Pop quiz: Ugly duckling transforms into a swan

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Holy Ka-moly! All I gotta say is “Thank goodness for plastic surgery and cosmetic dentistry in Korea!” Guess who the lovely vampire fanged girl is - hint, she is one of the hottest and prettiest stars today.*

Guess who?
1) Lee Hyori
2) Han Yeh-seul
3) Han Chae-young
4) None of the above
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94 Responses to “Pop quiz: Ugly duckling transforms into a swan”


  1. 1 sia April 16, 2007 at 10:48 am

    omg who is it??

  2. 2 lyn April 16, 2007 at 11:31 am

    yea, same here. who is it?

  3. 3 Audrey April 16, 2007 at 11:58 am

    all i know that it’s definitely not hyori.

  4. 4 NuNu April 16, 2007 at 11:59 am

    Hmmm…she reminds me of Park Jung Ah…hmmm…i have no idea…

  5. 5 Eve April 16, 2007 at 1:25 pm

    looks more like han yeh seul than han chae young ~ definitely not hyori…

  6. 6 Steve April 16, 2007 at 1:38 pm

    its han yeh-seul

  7. 7 vxnannie April 16, 2007 at 4:40 pm

    looks like han yeh-seul

  8. 8 liquidhope April 16, 2007 at 8:04 pm

    ahh im so curious to who it is… tel me tel me tel me =D

  9. 9 parkerlewis April 16, 2007 at 8:35 pm

    she got some vampire and buck teeth…buckpire teeth?

  10. 10 Monalisa April 16, 2007 at 10:28 pm

    From the eyes, I believe it’s Han Ye-seul. What a transformation! If I’m wanting plastic surgery, I’d head to Korea!

  11. 11 popseoul April 17, 2007 at 1:54 am

    wow- that’s great you all! When I first saw this picture, I didn’t think it was her….
    the answer is Han Yeh-seul
    If you got the answer right, give yourself a pat on the back

  12. 12 mauwy April 17, 2007 at 2:10 am

    OMONA~~

    and all along I thought she was all natural~~ thank goodness really for PS ^^

    heehee

  13. 13 lyn April 17, 2007 at 2:41 am

    dudee….that’s freaking scary. What a transformation.

  14. 14 kayo April 17, 2007 at 10:43 am

    holy cow! that’s why Korea has got the best plastic surgeon in the world..

  15. 15 sia April 17, 2007 at 11:13 am

    omg r u seriouse!!
    wow she looks so different now..

  16. 16 lennie April 17, 2007 at 7:03 pm

    i saw this before! han yeseul!

  17. 17 amareally April 17, 2007 at 8:27 pm

    OMIGOOOD….. seriously !! Han Yeh Seul ?????? she looked worlds apart…yes i agree with you [b]Monalisa[/b] if i ever decided to get plastic surgery i’ll surely head to Korea !

  18. 18 Little Kitty April 17, 2007 at 10:29 pm

    kayo “holy cow! that’s why Korea has got the best plastic surgeon in the world..”
    i gotta to agree with u….hahaha i need to go to korea and learn some of their plastic surgy then lolz
    Yet i still have no idea who is that but she look pretty

  19. 19 han April 19, 2007 at 11:00 am

    are you serious??!?! i thought she was natural!?
    they look like two completely different people..>

  20. 20 Hana Kim April 20, 2007 at 12:46 pm

    Wow, that plastic surgery came in handy! =D But she’s really pretty though.

  21. 21 mika April 29, 2007 at 8:21 am

    Wooow! i thought she was all natural too.. well maybe her eyes still is. i like her in fantasy couple though.

  22. 22 eunhyukX3jjang May 3, 2007 at 5:33 pm

    han ye seul looked pretty when she was young, besides her overly crooked teeth. i think she wouldn’ve been pretty just getting her teeth fixed.

  23. 23 zeL May 18, 2007 at 3:09 pm

    OMG!!! like i she the antagonist from the show “forbidden Love”??

  24. 24 Ji-hee May 21, 2007 at 11:09 am

    That’s not Han ye-seul she wasn’t that ugly before, I saw her baby pictures in naver and she was pretty since before. I don’t know if where you got that picture but it’s definitely not her.

  25. 25 Gloria May 23, 2007 at 9:03 am

    ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! that’s han ye seul x_x… damn lol, she won the top model contest tho!!! uhh yea… well thank god for plastic XD

  26. 26 Jane May 24, 2007 at 8:29 am

    yeah for a second, i thought it was hyori because hyori looked similiar to that lmao >.

  27. 27 JungYunho June 1, 2007 at 7:26 am

    OMG… I just can’t believe that’s Han Yeh-Seul I mean… Did she really get THAT much surgery to be her beautiful self?

