Pop Quiz: What is she hiding?

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Pop Quiz: What is she hiding?
1) New nose job
2) Stinky breath
3) She is a he
4) All of the above
5) None of the above
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What’s that, you ask? Can you believe this used to be a man? How excellent. She definitely gives Harisu a run for her money.

Lee Shi-yeon, formally Lee Dae-hak, underwent a sex change operation last year in Korea. The gender bender was under the spotlight at the press conference for the tastefully titled new movie, Sex Zone II.

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145 Responses to “Pop Quiz: What is she hiding?”


  1. 1 Hide January 25, 2008 at 3:03 am

    Now that you mention it…

  2. 2 APRIL January 25, 2008 at 3:11 am

    Prettier then a lot of female born women.

  3. 3 cookie January 25, 2008 at 3:16 am

    whoa…those are some really big looking feet in those mules. Women!!! mules are really NOT flattering. needs high heels and some of kimora lee’s fabulosity!!!

  4. 4 dane1986 January 25, 2008 at 3:16 am

    ewwwwwww

  5. 5 Cindel January 25, 2008 at 3:19 am

    Team Harisu!!!

  6. 6 szai January 25, 2008 at 3:25 am

    whoah!! they’ve really mastered the craft huh??

  7. 7 maliya January 25, 2008 at 3:30 am

    “whoa…those are some really big looking feet in those mules”
    Cookie, shouldn’t she do a “Feet Change” too?
    But he/she is really pretty!

  8. 8 Mo January 25, 2008 at 3:37 am

    …. I have nothing against transwomen, but god how much plastic surgery did she go through? looks like her double eye-lids, nose and lower lips all had work done!

  9. 9 kprocks89 January 25, 2008 at 3:40 am

    woah… eww!

  10. 10 Stephaine January 25, 2008 at 3:51 am

    does anyone have any before pictures when she was a he? i cant find any thank you in advance

  11. 11 Arie January 25, 2008 at 4:18 am

    Her/his weird nose is distracting >___<

  12. 12 for real January 25, 2008 at 4:19 am

    you gotta be seriously aberrant to do things like that.
    the man needs help.

  13. 13 pony January 25, 2008 at 4:22 am

    i still think… harisu is hotter IMO =X

  14. 14 molla January 25, 2008 at 4:35 am

    if im not mistaken, this was the really feminine guy from
    sex is zero

  15. 15 aeri January 25, 2008 at 4:36 am

    her nose is very weird. yeah she looks pretty good considering she used to be a he last year, but harisu is still queen.

  16. 16 Naul January 25, 2008 at 4:37 am

    Team HArisu!!!!!!!

  17. 17 Annie January 25, 2008 at 4:39 am

    Omg… she scares the crap out of me.. Her face is going to melt off. She gives Uhm Jung Hwa and Park Shi yeon a run for their money >.<

  18. 18 Jackie January 25, 2008 at 4:39 am

    from a distance she’s hawt but up close ewwww
    her face is a mess… PUH-LEEEEEZ!!! Harisu is so much prettier!

  19. 19 johnnydorama January 25, 2008 at 4:40 am

    she looks manly and disgusting… so how many of you guys would still shag that?

  20. 20 ed January 25, 2008 at 4:49 am

    too bad about the fake nose & plump cheeks- unnecessary. he was hotter as a fey dude.

  21. 21 dannxx January 25, 2008 at 4:50 am

    how he looked before:
    http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo45312as5.jpg

    his/her new nose looks weird

  22. 22 Mics January 25, 2008 at 4:52 am

    Not yet there. I think she still looks like a guy with a pretty face. It’s like when boy celebs dress as women in some shows. She kind of look like that still.

  23. 23 shinjinny January 25, 2008 at 4:53 am

    Freaky…

  24. 24 anon... January 25, 2008 at 4:57 am

    i had a feeling when that was an answer choice :D

  25. 25 anna January 25, 2008 at 5:05 am

    looks like she did a whole facial reconstruction. Is it just me..cuz i find her looking pretty plastic. Like her whole face looks reconstructed and awkward. Her nose is definately fake.

