SNSD’s Hyoyeon Mistaken For A Foreigner Or: How I Learned I Had Too Much Plastic Surgery And That I Should Stop

On a recent episode of KBS‘s “Invincible Youth 2“, SNSD‘s Hyoyeon was mistaken for a foreigner by a Korean man.

On the most recent episode of KBS’s “Invincible Youth S2,” the members of G5 toured Seoul with foreigners, taking them to several tourist attractions as they fulfilled their missions. When MC Lee Young Ja, Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon, and Jewelry’s Yewon approached some passerbys to ask for directions, an elderly man recognized Lee Young Ja and greeted them warmly. Another nearby man asked Hyoyeon, “Where are you from?” in English, mistaking her for a foreigner.

Flustered, Hyoyeon quickly answered, “I’m Korean,” catching the man by surprise. Embarrassed, the man playfully pushed Hyoyeon saying, “Ah, this is embarrassing,” causing everyone to burst into laughter.

The story basically writes itself, no?

I’m no hater of plastic surgery or doing whatever the hell you feel like to make yourself feel awesome, but some people are just not going to be seen as attractive no matter how much they fuck around and cut their shit up.

Good grief, at what point do you say to yourself, “Hey, maybe it has gotten to the point now where I should fucking stop this. Unrecognizable is enough, me thinks.

140 comments

  1. Either the man was paid to say that or he has bad eyesight ‘cuz I seriously can’t mistake Asians for non-Asians…

    I’ve mistaken Latinos being Asians and mixed Asians being Latinos but “pure” Asians? Never.

  2. Nah, I think you got some weird logic this time. The man is blind as fuck. Because she in no way looks like she’s a foreigner and the before and after of her image seem the same in terms of which ethnicity the person is. The only really thing that changed is she got hotter.

    Besides, i think the main thing is that she has blonde hair and eyebrows.

  3. …she still looks Asian to me even with the blonde hair (which actually looks bad against her skin complexion)

  4. ….

  5. Am I the only one that thinks Hyoyeon is pretty?

    • I think if one wipes away all that makeup, she would be average – above average. Not stunning or drop-dead hot, but still pretty. Her dancing skill compensates though, but her weird accent is kinda a turnoff.

      • dude the average girl turns into above average with makeup. If she’s considered ugly-average right now with all the surgery and shit she applied all over her face what makes you think she would be better without makeup?

        • She’s ugly compared to other idols. And they’re pretty darn hot. If you manage to say with a straight face that Hyoyeon isn’t at least kinda hot with her make up, you’re crazy.

      • I’ll do her. I know her body is nice and tight since she’s a dancer

    • in the first pict,she’s beautiful
      but in another video,she looks average :|

    • Most idols in kpop are above average in everyday terms (the expensive clothes and makeup help a lot).

      But when you compare hyoyeon to the bombshells they manufacture in other groups, that’s when people start calling her ugly.

      • Schizo_phrenia

        THIS
        agree agree agree
        She’s ugly compared to what an idol look like not to what an average girl should look like.

      • If you’re in the entertainment industry, and you’re not there for a talent, then you’re gonna be graded differently than average Joe and Jane.

      • i dont give a fucks

        WTF? am i the only one who agrees with IATFB? where is this world going?

    • I think Hyoyeon gets a lot of flak because everyone else in SNSD is so fuckin’ hot. People like CL and Sohee aren’t as notorious because WG and 2NE1 aren’t really that attractive.

      • i dont give a fucks

        bias alarm, lol. SNSD are not freaking hot, most of them are actually average. and yeah Hyogre is ugly, like CL and Sohee type of ugly, in other words she looks like a man. and not all in 2NE1 are ugly, Sandara Park, hello.

        • They are in no way average. Okay Sunny is a little down the list, but I’ve been clubbing in LA, Vegas and New York and very rarely have I seen a woman that is even mildly comparable to some of the hotties in Soshi.

          But hey, if you think they’re average, good luck with that.

        • AAAAAAAAMEN! Hyoyeon isn’t hideous, but SNSD isn’t full of hotties.

      • PFFFFFFFFT

        just busted a kidney with that joke right there

      • I thought Korea liked sohee for the most part. I thought she was considered cute o.o

    • Thank god someone actually finds her pretty. I thought I was the only person, I saw a picture of her without makeup and I have to say she really is pretty. She has perfect skin tone and complexion and shit… And I don’t even like snsd .. She and Tiffany are the only snsd members I think are pretty and they get no or next to no attention for it.

      • omfg let me love you man.
        well, I also think seohyun is a cutie.

        but jessica is one of the ones praised for her beauty and im just like…bitch the girl is fuglyyyyy.