  28. 28 sob-pobseoul June 9, 2007 at 10:37 am
  29. 29 sob-pobseoul June 9, 2007 at 10:49 am

    the left picture is not Han Ye-Sul!
    it was made by an Anti Fan!

  30. 30 at4Shi June 10, 2007 at 10:55 pm

    My God! What a huge transformation!!
    But it will more shocking if that picture in the left is Hyori’s picture…
    But is it real? sob-pobseoul said it’s not real… which one is the right one?

  31. 31 Cindy June 13, 2007 at 1:38 pm

    aside from the dental problem, i think the girl in the before picture is still pretty. i don’t see a need for plastic surgery..

  32. 32 sexychikita June 13, 2007 at 5:58 pm

    OMG!!!what a huge difference made in her face after the plastic surgery!!!thanks to that plastic surgeon of her..haha!!

    i find her pretty now and i’m happy with the results..

    she’s owns an angelic face..who is she again?..

  33. 33 cute June 15, 2007 at 8:32 am

    look at those teeth
    vampirish

  34. 34 aha-kawaii June 24, 2007 at 2:10 am
  35. 35 Matt June 27, 2007 at 2:16 pm

    She looks so ferakin JAP in her BEFORE pic!! wtf..

  36. 36 Matt June 27, 2007 at 2:19 pm

    to aha-kawaii: ur ugly lol. Wat’d you do all day?
    fantasize about looking ‘Kawaii’?

  37. 37 meme July 5, 2007 at 4:00 pm

    oh my!!! no wonder she looked so fake… -_-

  38. 38 kim July 29, 2007 at 2:02 pm

    It looks like she got her teeth fixed, eye fixed and nose fixed. HYS’s eyes are not natural and neither is her nose. I don’t know a single Korean with eyes naturally that shape though I have met Korean’s with naturally large eyes.

  39. 39 Suzu August 6, 2007 at 3:11 pm

    guwaa D: now i seriously have no idea whos natural and whos not Dx thats crazy! 0_0 plastic surgery is seriously crazy hahah a pat on the back for the stars that are natural~ ! :]

  40. 40 WananH August 31, 2007 at 6:39 am

    What the -???O.o CoOl, its actually “fake” but cool

  41. 41 rachell September 1, 2007 at 10:37 pm

    its HAN YEH SEUL.

  42. 42 jacaheyo September 11, 2007 at 10:23 am

    i feel terribly bad for voting hyori =P

    but the yeh seul whether after surgery/make-up sure does look pretty!

  43. 43 cat September 18, 2007 at 3:07 pm

    I dunno, but since she lived in the US for a while, I’m thinking she could’ve gotten braces. That’s the way they roll here, right?

  44. 44 kisses October 25, 2007 at 6:53 pm

    this blog has no credibility.

  45. 45 halloween October 30, 2007 at 9:00 pm

    is the picture real? it might have been editted using a photoshop, or it might not be really han yeh-seul.

  46. 46 Chantele October 30, 2007 at 9:15 pm

    Whoa! She does look better. At least she could still pass off as natural still. Actor’s really should burn their younger pictures if they have had work done and want it to remain under wraps.

  47. 47 eleven October 31, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    omg people is han yeh seul and shes gorgeous!

  48. 48 mitsuke November 10, 2007 at 2:02 pm

    are you really serious????!!!!!han ye-seul is my idol!!!i really can’t believe it!!!i just won’t believe it!!!

  49. 49 han ye-seul fan!!! November 10, 2007 at 2:10 pm

    …and i agree with sob-pobseoul and cindy!!!…you’re just insecured with her beautiful and elegant beauty…

  50. 50 Nameless November 22, 2007 at 9:34 am

    its just the teeth otherwise she’ll be pretty.

  51. 51 Solo December 5, 2007 at 4:31 pm

    LoL this is han ye sul in cerritos high school in california before BRACES..
    its like her sophmore year.. \
    her senior year picture doesnt look this bad.. i have the year book.. same graduate year.. =D

  52. 52 Solo December 5, 2007 at 4:32 pm

    SHE was kinda prettie her senior year after the braces.. +D
    i used to like her in high school LOL

  53. 53 Solo December 5, 2007 at 4:33 pm

    oh and her real name is KIM YE SUL

  54. 54 ForeignGirl December 14, 2007 at 11:33 am

    its han yeh seul

  55. 55 ... December 15, 2007 at 6:53 pm

    looks like han yeh seul

  56. 56 _Anonymous_ December 20, 2007 at 9:31 am

    i think she only changed her nose and teeth?

  57. 57 _Anonymous_ December 20, 2007 at 9:41 am

    oh.. nevermind.. i dont think thats HYS..