  26. 26 kculture January 25, 2008 at 5:09 am

    Oh dear lord…

    What a botched job! Everything is so horribly done. It looked like the plastic surgeons were in a rush.

    It’s amazing how messed up the eyelids are. The plastic surgeons must have done it with their eyes closed.

    Harisu wins. Maybe Harisu can give Lee Shi-yeon tips on which plastic surgeon is best.

  27. 27 BKJSuh January 25, 2008 at 5:17 am

    It does looks like the surgery looks like it was rushed.

    But, I am happy for her if that’s what she wanted.

  28. 28 jjhero January 25, 2008 at 5:19 am

    wah yeah her/his nose looks so fake and she/he reminds me of drew barrymore, well just the face…yeah looked better as a femine male

  29. 29 denise January 25, 2008 at 5:20 am

    ok that is creepy

  30. 30 sweetlee8 January 25, 2008 at 5:23 am

    She’s brave for going for what she believes in, but I agree with all of you about her face; Was all that plastic surgery necessary?? Looking at it makes me feel like I’m in pain…

  31. 31 suga January 25, 2008 at 5:31 am

    wow she/he look like a blowup doll
    but brave of her to underwent the whole surgery, must be painful…

  32. 32 ohgeeze. January 25, 2008 at 5:36 am

    You know who she kind of looks like now??
    That girl that was on a “temporary” leave off of the Beauty Chit Chat show?
    The slutty one that talks in a really annoying way?

  33. 33 Kristina January 25, 2008 at 5:41 am

    whats wrong with her face?
    it looks.. really shiny.
    like plastic.

  34. 34 Dumpling January 25, 2008 at 5:45 am

    He’s mentally unstable and it shows.

  35. 35 Brina January 25, 2008 at 5:48 am

    Whoa. Not attractive at all. ;__;

    The nose scares me.

  36. 36 Di January 25, 2008 at 5:59 am

    No wonder Korea’s birth rate is so low… Not enough men men to go around. @.@

  37. 37 jaime January 25, 2008 at 6:01 am

    is the movie rated r? does it have sexual content with her on it? oh my.
    she still looks like a man. awkward.
    and super wierd.

  38. 38 hello5 January 25, 2008 at 6:06 am

    “She” looks like her face is gonna fall off with one sneeze

  39. 39 YO January 25, 2008 at 6:08 am

    EW HIS APPLE IS STILL THERE x{ n probably the same to the thanggg down there

  40. 40 hanah lee January 25, 2008 at 6:11 am

    his nose looks too pinched at the end.
    pretty lips though…haha

  41. 41 whoa there January 25, 2008 at 6:15 am

    She still looks like a guy to me! Her before picture is better IMO.

  42. 42 KS January 25, 2008 at 6:16 am

    Still looks like a man in a dress. Nice try tough.

  43. 43 Nameless January 25, 2008 at 6:29 am

    freaky. Harisu actually looks like a woman .. she looks like a plastic surgery gone bad

  44. 44 happypuddingcake January 25, 2008 at 6:48 am

    she had way too much bad plastic surgery..she definitely doesn’t give harisu a run for her money. harisu needs to sit her down and show her how it’s done right

  45. 45 soju January 25, 2008 at 6:50 am

    there must now be a collagen shortage in korea. they shot too much into those lips ….

  46. 46 SELAH January 25, 2008 at 6:56 am

    her nose is kind of creepy. ^^

  47. 47 DEO January 25, 2008 at 7:11 am

    Her nose and lips don’t look right.

  48. 48 HappyKpopLover January 25, 2008 at 7:17 am

    That must be the worst job in the history of plastic surgery. And she does soooo still look like a man.

