Part I: Age does not make a difference if you are pretty

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There is always an ongoing debate on whether stars have gotten plastic surgery or not. We have the general misconception that if you undergo plastic surgery your whole look will change dramatically but that is simply not true. All it takes for a gorgeous girl to become more so is just a bit of tweaking. We, at POPSEOUL!, have mentioned many times before that it only takes a few milimeters to change from good to better. And looking at the childhood pictures of stars, we can already see that they have the “batang” or basics to build on.

So guess who is who. It’s easier than you think.

Top: Kim Tae-hee, Lee Hyori, Jun “Gianna” Ji-hyun
Middle: Han Ji-Min, Lee Na-young, Moon Geun-young
Bottom: Yun Eun-hye, Song Hye-kyo, Su Ae

88 Responses to “Part I: Age does not make a difference if you are pretty”


  1. 1 RoxyBathory August 5, 2007 at 2:24 pm

    Anyeong Haseyo! I’m a newbie here.

    First off… I’ve almost disagreed that AGE is no difference. As you grow and as you age, your looks also changes, same thing goes with your beauty. It depends on how you reinvent or style yourself… you can beautiful… even if without the help of reducing/augmenting tools.

    You can be fugly when you are in kiddy stage and in teens, but you can grow beautiful when you turn to adulthood.

  2. 2 RoxyBathory August 5, 2007 at 2:26 pm

    BTW… why don’t you try to add Lee Young Ae as one of the naturally-beautiful women in Korea? I’ve seen her pics in some site and her looks hasn’t changed.

  3. 3 Diana August 7, 2007 at 5:21 pm

    i got the 1st row rite except for Lee hyori, the 2nd row I got Han Ji-Min rite, 3rd row I got song hye kyo rite.
    Yoon Eun Hye I think she had surgey, i can’t find any resemblance from her young pics. (prettie sure she had her lips done). Lee hyori i unno…but she looks so different now lol.

  4. 4 hardyandtiny August 27, 2007 at 6:23 pm

    Na Young is hot

  5. 5 irees August 28, 2007 at 12:31 pm

    yoon eun hye and song hye kyo look exactly the same. gianna is really pretty as a child. changed? mmm… a little. not really. but hyori… dang, i wouldn’t have guessed it at all!! either puberty hit her real well, or she got some damn good doctors.

  6. 6 Kitty August 29, 2007 at 7:18 pm

    wow so all of them didn’t do surgery except kim tae hee. They all look the same mostly hyori and song kyo! good thing they were my favourite too. this proves not all celebrities do surgery ^^

  7. 7 han September 3, 2007 at 2:33 am

    KTH and SHG is very pretty and regconisable. hyoree? she’s famous for her bod. no comment

  8. 8 Patricia September 3, 2007 at 6:38 pm

    OMG, song hye kyo is SO CUTE!!

  9. 9 jacaheyo September 11, 2007 at 10:17 am

    agree.
    song hye kyo looks the prettiest when she’s young~
    those who debuted since young seem to retain their original beauty,,, especially moon, rite?

  10. 10 Jorang September 13, 2007 at 9:30 pm

    Jeon Ji hyun (Gianna Jun in English) Is the most prettiest
    Because Every time i see her face there something special
    that no one else can touch ^^
    i like her style
    Keep up the good Work Gianna Jun ^^ and good luck to your career in Hollywood ^^

  11. 11 satoko September 25, 2007 at 12:39 am

    Wow!!!

    I can guess only Song Hye Kyo and my favorite actress “Yoon Eun Hye”.Hye is actually not that preety but she is really cute and her action in every drama look very natural.I’d like to request MBC to make new drama with Ju Ji Hun and Hye. They are very match couple.And all of my friends like ” Goong/Princess Hours”.I collect her dramas and watch several times.

  12. 12 sandy September 27, 2007 at 4:43 am

    Yun Eun-hye looks so different now then when she was young but i guess thats cuz she wears makeup now. Song Hye-kyo still looks the same but then again she already perty she doesn’t even need makeup.

  13. 13 lala September 28, 2007 at 8:42 am

    Yoon Eun Hye, Moon Geun-young, Song Hye Gyo…i can’t figure out the others…

  14. 14 Arie September 28, 2007 at 10:29 am

    Bah, shame on me!
    I only recognized the last 3, Yoon Eun Hye (yay :3), Song Hye Kyo and Su Ae really look similar to their old selves! So cute :3~
    Kim Tae Hee and Lee Na Young gave me the creeps XD
    And I don’t think they had plastic surgery, people change as they get older!
    Specially not-so-pretty kids tend to become way more beautiful as they grow older ^^
    And Gianna sure looks sweet!

