While being skinny has always been among the critical boxes for idols to check if they
want to be loved and famous, most netizens believe there is still a threshold as to how
much weight an idol, especially girls, should lose.
That’s why in recent times, many idols, apparently most of them are females, have
become the talk of the town because of their super light and allegedly unhealthy weight.
According to netizens, these idols were setting unrealistic beauty standards and implicitly
promoting anorexia among fans.
Yuna
When ITZY held the very first fan meeting ever since the pandemic, the group performed
a wide range of songs and they all nailed it like the queens.
Unfortunately, what made headlines that day, and even several days afterward, wasn’t
how great their capabilities were but rather how concerningly skinny Yuna was.
Apparently everyone knows that Yuna has always been on the skinny end of the spectrum and
her metabolism is also extremely fast as even though she loves pizza and always has one
after practicing, which is extremely rare among trainees because they are literally
on diet 24/7, Yuna’s figure on the debut of ITZY was still super slender.
However, netizens believed that even so, her latest weight is still a huge red flag because
when Yuna appeared along with other girls at ITZY’s fan meeting recently, the moment
she was simply standing still but her ribcage still apparently poked out garnered lots of
attention, mostly the negative ones.
According to some, Yuna had reached the detrimental point regarding her weight and the fact that
she looked a “skeleton” with the assumed BMI of “way under 16” in the photos while
usually, a person would look curvier in photos has spoken a lot about how light she was.
There were also disagreeing opinions, saying that people were blowing things out of proportion
since the lightning and posture of Yuna could have created the impression that her body
mass is deficit.
As Yuna several days later also debunked the concerns about her weight, calming down fans
on Bubble that she had still been eating well and the proof was piles of photos of delicious
food she sent fans multiple times before, many believed Yuna’s weight should have
never been a big issue on the Internet.
However, others immediately raised opposite points, claiming that Yuna’s recent weight
was alarming because in the past, even when she was doing a stronger body wave move than
what she did in the fanmeeting, her ribcage still didn't poke out that apparently.
Plus, it was kinda naive of fans to believe that when she said she “eat a lot,” she
actually did that when all the food in the photos were all untouched.
IVE’s Jang Wonyoung
Seemingly there is something wrong with many top visuals of gen4 idols because in addition
to Yuna, Wonyoung also made her name onto the list as people have recently also talked
a lot about how dangerously slim she was.
Things all started after her individual fancam at Music Core gained attention and while everyone
was stunned by her princess sparkling visual, what made headlines more was the fact that
she has lost a dramatic weight compared to three years ago.
As they pointed out, while her legs were super slim but still had muscles in the past, they
now legit look like two sticks always on the verge of breaking when Wonyoung dances.
Not only that, her arms also said to stand out in a weird and feeble way and that’s
why also for all the moves, they always looked weak and unneat.
According to some, to be more famous, it totally made sense for her to lose weight, slimming
down the face and fitting better with the South Korean beauty standard.
However, her attempt to look better didn’t result in so many positive reactions.
Of course there were also some defending opinions saying that she didn’t look like suffering
from anorexia or having to starve herself but as many others said, it’s still hard
to deny how her image in the IZ*ONE era looked way healthier than right now.
A netizen even commented that if Wonyoung didn’t gain back her weight like before,
her body would probably be too wrecked to dance in the following comebacks.
Rosé
Being naturally thin ever since the debut, and actually since her highschooler’s days,
Rosé has recently still become the talk of the town for her alleged alarmingly light
weight.
Similar to the case of Lisa years ago where she posted some photos on Instagram and netizens
immediately made her the bad headliner for looking too skeletonic, which also ended up
making her delete the photos, Rosé has recently also been the topic of discuss after posting
some photos on Instagram.
According to netizens, her weight has reached such a detrimental point that her legs were
only of the same size as an ordinary person’s arms.
Others also pointed out that probably because of such an alarmingly thin figure, her ankles
were so small now that the white socks couldn’t even hold up.
The contrast stands out even more when putting her recent photos next to the past ones as
during the debut days, her thighs and arms look way plumper than they are now.
When she smiled, the chubby cheeks also gave her a brighter and livelier look compared
to her recent image, which apparently suits more to the cold and high-fashion aura but
somewhat ailing and lifeless.
In fact, the concerns regarding her weight have already started since her solo debut
and as time passed, the discussion only got worse.
Some pointed out that her shoulders and legs have become scarily sharp and while they knew
bleaching hair too much could lead to hair loss, many believed a bigger reason resulting
in her thin hair came down to her drastica weight loss.
Taeyeon
Despite reaching 33 years old this year, never once has Taeyeon failed to take people aback
with her ageless visual and admirably fit figure.
In her latest MV INVU, Taeyeon also became the headliner not only for her satisfying
music but also the vampire visual that is as youthful as teenage girls.
However, netizens’ admiration for the figure which could slay any type of outfit effortlessly
has recently turned into some real negative reactions because according to both fans and
netizens, she looked so bony that all the vitality was gone.
Not only that, the famous outlet Sports Chosun also commented on her weight, saying that
while she slayed the angular shoulders beauty trend and had the waist that was as small
as a fist, there seemingly was a huge problem with her health as she apparently weighed
less than the 45kg written in her profile, meaning her BMI also belonged to the body
mass deficit end of the spectrum.
The outlet also commented that Taeyeon looked so thin that they thought the bandana top
could slide down at any time.
Her alarmingly slender figure stands out even more clearly when putting these photo side
by side with the old pictures.
For example, in the Why era, it was obvious she had a fitter and more healthy figure as
her abs were toned and her legs were muscular just enough.
As Taeyeon still had some buccal fat around this time, some also agreed that she would
have been more adorable had she maintained the same weight.
G-Dragon
When GD made his very first appearance at Chanel's Cruise collection show after a long
break during the pandemic, attention was drawn to his unique fashion sense as usual.
However, his style wasn’t the biggest spotlight of the night because several days after his
attendance, what kept people talking about was actually his dangerously skinny figure.
GD was so skinny that at the side angle, some said he legit looked like a walking paper
that could be blown away by the beach wind at any minute.
As his facial features were inherently sharp and thin, especially his nose and lips, others
commented that the way his face was slimmed down drastically had made his overall look
scary when he smiled.
Moving the eyes down a little bit, some even noticed that the skinny jeans were suddenly
turned into the relaxed fit jeans as his legs were so thin.
The latest image of GD also made netizens regret the time when he looked healthy, aka
also the time he was temporarily out of the limelight to serve in the military.
Many fans had gone on Twitter to exclaim how happy they were to see his smile with the
chubby cheeks.
Looking at the reactions of netizens now, it’s obvious how his weight loss has been
met with countless worries as well as criticism.
While that probably helped him suit better with the high-fashion image of the model world,
which is also a controversial matter because everyone is trying hard to promote the body
positivity trend rather than the anorexic image of run-way models, most still believed
GD should have gained some weight for the sake of his wellness down the road.
So, do you think these idols have deliberately lost weight to look better on camera or they
simply have fast metabolism?
Plus, are they implicitly promoting anorexia or are netizens again blowing things out of
proportion?
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