  49. 49 mia January 25, 2008 at 7:28 am

    i dont understand it…like during the plastic surgery do they cut off the penis and like make a vagina for them???
    lol i know its sooo stupid but someone please answer me

  50. 50 roze15 January 25, 2008 at 7:49 am

    look at that.. her face looks like a woman, but her arms is way different from women’s arms.. it the fist thing i notice in the picture.
    “mia”.. only the surgeons know..

  51. 51 arori January 25, 2008 at 7:54 am

    when i first saw the pic, i thought the hands looked really ugly. totally not feminine at all. now i know why…

  52. 52 cookie January 25, 2008 at 7:55 am

    hey whatever happened to the trans-popgroup ‘Lady’?

  53. 53 DUMBO January 25, 2008 at 7:56 am

    what the gay?!

  54. 54 Avril January 25, 2008 at 8:03 am

    creepy… bad nose, weird lips…manly shoulders and arms. Harisy is waaay prettier but still it’s against nature… sad…

  55. 55 rach January 25, 2008 at 8:11 am

    i beg to differ, but I think that Harisu looks better than her/him. She/He still looks like a man.

  56. 56 lilily2 January 25, 2008 at 8:13 am

    mia

    surgery does exist to construct a vagina out of the penile tissues…. it’s supposed to be a very important part of the transformation process, for emotional as well as physical satisfaction.
    and yes, it is possible to construct a clitorus out of sensitive parts of penile tissue. sorry guys >.<

  57. 57 Mheaven January 25, 2008 at 8:15 am

    harisu is much much hotter…this nam/yoja has a freaky nose and weird puffy lips..i am not sayin shes ugly..but wierd lookin lol.

  58. 58 shellcottage January 25, 2008 at 8:18 am

    I think harisu looks prettier!! This girl, her face looks crooked!!

  59. 59 tenretni January 25, 2008 at 8:24 am

    ewwwwwwww… wtf? i wanna be an elephant, should i become one? i guess if you have the dought or credit, you can pretty much do whatever… he/she, she/he, this individue does not look better than harisu though… harisu is hawt!

  60. 60 Lydia January 25, 2008 at 8:33 am

    she/he looks artificial.. i can’t buy it.. has an awkward presence.. but she is prettier than other ppl out there

  61. 61 wow January 25, 2008 at 8:51 am

    ugly. s/he could’ve gotten a better plastic surgeon. it looks like she’s sucking in her nostrils HAHAHAH. gross.

  62. 62 sLaVe January 25, 2008 at 8:54 am

    Harisu is so much prettier.

    -sLaVe

  63. 63 yabbito January 25, 2008 at 8:57 am

    i wonder if s/he could still do some basic facial expressions ’cause his/her face seems too stiff. well, i guess there’s no other recourse but to accept yet another expressionless face in korea’s acting industry

  64. 64 Cutie January 25, 2008 at 8:57 am

    He/she forgot that he’s now a lady… in those dresses, no crunching!

    But I must admit- as much as he/she look waaaaaaay unnatural, he’s still prettier than some women. How. Disturbing.

  65. 65 Meat Pie January 25, 2008 at 8:58 am

    she’s disgusting! it’s strange to admit this, but i have to say harisu is much better looking.

  66. 66 jyyjc January 25, 2008 at 9:00 am

    uhh harisu’s prettier.

  67. 67 icingonthacake January 25, 2008 at 9:00 am

    i nearly vomited

  68. 68 resabambino January 25, 2008 at 9:03 am

    The Jawline tells it all

  69. 69 marmar January 25, 2008 at 9:11 am

    WHAT!?!? SHE WAS A HE!!
    DAMN I thought the answer was nose job did not know it was sex change..

  70. 70 Haesun January 25, 2008 at 9:13 am

    HAHAHA! thats a girl? thats the fugliest girl EVER.

  71. 71 okeydoke January 25, 2008 at 9:14 am

    DISGUSTING.
    the he/she looks so unbelievably plastic.. and the he she is still ugly.
    nasty.
    nasty.
    fugly.

