.
It just seems like those fans are extremely insecure about their idol’s body, so they
create a better version of Ningning for the compliments of the public. This action however
only received major backlash from Korean netizens and Ningning, unfortunately, gained more negative
comments about her chubby figure.
4. NCT U's Shotaro Last year, NCT welcomed two new members, Sungchan
and Shotaro.
While Sungchan’s handsome visual quickly made the headlines, Shotaro got dragged into
this deep hole of insults by both the public and the fanbase. [editor: chèn Shotaro meme
gif] Some say Shotaro is kinda cute, but the majority
agree that he looks so out of place among all the princes charming of NCT.
Right after Shotaro got introduced, some NCTzens started rushing on Twitter groaning how ugly
the new member was. One also claimed that BTS's RM looked way more handsome than Shotaro.
Things don't just stop there. The Korean fans even created a hate group chat, sending violent
threats asking Shotaro to leave the group.
Despite all this negative feedback, Shotaro is still determined to work hard and focuses
on honing his skills. When NCT U made their comeback with the song Make a wish, Shotaro
soon became a hot topic and gained more fans thanks to his incredible dancing talent.
After watching Shotaro's performance on M'Countdown, people gotta admit that his mesmerizing charisma
on stage reminded them of the legendary Lee Minwoo from Shinhwa, or Kai from EXO.
5. (G)I-DLE's Soojin Being the dancer of (G)I-DLE, Soojin used
to get praised a lot for her alluring charisma. People also predicted that she would become
the next Hyuna thanks to her attractive red lips and a unique mole right under her left
eye. But all that admiration soon faded when one
newspaper released an unedited photo of Soojin on her way to Music Bank. As all she put on
was a light makeup, all the unrefined features got shown off on the camera: the swollen eyes,
the unnatural eyelids, the dark circles and the flat nose.
Netizens were extremely disappointed. Some agreed that Soojin's real visual was just
so average that she looked like a fangirl who spent the night waiting for her idol.
There's no way she could be compared to Hyuna, they declared. Some just bluntly called her
ugly and claimed that even JooE from Momoland looked prettier.
Those people also flooded in the comment section under her livestream the next day to throw
a bunch of hateful remarks regarding her face. Obviously, Soojin has read all of those distasteful
comments as she looked visibly taken aback and repeated "I am dumbfounded" during her
live broadcast. [editor: chèn đoạn clip Soojin bị sốc và nói "I am dumbfounded"
- ko voice] She then read one of the comments aloud that
stated: "There's something on your face. Ugliness.” and immediately ended the livestream.
6. StrayKids' Changbin As talented as he is, Changbin still cannot
escape from being judged by his look. Similar to Chaeryeong, Changbin also got criticized
for having weird facial proportions as his eyes and lips are relatively small while his
nose seems to be a little bit long and big. Overall, he does not really fit Korean beauty
standards.
In an episode of Idol Room where Doni and Coni visited JYP building, Changbin just jokingly
introduced himself as the visual of the group, but Doni and Coni took it way too far by flat
out calling him conceited. Poor Changbin got awkward because he made a self-deprecating
joke then got told off when they received it the wrong way.
But instead of letting people's mean attitude drag him down, Changbin dedicated all his
mind into producing music. He also spends a lot of his time at the gym, making both
fans and other members amazed at how impressive his body is.
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