    IF YOU WANT HER REAL PICTURE WHEN SHE WAS A KID.. AND IN HER TEENAGE YEARS.. CHECK THIS LINK:

    http://blog.naver.com/atarishock?Redirect=Log&logNo=30018235142

  58. 58 _Anonymous_ December 20, 2007 at 9:51 am
  59. 59 _Anonymous_ December 20, 2007 at 10:01 am

    POPSEOUL.. you should make sure your sources are right or research some more to get your facts right. don’t just assume thats them (which i assumed at first, i was soo stupid to believe you and got tricked by you.. but then i did some research about it).

  60. 60 _Anonymous_ December 20, 2007 at 10:04 am

    how come some of my comments wont show up..

  61. 61 __Anonymous__ December 20, 2007 at 10:05 am

    …………

  62. 62 _ANONYMOUS_ December 20, 2007 at 10:10 am

    arent u korean? i know u like gossiping and such.. but u crossed the line.. thats juz not right..

  63. 63 _ANONYMOUS_ December 20, 2007 at 10:11 am

    they didnt even do anything to u.. i dont cuare if alotta koreans do plastic surgery as long as they know their limits.. and they dont hurt other people.. but you? if ur korean and u hate it soo much.. then why ddun u do plastic surgery and change ur appearance into something different.. no offense.. but u dont seem a nice person..

  64. 64 popseoulreader December 24, 2007 at 1:26 pm

    I swear POPSEOUL got some serious problems.
    you are so freaking anti! it’s unbelievable.

    yo that picture is SOOO FAKE!
    Made up by ANTIS like you.

    HYS is freaking NATURAL beauty! Check out _ANONYMOUS_’s links.

  65. 65 hiha January 9, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    I wanna have a plastic suegery tooooooooooooo

  66. 66 GG Suxs January 13, 2008 at 6:49 am

    Um…..POPSEOULREADER….Han Ye Seul looks so fake. You’re in denial.

    I saw a Korean video documentary about this addressing plastic surgery in Korea, and there are programs in Korea that go to elementary schools to show kids what studios and TV does (like airbrushing) to show that the images they see are NOT REAL.

    I was soooo shocked to see her picture in there. There was also Park Jung Ah with an enormous transformation. But Han Ye Seul doesn’t look natural to begin with, esp. her eyes and mouth. Her eyes are badly done. But couldn’t she have gotten braces in America? That’s not really plastic surgery. Does anyone have a picture with her braces?

  67. 67 who? January 18, 2008 at 12:04 am

    oh man. that’s ghastly. i’d rather stare at andre kim

  68. 68 devin January 19, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    she was kinda pretty back then too if you look carefully…it’s just the scary ass teeth that kinda threw me off…-_- but overall only her weird fangs changed…^_^

  69. 69 lyza February 13, 2008 at 5:14 pm

    wow is it true? beauty is pain, isn’t it?hat a magical knife n surgery…but…

  70. 70 cherish February 16, 2008 at 11:44 am

    omg that cant be her :[

  71. 71 guest March 1, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    GG SUXS:

    Do you even have a proof that she got surgery besides your own perception of someone being “fake”?

    so to you especially her eyes look fake??
    she ALWAYS had big double eyelid! wtf?

    You have no idea how many anti-pics are made by people.
    Why do you think every one of those pictures are freakin blurry??

    PROOF that she didn’t do SURGERY!! LOOK AT THESE ‘REAL’ PICTURE!!

    http://popkorea.wordpress.com/category/han-yeh-seul/

  72. 72 Pepe March 13, 2008 at 6:49 am

    ya you guys are getting the wrong idea. Korean celebrities don’t usually do plastic surgery, this is a big misconception.

  73. 73 lois March 16, 2008 at 7:41 am

    she did NOT do plastic sergery…she just fixed her teeth and became prettier. gosh.

  74. 74 bean burrito March 30, 2008 at 10:12 am

    that is definitely not han yeh seul. she looked nothing like that.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=6ta3cEwhULY

  75. 75 elle April 6, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    wow korean plastic surgeries are number 1

  76. 76 Michelle April 19, 2008 at 3:43 am

    she got everithin on her face done?! wth I dnt believe dis.
    no resemblance at al! either d plastic surgeon was reali gud or d pic is fake, jus sum random pic. u kan use dat pic w/ ne celeb n sai dey got plastic surgery. lol

    seriously not even 1 feature on her face is similar. with kim ah joong b4 n afta pics u can stil tel dat its her but dis..

  77. 77 ayoe April 19, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    HOLY MOLY GUACAMOLY!!!!!