  72. 72 an900 January 25, 2008 at 9:16 am

    o my….how disturbing. I give him/her props for going for what he/she wants…but damn, find a better surgeon!

  73. 73 Meru January 25, 2008 at 9:22 am

    something is terribly wrong about his/her face. it’s asymmetrical, and the bridge of the nose is too pronounced to look natural. I understand if he wanted to reduce his jawline and brow to look more feminine, but this bloated face is over the top creepy.

  74. 74 Chihiro January 25, 2008 at 9:31 am

    *barf*

  75. 75 Elaine January 25, 2008 at 9:31 am

    The lips seem too manly to me, I’m not sure why.

  76. 76 bloo January 25, 2008 at 9:33 am

    Is her/his face still swollen? The face shape is oddly disproportional. I don’t like how the nose looks either.

  77. 77 carmen January 25, 2008 at 9:33 am

    she should be sad that her money for all those surgeries didnt give that good a result…not pretty

  78. 78 Q January 25, 2008 at 9:59 am

    Damn, that thing’s hideous!

  79. 79 janepak January 25, 2008 at 10:09 am

    oh yeah, she was in that movie with lee junki too no? or was it totally different… anyway lol you can still see the awkwardness in her face though. it’s okay. if i didnt know she was a guy before, i probably wouldn’t be able to tell ..

  80. 80 ~Random January 25, 2008 at 10:11 am

    “No wonder Korea’s birth rate is so low… Not enough men men to go around. @.@”

    Actually it’s because of not enough women, so this is good for the birth rate. :D That and Korean college men are mostly infertile. >.> Well so says science. But I don’t really care.

  81. 81 hellaakon January 25, 2008 at 10:23 am

    Woah. Though now that you mention it, I do see men-semblance hahah.

    But anyhow…what an interesting movie for an interesting person. just saying…

  82. 82 Onigiri January 25, 2008 at 10:32 am

    the nose looks terrible

  83. 83 amareally January 25, 2008 at 10:47 am

    Does anyone have his pic when he was a HE ???

  84. 84 skca January 25, 2008 at 11:01 am

    what! that’s a man! no way! she looks good. however her nose…now that’s another story.

  85. 85 sweetie14 January 25, 2008 at 11:13 am

    wheeeeee i guessed right :D

  86. 86 dandelionss January 25, 2008 at 11:28 am

    omg. that’s really creepy. 0 0

  87. 87 Aya (Not logged in) January 25, 2008 at 11:28 am

    Something is wrong, I think it is the dip of the jowl, it is too strong, and the width of the mouth, that make me believe this is a man. I mean she/it/ whatever would look like a masculine femal to me, get the lower cheek carved down a little and the mouth widened to generousness, then you may have something… harisu is a hottie.. so I dont see why everyone cant be if they so desire.

  88. 88 Aya (Not logged in) January 25, 2008 at 11:28 am

    Also, the brow is too strong…

  89. 89 angie January 25, 2008 at 11:30 am

    so sad, the movie is using her status as publicity
    why should they change the title?

  90. 90 whao! January 25, 2008 at 11:40 am

    what a gross nosejob.. ick it looks like a plastic doll with a terrible nose job!

  91. 91 jacaheyo January 25, 2008 at 11:43 am

    that surely used up a lot of money

  92. 92 Asia January 25, 2008 at 11:43 am

    The plastic surgery was unnecessary IMO, she looked better before all the work was done.

  93. 93 Bloodymax January 25, 2008 at 11:59 am

    She looks reaaally fake.. And what’s with the nose??

  94. 94 jinhee January 25, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    now that’s just creepy.

  95. 95 Amy January 25, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    Harisu’s still prettier, but she looks pretty good too. I dunno, I think her arms are still a bit too muscular too pass off as the average stick-thin Korean woman though.

