Sharing some similarities to the images of crazy famous idols will of course help attract
lots of attention, and even good reactions.
However, just like the saying goes “too much of a good thing is harmful,” as the
similarities rise to the staggering level and the KOLs themselves gain bigger reputation
from such an image, a scary criticism wave would rise to drown these KOLs.
1.
Song Jia
The most typical and probably most famous case that is worth topping the list is Song
Jia whose reputation went through the roof overnight thanks to her feature on Single
Inferno.
Though Jia herself had caught lots of attention with her own charm, many netizens still believed
she was like a mixed image of Jennie and Wonyoung.
Appearance-wise, people said her face had the perfect look between cute and sexy vibe,
which was also confirmed by Jia when she did an interview on Single Inferno considering
her short face, chubby cheeks but sharp jawline, high nose, full lips and slightly slanted
eyes.
Besides, she also had the same mole position on the right cheek as Wonyoung and if you
follow her throughout four episodes of Single Inferno, you will also see she is super loyal
to the ironed straight hair, which is also the hairstyle that has been there with Wonyoung
since the day she first appeared on Produce 101.
However, beyond the visual that bore some similarities to Wonyoung, people still believed
Jia reminded them more of Jennie but it was all because she had been trying hard to recreate
another version of Jennie in the way she led her life.
For example, Jia initially established herself the image of a daughter born with a golden
spoon, living in the top expensive neighborhood in South Korea whose neighbors were Taeyeon
and Baekhyun.
Then, Jia also impressed everyone as the Chanel and Gucci human, which was said to be another
sign of her copying Jennie as according to netizens.
Besides, the fact that Jia would post photos of her wearing the same items to Jennie after
Jennie’s posts several days also consolidated the belief of her being a copycat.
Just look at some recent posts, people had already found a bunch of fits that Jia allegedly
copied from Jennie: the pink Chanel cardigan, the vintage blue Chanel crop top, the woolen
matching pink set from Calvin Klein, and the crewneck logo top from Chanel.
However, do you know what is the biggest similarity that people found in all three of them?
Well, just like how people are obsessed with Jennie and Wonyoung but also find every chance
to blow things out of proportion to criticize everything they do, Jia bears the same fate
and it doesn’t seem to change any time soon.
After the reputation that went through the roof overnight, Jia’s social media skyrocketed.
As of the time of this video, her Youtube has 1.9 million subscribers and her Instagram
has 3.7 million followers, way higher than the rest of the names on Single Inferno.
Unfortunately, it was also this overwhelming attention that was believed to ignite the
flame of jealousy in netizens, making them spend hours on Jia to find out her flaws and
as you’ve already known, they caught her red-handed in the sartorial selections she
had been making.
After looking through her crib, eagle-eyed viewers noticed the differences between the
Chanel crewneck logo tops that she and Jennie wore.
Then, the allegations kept piling up and according to netizens, the pink cardigan from Chanel
was also a duplicate version of what Jennie wore considering the misplacing of the buttons
and the color of the fabric.
Then, every single piece of item she wore on Single Inferno were brought under strict
scrutiny and as people deducted, the Dior top and Marine Serre’s dress were also fake
as firstly, the original brand didn’t even have them on sale and secondly, the exact
same things could be found on a Chinese e-commerce website with dirty cheap prices.
Items she took photos to post on her social platforms were also said to be fake, ranging
from the famous Van Cleef & Arpels necklace whose positions of the chain were misplaced
and the red plastic dress by Saint Laurent.
After that, you could see how Jia was met with fierce criticism right off the bat and
on every platform, from Nate Pann to Naver and theqoo.
According to lots of people, Jia deserved the criticism because there was a huge difference
between using fake brands to promote a flamboyant lifestyle then passing them off as the real
deal and buying the knock-offs for normal use.
Moreover, netizens said that because Jia had always promoted the love-your-self mindset
but ended up buying tons of fake items to impress others, to seek happiness from the
validation of people, she should be bashed to stop that fabricating habit.
Responding to the scary criticism, Jia deleted all Instagram photos and Youtube videos, uploaded
a hand-written apology letter to people and another apology video on Youtube.
At this point, netizens started to react with mixed opinions and on one hand, they said
that Jia should be left alone because she had owned up to her mistakes.
Moreover, as it was also her own life, there was no point in making such a big fuss over
her wearing fake designer clothes with her OWN money, acting as if Chanel was going to
go bankrupt over Song Jia and the world of fashion was collapsing over her shopping.
2.
Allissa Shin
Besides Jia looking super-duper similar to Jennie, netizens also found out there was
another look-alike KOL that bore a huge resemblance to Rosé’s visual—Allissa Shin.
Of course, her fate also started on a bright note with that visual but soon after that,
criticism built up quickly because many believed she was being a copycat of Rosé and tried
to make money from recreating the original image.
According to netizens, Allissa Shin was trying hard to copy Rosé and the most annoying thing
was that she always acted as if she was being herself.
For example, Allissa has been remaining loyal to the blonde hair and most importantly, despite
being a model, all of the poses she did from Instagram to professional photoshoots were
extremely similar to Rosé.
As time passed, people also found out more copycat habits of Alissa, from buying the
extremely similar wooden guitar to Rosé’s, posting photos of her playing it since 2020
though her Youtube channel never had anything about her singing, which was extremely weird
because people often posted cover songs on Youtube when they truly had passions for singing;
posting a photo with a friend who looked super-duper alike to Lisa; only having long front bangs
after Rosé constantly promoted it; and most recently, did the extremely similar styling
to Rosé’s appearance at the event of YSL in November.
Because of all these accusations, Alissa has been receiving lots of death threats, blackmails,
stalking and even harassment from netizens.
The criticism was so big that she had to post a long explanation that she was born that
way, barely knew who Rosé was, was never trying to copy Rosé, and wouldn’t change
her style just because of everyone's complaints.
Even when there were defending opinions saying Allissa was truly being herself and those
who hated her were toxic BLINKs, her Instagram was still filled with lots of hate until now.
According to many, Allissa at this point was being fake and always pulling the victim card
because they found her old photos, which were all deleted after people said she looked like
Rosé, have nothing to do with Rosé’s visual.
3.
Crystal Kim
While Irene is currently the perfect standard of South Korea beauty for her impeccable visuals,
in 2019, people were all shook to discover that there was a doppelganger of her in the
KOL world—Crystal Kim.
Probably for those who don’t know much about Irene, they will mistake the leader of Red
Velvet with Crystal Kim and have an exhausting time distinguishing two girls from each other
as regardless of camera angles, Crystal still looks almost identical to Irene.
She even had the same facial ratio as Irene and because she is a make-up artist, people
are also often left in awe because she always appeared flawless as a real K-Pop star.
However, it was also because of her career and some videos where she taught people how
to recreate the look of Irene, netizens started to criticize her for using Irene’s image
for clout.
Some are even angry to the point of mocking her, saying that she indeed looks like Irene
but with more fat on her face.
On the other hand, there were also people standing on Crystal’s side, saying that
she was being herself because besides those Irene-inspired makeup tutorials, she also
did lots of other makeup styles.
Moreover, her daily vlogs also showed she never tried to copy the personalities or the
fashion of Irene, so criticizing her harshly only proved people were jealous of her reputation.
So, do you think these KOLs were being the copycats of idols or were they truly staying
true to their colors?
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