  6. I kinda feel pity for her. No looks,vocals,personality and for those that says shes the best dancer are lying their coochies off.

  7. I still say Park Bom is THE poster girl for “too much plastic surgery”:

    http://img.ohkpop.com/2012/01/19/gb92LV56.jpg

    http://bomislove.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/1325160193_2519101.jpg

    At least Hyoyeon has gotten marginally better looking. Park Bom’s face is starting to look like Michael Myers from Halloween. Creepy.

    • oh my god,Bom is creepy >.<

      • Sad thing is, she wasn’t bad-looking to start with.

        I’ll admit that I’m guilty of picking out the worst pictures I’ve seen of her recently, but just to confirm my belief, I looked up footage of her at the 2NE1 concert from just a few days ago. Looks just as bad:

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNmCJlBHS70

        • Bom doesn’t look bad at her audition video…so YG (or maybe herself?) action to do plastic surgery is a big sin..

          but,@mcf you always reply my comment…are you my secret admirer??

          jk

        • I was at the NY concert and holy shit did she look bad. Also probably on downers with how little she moved/danced compared to the others. Example: there was a pole dance part and her pole dance consisted of standing next to it.

          Also dara needs to eat something damn she skinny.

        • Agree.

          When I first saw her, she looked much much much better than she does now.

          Sorta feel bad in a way, because apparently netizens called her ugly, so she tried to fix it.

          I thought she looked fine in the first place.

        • Yeah she looked better before surgery, or at least just when 2ne1 started. And all the thick makeup she wears doesn’t look good either.

        • i dont give a fucks

          yeah, she was average, but fine(human like). she should ask for her money returned.

    • Schizo_phrenia

      Amen >.<
      Bom has the face of a puff fish minus the spikes…

    • Yeah ironically she’s the “barbie” for 2NE1…

    • If Bom is photographed or viewed at a certain angle, she’s fucking flawless.

      • quootiepatootie

        I saw her in person about three times in NYC although she has had surgery, pictures give this woman no justice she is f*cking flawless, so is the rest of 2NE1..

    • Bom looks pretty before, apparently fans are defending her saying she has some lymph note infection which makes her face all puffy so that’s why she looks different at times. Denial delusional fans. And the nerve they ship plastic Bom to my Top oppa as a pairing. Bitches, please.

      She looks like a blow up doll.

      • quootiepatootie

        lol she does have that infection.. but i wouldn’t say that is the reason for her overall puffiness. She was originally very pretty but i think the netizens got to her.. also i’m sure she is not the only idol to have major plastic surgery, it’s just hers is very very obvious..

    • milkywhituskinned

      Tiffany is going for the same path unfortunately

      • which is sad because I thought tifftiff looked pretty even pre-debut.
        but it’s snsd, the group where everyone gets plastic surgery so…
        :/

  8. Schizo_phrenia

    She looks asian to me :s
    The only asian person that I’ve mistaken for a forgiener is Kim DongWook, I remember that initialy thought that he was mixed or something.

  9. i feel sorry for her
    she always get small line at song,ugly even Korean people can’t recognize her,rarely appear at variety show,and always get bad hair and clothes in some MV

    she must marry a rich man so she can be happy and forget the past…

    • I don’t think anyone needs to feel sorry for her.

      Despite some negative opinions about her looks, there’s still probably a million dudes in Korea that worship her regardless. Based on crowd cheers, she also seems to be a fan favorite.

      • I bet Hyoyeon feet smells like ass

      • I’ve always thought it’s more like her fans overcompensate so they try to yell louder to make her more popular.

        I remember that whole poll about how she’s popular in EU but my friend who live in France told me that fans only cheer because they feel sorry for her and members like Tiffany is more popular.

        • So, they see her as the underdog “Rudy” character of SNSD? Makes sense.

          Just replace “play football for Notre Dame” with “become a member of SNSD”:

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDKOlH0I0nQ

        • dear @mcf,i agree with @mochi
          fans only cheer Hyo,their true bias just Yoona or Tae

          And antis bias is Sooyoung,cause she is funny and doesn’t act like a bitch (i’m a former Sone)

    • There’s 9 girls in that group… and like 200+ other girls in idol groups… There’s bound to be someone(s) unmemorable/irrelevant. She better ride with that success the group’s getting >_>

  10. Isn’t she consider foreign looking for Korean anyway? I get that

    Tho…i do agree she got something done..maybe her nose or jaw? She look different around The Boys

  11. I actually find her attractive.
    :/

  12. Somehow she’s gotten really pretty in the last year. I really think it’s just better styling; her hair, makeup, and clothes are way more feminine and flattering now. If she got surgery it must have been minor because her facial structure still looks the same to me..