    And some of you are being a bit immature aren’t you? She’s still a human being. If she passed you on the street, you probably wouldn’t be doubled over hurling your bowels out.

  96. 96 mrq January 25, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    the nose gives away a second thought. its obvious itsa guy. the jaw and face structure is too big.

  97. 97 Ann*e January 25, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    omg, i thought it was a woman >_<
    harisu has competition…

  98. 98 ... January 25, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    Si-yeon/Daehak gives Harisu a run for his/her money eh? Harisu looks more like woman than this new woman. Hey, maybe this ‘woman’ will grow into her new look, and maybe it’ll look more natural……hell!~what am I fudging say, how does plastic frewing make ur face look natural?!?!Anyways congrats to the new, er, woman…maan her feet seem really squished into those shoes….no wonder…….

  99. 99 heechulrella January 25, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    kinda wierd lookin but she’s okay i guess…prettier than some other women….

  100. 100 hannah January 25, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    oh gosh
    her face is really distorted
    its pure plastic

  101. 101 monalisa January 25, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    Considering that ’she’ was born a man, the work she has done to her face and body do not seem too extreme. Heck, even many natural-born women go through the whole works to look beautiful. If this Shi-yeon person takes off some weight, she’d look more feminine.

  102. 102 kagandahan January 25, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    no way! she? he? looks like a plasticized person! looked better in thumbnails, though.

  103. 103 kagandahan January 25, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    his adam’s apple is still sticking out in some of the pics! especially on the last one…

  104. 104 mIcHeLlE-LuVz-KaNgIn January 25, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    ewww… her nose…

  105. 105 Jennifer January 25, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    ~*~*Yeah I definitely think she would have looked a lot better if she had stuck with only getting a sex change. But, oh well.*~*~

  106. 106 Taejus January 25, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    she looks like a woman???, …..but not a very perty one. eww… (just kiding, i feel sorry for her in a way. Lifes gonna be hard, i can tell)

  107. 107 Taejus January 25, 2008 at 2:03 pm

    sorryfor my ignorance, but the first question that came to mind was “is she onna be able tohave children?”

  108. 108 Taejus January 25, 2008 at 2:03 pm

    oops, gonna^-

  109. 109 daneil January 25, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    harisu is indeed prettier even after her recent nose job
    but good luck to her as well
    it must of been so hard

  110. 110 annonymous January 25, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    she.. he…she.. ?heee… tsktsk plastics!

  111. 111 omg January 25, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    that is the worst plastic surgery to come out of korea in a long time. he must have been REALLY ugly as a man, because plastic surgery in korea tends to be excellent nowadays, and EVERYTHING about her screams fake, from the eyelids, the nose to the mouth. even heavily make-uped, he looks like a man. sad. well, at least the legs are nice.

  112. 112 varms January 25, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Isn’t the movie called Sex is Zero 2?

    Yea, he was a guy in the first one and changed his sex after that…

    But isn’t this news old?

  113. 113 kirstien January 25, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    i dunno but he looks weird to be a she! that nose (kinda too sharp) dont fit her big round face!

  114. 114 angie January 25, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    holy crap TAL:K ABOUT GOOD SURgerY! give that surgeon’s NUMBA~~~~!!

  115. 115 ChocolateCake January 25, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    He(or she) reminds me of Jessica from SNSD for some freaky reason.

  116. 116 Gina Kwan January 25, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    just one step to looking like joycelyn wildenstein

  117. 117 u_chill January 25, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    Forgive me for this out of the topic question:
    @popseoul:
    Do you have any idea about how much did Unilever Philippines paid for Rain for a shampoo commercial??
    He said, “My name is Rain, i like black, black looks good.”

    hahaha… it was a funny commercial i think…

    I am just wondering…

  118. 118 xah January 25, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    he?/she? whatever… still have male features

  119. 119 gossip girl January 25, 2008 at 7:59 pm

    omg. noo, this is weird. ewww.

