SM Entertainment Living up to the name “the flower garden”
of K-Pop, SM Entertainment is a company that always features appearance.
SM’s visual standards can be seen to be towards perfection in facial contours. Usually,
the company will keep an eye on people with small faces and heads, harmonious lines and
features. SM’s idols have such great visuals that
people often feel they cannot be found in real life. Additionally, almost all SM female
idols exude self-confidence, luxury, and nobility. The most prominent with this standard is probably
the Yoona. Debuting at the age of 17, Yoona captured the hearts of all audiences with
her fragile yet noble beauty. There has never been a KPOP beauty chart where
SNSD’s center is absent, even though she is over 30. Over time, that beauty is more
and more perfect and has almost no sign of aging.
Beside YoonA, the visual icon of Gen3 female idols calls out the name of Red Velvet’s
Irene. The flawless beauty of the female idol immediately caused a fever since her debut.
To some fans, Irene possesses a beauty that, although seems cold at times, only accentuates
her personality and charm. Netizens also pointed out that all the lines on Irene's face meet
the golden standards of beauty unbelievably. Even if you are nonfans, how can you possibly
deny this “original visual”?
Another symbol of SM visuals must be mentioned is Krystal. The cold, icy look of the female
idol became a unique break for SM’s tradition of choosing visuals before. From charisma
to beauty, Krystal deserves a perfect score. The duo Krystal and Sulli always made the
audience satisfied with the "double visual" performances on stage. At present, Krystal
still holds an undefeated position in terms of a chic and cool visual icon in the idol
world.
Besides its idols at the moment, SM has plenty of former trainees like Nana (woo!ah!), Karina
(aespa), Jihan (Weeekly), etc. All of them possess a noble and luxurious appearance,
which proves SM’s taste in choosing female idols.
JYP Entertainment Some fans claim that JYP’s female idols
all have visuals that you can't help but fall in love with. Well, that’s not baseless
at all. Unlike SM, JYP always creates public-friendly
looks. JYP female idols often have a fresh flower-like appearance, innocent and lovely
faces. Although few have the golden ratio, they possess
unique and attractive lines. The faces selected and released by JYP bring a feeling of familiarity,
youth and cuteness interwoven with a little sexiness when needed, which is a strong point
when trying various concepts. Sana maybe one of the most popular visuals
of JYP since her debut. When she just debuted, the female idol’s image tended to be dynamic
and youthful with light hair color. Now, Sana shows an increasingly mature beauty but still
remains her natural cuteness. The next TWICE member mentioned is Nayeon,
not possessing a ladylike or classic beauty, Nayeon still captures people’s hearts by
her overwhelming sweetness and cuteness. Her face is always bright and radiant so she is
often referred to as “fresh summer fruit”.
Another JYP artist that netizens cannot ignore when it comes to natural beauty is Suzy. Suzy
is always considered a “treasure” because of her extremely beautiful appearance. Since
her debut, Suzy has always surprised netizens with her unbelievable pureness when appearing
in the beauty charts. The innocent and sweet beauty that catches Koreans’ eyes has been
praised for many years and till today, after more than 10 years of debut, it is difficult
for any junior to overcome her.
However, JYP is now focusing more on girlcrush concept as it released ITZY with sharp and
bold visuals, so maybe the taste of the company is gradually getting more diverse.
YG Entertainment Most fans have the prejudice that YG doesn't
focus on visual selection, but that’s not true. YG does care about visuals, but the
standard here is different. The quantity may be small, but the visual quality of YG is
indisputable. YG Entertainment always has its eyes on sharp
visuals, sometimes very unique faces. Usually, when looking at the visuals of female YG idols,
fans can feel the hiphop, swag aura clearly emanating from them.
Jennie (Blackpink) is famous as the number 1 I.T girl in Kpop, possessing appealing beauty
and attractive charisma. Not only beautiful by standards, but she can also suit all styles
and even turn that style into a fashion trend. In Jennie, there is both innocence and cuteness
mixed with sexy, luxurious charm. In the midst of a forest of Kpop beauties, Jennie stands
out because of her own difference.
Another member of BlackPink, Lisa, is also a YG’s popular visual. Lisa impresses people
with a beautiful face like a living doll yet a sassy, rebellious vibe through her eyes.
The series of extremely divine moments of the female idol have made people "visually
shocked”. At an international event, Lisa caused a fever among fans with her flawless
beauty despite the flash from the cameras.
Lisa has also excellently surpassed big names like Angelababy, Dilraba Dilmurat, etc to
top the list of 100 most beautiful beauties in Asian showbiz voted by TCC Asia.
CUBE Entertainment CUBE Entertainment is a company specializing
in releasing girlcrush girlgroups. It’s not a company that focuses too much on looks
like SM. Looking at CUBE’s female idols, we can see
that “boss” aura. The sexy, bold charisma is an element that only Cube Entertainment
can and dare to follow because this style is extremely picky on viewers, and not very
welcome especially in Korea. However, in order to find the typical girlcrush
spirit, CUBE also struggled when filtering and selecting among thousands of trainees.
HyunA (former 4-Minutes member) must be the first female idol people remember when mentioning
CUBE. From the time she debuted with 4MINUTE until now, Hyuna still maintains her ultimate
strong aura. She quite fits the Korean beauty standard at some points by having big eyes
and fair skin but overall, she is known for being the definition of “sexy villain”
when on stage. HyunA never failed to impress fans with the
image of a powerful and seductive ladyboss without even trying.
Soyeon, the talented leader of G-IDLE, also definitely gives off girlcrush vibe. Her charisma
matches her image as one of the best rappers in K-Pop. She can easily mesmerize you with
how cool she appears to be, and her visuals are unique and more on the fierce side. Many
believe that Soyeon hardly fits the sweet and cute concept due to her naturally fierce
spirit. Pledis Entertainment
Recently, many netizens claim that the title “flower garden” should not only be given
to SM alone, the reason is because Pledis also has their own “garden”. Pledis’
visual selection has many similarities to SM’s preference for sophisticated and elegant
faces. Looking at them, netizens can’t help praising them for having the beauty of fairies
from fairy tales or princesses coming out of novels.
Surely everyone knows Kyulkyung, the former IOI member, as she attracted many Produce
101 fans with her surprisingly beautiful images on this show. Kyulkyung impresses people with
her big eyes, high nose bridge, and extremely fair skin. At KyulKyung, there is a comprehensive
beauty from elegant, feminine to seductive.
Xiyeon is also an outstanding name under Pledis Entertainment.
At the age of 12, Xiyeon stunned people with a doll-like pretty face when performing "Love
Letter" with her seniors. A few years later, although she wasn't praised
much by the media like other beauty goddesses of the same time as she departed from Pledis,
she always attracted attention when possessing a naughty yet sweet and noble face just like
a little princess.
So, I’ve just revealed the visual selection criteria of some Korean entertainment companies.
Each company has its own taste in visuals depending on the image development orientation
that the company outlines for the artists. Which company has the best visuals in your
opinion? Comment down below to share your thoughts with us.