    When someone says “too much plastic surgery” I think of Kim Kardashian. I came across a picture of her when she was young and she was stunning. *__* I don’t know what she’s doing..

  13. Isn’t she praised for her ‘exotic’ looks anyway? To me, she used to look Latino but now…eh, she looks a little more Asian.

  14. i thought she was pretty when they first debuted…. she looks different because they changed the shape of her eyebrows. Youd be surprised how different you can look with a different brow look

  15. I don’t think she is the ugliest SNSD member, in fact she is like my fav and I don’t even like SNSD

  16. she looks fine to me

  17. mybiasbeatsyourbias

    She looks asian to me and just has dyed hair. East asian always look weird to me when they dye their blond. Some can pull if off better than others. Her hair is kinda on the yellow side and grossly unnatrual.

    I’ve been mistaken for being a Black/Asian abay growing up because my eyes were small and appear slanted. People now still ask if I’m mixed with Asian. I just don’t see it. But that is just people stupidity think if a person eyes go slanted when they smile. They’re mixed with some type of asian.

    But according to my brother I look like a white chick with a tan. Fucking asshole

  18. It’s just the hair that makes her look out of place. She also looks great and if you disagree, go look at normal women and stop judging everyone based on photoshoots of models, hth

    • Well that’s the thing, I find my female friends a lot more attractive than her. A solid percentage of them.

      :o

      • Yeah same with me. In fact, just the girls in my area are better lookers than these supposed “goddesses” that the media over there claims that Kpop has.

        And my friends don’t have stylists or photoshop

  19. She should feel happy, the Korean industry favors Caucasians a lot. *sarcasm*

  20. Can people give me proof or photos that suggest SNSD have taken plastic surgery?
    I’ve asked SONE’s and they all suggest they’re natural.

  21. Nothing fantastic, but she most definitely doesn’t look like a foreigner. The dude is blind.

    I just don’t get how people can say her dancing is simply ‘average’. She’s most definitely one of the better female dancers in K-pop at the moment, and significantly above average. The only other female idols from relevant groups which are on par/better than her are Min, Jia, Fei, Kahi, and Minzy.

  22. She can nibble on my uterus.

    I find chicks that can dance hot so she passes. And don’t give a fuck if she had plastic surgery – it sure helped her.

    Fucking Bom, though… That bitch is seriously ugly.

  23. i dont give a fucks

    most of you are saying that SNSD are freaking hot, well if you compare them to other idols.. maybe, tho to me t-ara are much better(not counting Boram and Hyogre). but if compare them to korean actresses, they don’t stand a chance. look at Eunjung and Hyori(yeah its bias example, it’s true tho), they are both classically beautiful and extremely hot. they are the only idols i can compare in beauty to korean actresses.
    …… you are also saying Hyogre is attractive, give me a moment…. wtf, just wthf? do you have eyes? just look at her damn it, she so fugly. can’t you see (s)he’s a man in dress? just like CL and Sohee, she’s looks like transgender.
    really, you sound like a bunch on delusional sones, with bad taste in music and women. sorry, but you must be outta your mind to say she’s attractive. What happened with this site?

    • She’s the only one I actually like in SNSD.

      Cause she clearly doesn’t give a fuck. And she is above average in dancing – she rocks. Which makes her attractive to me.

      Just imagine what she could do to you while being on top.

      And I agree that actresses are way hotter. I think Song Hye Kyo, Lee Min Jung and Go Ara (and 2 more but I keep forgetting their fucking names) are the most beautiful korean ladies I have seen.

    • I genuinely think she’s pretty, but the most beautiful Korean girls I’ve seen are hyori, dara, kahi, gyuri, yoo in na, and iu. I haven’t seen that many actresses except Kim tae hee. She’s pretty enough but her looks aren’t extraordinary.. She just looks like a t ara member but not much better. I think t ara is pretty and kth is pretty, but I don’t see one being prettier than the other. And her eyes are kinda close together.. Like fucking cyclops

      • Not sure what the big deal is with these Korean actresses. Sure – they’re hot, but I can barely tell them apart. They look like clones. I guess Koreans have a very specific look they want in their actresses.

        Definitely prefer k-pop girls. The hot ones all pretty much have their own unique look. Maybe they’re not as “perfect” by Korean standards, but the variety is more appealing to me.

    • I just find it amusing that they’ll clown on Kim Tae Hee and the likes but will defend Hyoyeon.

      • I think the general rule is:

        - If you post a picture of an “ugly” person saying how ugly they are, you’ll get people defending them either because they feel sorry for them or because they look at the picture and realize that they’re even uglier themselves and therefore take it as an indirect personal attack.