  120. 120 xoxo January 25, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    i don’t like.. its kinda freaky.. her/his nose looks soo fake!~

  121. 121 Lala January 25, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    She reminds me of Park Bom (the nose and the strange light skin color)

  122. 122 inMyhouse January 25, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    Harisu looks better.

  123. 123 ... January 25, 2008 at 10:24 pm

    she looks so fake.
    OR HE.

  124. 124 nomu January 25, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    oh my, oh my, oh my……….what is happening….??

  125. 125 tata January 26, 2008 at 2:25 am

    what a waste of money, time and suffering. I think the look on on the before picture was much better. Looks like his/her face is going to crack anytime and the nose needs superglue to stay on the face. Can he/she breath properly through that nose? Looks so thin.

  126. 126 eshur January 26, 2008 at 4:29 am

    she looks really awkward standing in the first picture..
    but dangg he/she has really girly hands >.<
    its weird how girly they look..
    and her bottom lip looks all… squished in that last picture
    –x her nose is really jacked up in that last pic too

  127. 127 kagandahan January 26, 2008 at 9:12 am

    @ Taejus

    sorryfor my ignorance, but the first question that came to mind was “is she onna be able tohave children?”

    >>> i suppose you mean, bear a child? definitely not! He still doesn’t have a uterus :)

  128. 128 jacaheyo January 26, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    i think she’ll look more feminine if she’s a bit slimmer.

    like harisu, for example.

  129. 129 Yin January 26, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    omygod…..yeah.

  130. 130 Meat Pie January 27, 2008 at 4:38 am

    Oh, wow, he/she even got her nails done…French manicure? Sorry, just thought that was an interesting side note. And apparently, Korea is in need of better plastic surgeons.

  131. 131 Taejus January 27, 2008 at 5:12 am

    kagandahan, yeah, thats what i meant, thank you! i still dont kinda understand this stuff, but thanks for answering my question!

  132. 132 nenz January 27, 2008 at 9:14 am

    what the heck?!
    i must admit that she’s much prettier than i am. LMAO!!
    she/he must undergo a lot of ps huh? her/his nose looks weird. -.-
    but she still looks pretty.

  133. 133 blogr January 27, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    wtf is that ?????!!!

    why would you willingly tattoo some fugly ass mole on the side of your nose? how is that attractive at all? and a green mole at that. thats also one of the worst nose jobs i’ve ever seen.

  134. 134 hung jung soo January 27, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    omg—she got a nose job done –eww… i think she should get her old nose back..she i very pretty..but why a nose job??? ugh just kill it!

  135. 135 jm January 27, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    she looks gross! ><

  136. 136 b January 28, 2008 at 2:14 am

    i reckon she should fix her nose!…

  137. 137 FimFim January 28, 2008 at 3:13 am

    Wa! She looks scary to me!

  138. 138 confused January 28, 2008 at 3:51 am

    (s)he has a smurf’s nose.

    overall…

    ick. >.<

  139. 139 lydia January 28, 2008 at 9:59 am

    damn..was she happy to do it?..or should i say he..lol

  140. 140 Allie January 28, 2008 at 10:07 am

    she used to be a he? 0___0

  141. 141 scfan January 28, 2008 at 11:10 am

    I’m not sure what it is…but he still looks like a guy. Most of it may be his posture, I guess…but still LOOKS LIKE A GUY!! lol

  142. 142 Big A January 28, 2008 at 11:25 am

    I think this person looks like a female….but it DOES seem like the middle of her face, including her nose has a melted look to it.

    Not bad of a job tho. I thought she looked better BEFORE I enlarged the pics.

  143. 143 Tinytintin January 28, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    She/He, looks really weird, although I think she’s/he’s kindda pretty for a man! Bahaha :))

  144. 144 Boe January 30, 2008 at 2:35 am

    If this aint sexy…
    xD

  145. 145 blinkable February 3, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    if I have to choose, I will take Harisu then *LOL*

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