  15. 15 Ylma October 11, 2007 at 11:28 am

    i only guessed Song Hye Kyo, Kim Tea Hee, Yoon Eun Hee, and Moon Geun-young…. hehehe

  16. 16 kensai October 14, 2007 at 9:47 pm

    The plastic surgery comments are hilarious. Some probably got minor work done sure but using this as a comparison basis is laughable.

    I mean, i’m sure the best way to tell who has had plastic surgery is to take a picture from when they are like 10 and compare it to the changes they’ve had until their mid-late 20s. Scientific precision right there.

    My God people are retards.

  17. 17 aemee October 21, 2007 at 7:17 am

    I got Kim Tae-hee, Jun Ji-hyun, Moon Geun-young (the eyebrows gave it away ;-) ) and Song Hye-kyo right. yey!

  18. 18 eun suk October 25, 2007 at 5:36 pm

    song hye kyo really beatiful w/out make up

  19. 19 eun suk October 25, 2007 at 5:36 pm

    song hye kyo really beautiful w/out make up

  20. 20 Aromie November 18, 2007 at 10:10 am

    Looks like Eun-Hye wasn’t born with double-eyelids! :O

  21. 21 who? November 25, 2007 at 2:28 am

    whaaat?? yun eun hye??? hahahahahahahahahhaha y am i laughing whahahahahahhahaha

    i didnt recognise her at all. oh man, that’s a good laugh.

  22. 22 Star November 25, 2007 at 3:00 am

    WOW! They are very pretty now! You do change how you look as you grow older but then you will always have this thing that never changes(unless you have plastic surgery…)..I could recognize Lee Hyori and EunHye only..:D..haha..

  23. 23 E December 1, 2007 at 9:37 am

    I only recognized Yoon Eun-Hye, Song Hye-Kyo, and Moon Geun-Young. I don’t think that these girls had surgery I mean just because some have surgery it doesn’t mean all of them do, and people do change over time it has a lot to do with makeup and one thing that really makes your face look different are the eyebrow they can really change your facial features(the way others percieve them) but anyway they were all so pretty when they were younger

  24. 24 lily January 1, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    i thought the bottom left is park shin hye. but it’s actually yoon eun hye. she looks so different.

  25. 25 helene February 9, 2008 at 3:58 am

    For me having surgery its okey if its going to give you a self esteem or more confident, but become obsessed with plastic surgery its a no no no, put some limit in everything.Nose, eyes, eyelid why not but to change everything you lost your identity.Inner beauty its better than being beautiful, doesn’t matter how gorgeous you are after plastic but if you dont have a good personality its useless.Character you can’t change it you’re inborn with it.But i’m not saying I’am right about this plastic thing I like everyone of them plastic or not as long as they can do good acting and singing.

  26. 26 Taejus February 13, 2008 at 2:24 am

    aww look at YEH and Su Ae!!! such cuties.

  27. 27 guest February 18, 2008 at 6:59 pm

    @RoxyBathory: Agreed with you.
    Lee Na young such a pretty girl. She look so same.
    She is underrated beauty. She is very beautiful.

    Song Hye Gyo also. She was very pretty back then..As much as I like YEH i think she look ordinary girl back then. Kim Taa Hee look serious yet didnt change so much, we can chage through ages and years. At that time our feautures still growing.

  28. 28 UGLYSHE February 27, 2008 at 9:54 pm

    for god sake I cnt evn recognize YEH in her…
    damn she looks ugly… thanks for modern cosmetics coz she looks less uglier nowadays

  29. 29 UGLYSHE February 27, 2008 at 9:58 pm

    cristaluvdrama ——-
    i think youre from mars or somewhere?
    not knowing JJH?
    I think JJH SHK KTH were the most popular..
    I think live in himalayas together with bifoots… hahhaha

  30. 30 han March 3, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    i just noticed ( after looking at those for so many times) they have signature korean single eye lid eyes (except MGY) and when they grew up their eyes also grew bigger..hmmmmmmmm…

  31. 31 pringLe August 19, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    song hye kyo’s a naturrall. she looks cute in that one

  32. 32 .......? August 30, 2008 at 3:10 am

    Yoon Eun Hye looks natural and Hyori looks like she’s had a tiny bit of plastic surgery but maybe she couldn’t because I can’t see her picture that well.

  33. 33 Alexandracula June 6, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    Gianna Jun and Song Hye Kyo are so cute! While Lee Hyori MIGHT really have good doctors. Heehee. ^___^


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