  78. 78 HaeSu April 19, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    It could be that she got braces.
    They shave down your teeth to the right size,
    during the process.
    I can’t see any plastic surgery evidence though >.<

  79. 79 1life April 19, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    lee hyori d most votes. lol

  80. 80 Satan April 20, 2008 at 12:28 am

    Some of yuo dick heads don’t read the posts before dammit -.-’

  81. 81 Lolly April 20, 2008 at 12:39 am

    To People who think Korean celebrities don’t do plastic surgery: WAKE THE F_CK UP. BECOMING A CELEBRITY IN KOREA IS LIKE SELLING YOUR SOUL TO THE DEVIL BECAUSE THEY FORCE YOU TO FIX YOUR FACE AND BODY WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. IS IT ANY WONDER KOREA IS #1 FOR PLASTIC SURGERY?

    Geez…probably just a coincidence. God, Popseoul-Anti’s are all naive dumbasses. I wonder what the drama “Before and After Plastic Surgery” is all about and why all the sitcoms and gameshows TALK and DISCUSS plastic this and that. Actually go to Seoul and you’ll see like four girls who recently fixed their faces walking down the streets, and this is REGULAR people we’re talking about. Imagine the sh_t celebrities go through. They’re all crazy.

  82. 82 Sushiwhore April 20, 2008 at 12:40 am

    PePe is an effing moron.

  83. 83 Feng April 20, 2008 at 2:27 am

    Damn… lol!

  84. 84 wejin April 20, 2008 at 5:21 am

    This is a extreme OVERHAULED. I’m not surprise at all its the fashion in korea.

  85. 85 Linde April 20, 2008 at 11:42 am

    My days it is Han Yeul ppl coz theres an aritcle on her then it goes to his page so yano LOL

  86. 86 Linette April 20, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    She did what everyone else did in korea, eyes, nose, and teeth. For most people in korea, that’s not even considered plastic surgery. haha well at least she got the gift of a really small face.

  87. 87 zangly April 20, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    if you search around popseoul, you’ll easily find that this is a fake picture.

    this isn’t because i’m some crazy die-hard han yehseul fan. just do some searching before you make these kinds of posts claiming to know who got plastic surgery.

  88. 88 Inannanana April 20, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    Is it fake? That’s what people said about Kim Ajoong’s photos as well. I don’t think it’s a dis to out her for having plastic surgery, she’s considered beautiful and has made a successful career of it. Koreans generally don’t care as much about plastic surgery and “being natural” as Americans.

    The before pic looks uncannily like her. Except for the fug teeth, fug nose, and smaller eyes — yeah, that looks like her. The face shape and eyebrows and even the ‘cute wrinkle’ (under the eyes, which plastic surgery can give you) are the same.

    So, I’m gonna believe this is actually her. And I don’t see what the big deal is. It’s fun to see before and after pics and marvel at Korean surgery - seriously, Korean plastic surgery obviously pwns American plastic surgery.

    Knowing someone had plastic surgery doesn’t make me like them less or more. I assume every celebrity has had some kind of work done. I don’t think it speaks to their character or maturity or intelligence and I think people need to stop hating and worry about their own looks more.

  89. 89 Inannanana April 20, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    Re: Bean Burrito

    Intersting video, it’s nice to think a lot of Korean celebrities are naturally beautiful. In fact, I think many are — however, they still get surgery to elevate them from ‘pretty ilban sadam’ (normal person) to yunain (idol) status.

    Also the credibility of the video would have been helped if Kim Hee Sun and Kim Hye Soo were NOT included.

    Every Korean person knows both have had HELLA surgery done. Kim Hye Soo’s appearance over the years, just like old-schooler Um Jung Hwa, has changed and continues to change significantly. Kim Hee Sun did commercials in her teens/early 20s and her face looks totally different. She completely redid her face shape and got a nose job. It’s no big deal, most Koreans who use the web or have been current with TV and movies over the last 10+ years are all well aware of these facts and no one cares.

    Also, some of the pics jumped conveniently and skipped the ‘awkward years’ which is when a lot of ‘before’ pics are taken. Even with Han Yeh Seul, her “before” pics seemed during or right after her first plastic surgery — notice she isn’t smiling in her teenaged ‘before’ pic? You know why? Fug teeth.

  90. 90 White Power April 20, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    GOOKS NEVER CHANGE !!!!!!!!

    GO WORK IN RICE FIELDS ..UGLY BUCK TOOTHS !

  91. 91 Anonymous April 21, 2008 at 8:05 am

    yup… she’s han yeh-seul all right

  92. 92 Jangmi April 22, 2008 at 5:47 am

    To Lolly > Korean isnt #1 in plastic surgery, i think you got it wrong…

    but wwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaa she changed sooooo much!!!!!
    is it a real “before pic” or a false ??

  93. 93 tennis_fan April 22, 2008 at 8:40 am

    She is not plastic. The ugly photos were photoshopped by an anti fan before she became famous. This was made after she filmed Nine Fox Tailed in which she made a lot of fans hate her. If you check her baby and High School photos she looks the same.

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