        - If you post a picture of a “hot” person, you’ll get people desperately looking for and pointing out all the flaws in that person because they are either jealous of them (if they are the same gender) or because they realize that the chance of actually having sex with them is zero. Finding flaws helps to mitigate their jealousy or their remorse over the fact that they’ll never have someone like that.

      • No ones clowning on Kim tae hee. I said she was pretty, but shes not prettier than kahi or nana or yoo in na. Her looks are sort of hyped up I’m afraid she’ll be the next yoona. I also think hyoyeon is pretty. Why are we throwing jealously and denial shit in here

    • I remember seeing a picture of Hyoyeon that straight up scared the shit out of me, it was so horrific. Can’t say anything about her personality because I don’t watch much Korean shows, but I think she needs to stop messing with her face.

      And I don’t find any of SNSD “hot”, per say. Maybe Yuri. But that’s probably because I am aware of After School and their towering sexiness over other girl groups :3

    • Are we not allowed to have different tastes in what we find attractive?
      Beauty IS subjective and people have different opinions on it.
      Calling us delusional because YOU PERSONALLY don’t find someone attractive while some of us do doesn’t make any sense when beauty is (for the most part) in the eye of the beholder.

  24. I’m sure she had plastic surgery done but even then she still doesn’t look like a foreigner. I don’t know what dude is talking about. O_O

  25. Hey, at least the guy didn’t think he was playing World of Warcraft when he saw Hyogre.

  26. I’ve always found her attractive, “before and after” you could say. Yeah she definitely doesn’t look like a “foreigner”… lol.

    I can’t feel bad for her because people think she’s the ugliest member of SNSD, what the fuck is that? It’s like how people talk about feeling bad for Xiumin and Chen in EXO cause they aren’t as good looking and I’m just like.. “who fucking cares if they’re the least popular in their popular band get over it”

    better than not debuting at all, debuting as “an ugly one”.

    • wtf chen is flawless he’s probably one of the most handsome men in that group.
      O.O

      • I think Xiumin is by far the sexiest, that man has a perfect body in my opinion, I don’t understand why the teasers weren’t all of him dancing. I didn’t need to see bendy toothpick Kai for 99 teasers.

        /lol i love kai too though

  27. I find it hilarious that people will hate on HyunA and Yura and Suzy and shit in the comments here but people will defend Hyoyeon as attractive.

    • HyunA is one with the Gangnam Style. She is alright in my books.

      I have no issues with Hyoyeon, but I do find it funny how jealous some here get of their idols, male or female.

    • who hates on suzy? Shes fucking adorable.

    • It’s quite ironic, all the “sluts in kpop” are genuinely the sweetest, cutest and most innocent women I have ever seen. If you view them in variety shows, documentaries or vlogs, their personality doesn’t resonate “whore” or “slut” to me.

    • i dont give a fucks

      Yura doesn’t strike me, that’s just my personal opinion. but even a blind man can tell she’s million times better looking than Hyogre, actually the comparison is kind of offending to yura. Hyuna is freaking hot, and Suzy is gorgeous, it’s offensive to even mention Hyogre in the same sentence as them.

      • What the fuck why do people think hyuna is hot?!? Have you seen her face??? She looks like a weird deformed fish fetus thing

    • I think that’s because you praise/hype them up whenever you talk about them.
      If you made a post about how gorgeous or hot Hyoyeon is people would disagree.

    • I just don’t like Yuri because she’s racist. :O

      And Hyuna is such a cutie and she’s hot to boot!
      …who doesn’t like suzy? she’s gorgeous. i mean, personally I think fei is more attractive (but fei looks like a goddess to me) but suzy is still one of the hottest in the industry.

      i haven’t really noticed people in these comments hating on them though?
      except maybe yuri a bit?

    • I don’t hate on any of them for the record.

      But I do think jokes about Hyuna’s sluttiness are hilarious.

  28. I’m scared….that J.Estina shot, creepy as hell. But yeah, seems like SM will pour however much money they can into this girl, long as she doesn’t bully anyone. Imagine that T-ara shit happening to SNSD….

  29. So many people have said she looks mixed with something.

  30. she’s not attractive when she first debuted, but now she’s really gorgeous. hyoyeon is getting prettier day by day… that’s so natural right? everyone is getting prettier as you age, naaaaturalllyyyyy~~

    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahaahah xD

  31. Haters gonna hate, but she used to be one of my most favorite Soshis way back in 2009. Thought she’s the idol version of Song Hye Gyo. Also makes me think she’s Pinoy

    CUM AT ME BISHES

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