Instyle Korea’s nod to Summer Olympics

Instyle Magazine (Korea) is a celebrity and fashion monthly publication. But you would think that athletes are also stars. Instead of featuring Korea’s representatives to the summer games in Beijing, the magazine features instead non-athletes, Jewelry, Kim Hyun-jung, Ju Joon-yup and Jeon Hye-bin for its Olympic tribute in the August 2008 issue.

Were there no athletes picture perfect enough for a photo-shoot in Instyle? But then again, if Miss Cinderella Suh In-young can be in pictures, then so can the real athletes.

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(above: Jewelry. from left to right: Ju Joon-yup Jun Hye-bin, Kim Hyun-jung)

22 Responses to “Instyle Korea’s nod to Summer Olympics”


  1. 1 sammi July 22, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    I agree with you! It’s an insult to athletes! Just like one of china’s commercial to promote the Olympics! They used singers and actresses instead of athletes!

  2. 2 dustfinger06 July 22, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    oh god, wannabe athletes, i just hope that they could kick those soccer balls with those heels.

  3. 3 dark hyung July 22, 2008 at 11:51 pm

    carebears!!!!

  4. 4 hay hay July 23, 2008 at 12:07 am

    why do they have to make everything so skanky of dehumanize women’s sexuality? These are the reason why there is a national disease…

  5. 5 .... July 23, 2008 at 12:21 am

    this site is sinking faster than the titanic.

    your writing style is terrible and your news just plain sucks.

  6. 6 Mel July 23, 2008 at 1:11 am

    I think they should have put some pictures of the real athletes!! That sucks..

  7. 7 Noodle July 23, 2008 at 1:19 am

    We see these faces most of the time. The people should know who they’re cheering for.
    Athletes please.

  8. 8 elmo July 23, 2008 at 2:26 am

    “Ju Joon-yup”

    it’s goo jun yup!

  9. 9 lisa July 23, 2008 at 2:32 am

    “this site is sinking faster than the titanic.

    your writing style is terrible and your news just plain sucks.

    LMAO i know

    but ill still come here im sure in a few days it will pick up its momumtum again….

    but newayz the pikture of kimhyunjung is being copied from this add i saw lik a couple mothns ago…..watever

  10. 10 chanel July 23, 2008 at 3:57 am

    ….
    USA teen vogue had a photoshoot just like this couple months ago.

    Except for it was 10 times more originial and better

  11. 11 nono July 23, 2008 at 7:41 am

    BAD choice! What the hell were the people at instyle thinking?!

  12. 12 uptoday July 23, 2008 at 10:09 am

    goo joon yub not ju joon yub

  13. 13 HelloLily July 23, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    I find it somehow inappropriate also.

  14. 14 kimhana July 23, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    I reckon!!!!They should at least promoting Korean athletes, NOT SINGERS!!!BTW, this is about Olympics, not super-star-who’s-going-to-be-the-best-model photoshoot!!!!Just look at them, WTH does Hye Bin wearing England’s flag look-alike hoodie????she’s showing no patriotic, love and care for her own country….all they do is showing their appealing skins!!!!

    ps-Well, if you would think deeply enough and open your mind a bit wider, athletes can also be very stylish and elegant…beauty does not go only for singers and actors!!!!companies nowadays, they can do anthing to make profits…tsk tsk!!!

  15. 15 MiRaE July 23, 2008 at 4:40 pm

    yUp!!!
    i rEaLLy 100% suPPoRt 4 kimhana!!
    its sHouLd aBouT atHlEtE!!
    Not aRtiSt!!

    ~HWAITING!~

  16. 16 SP July 23, 2008 at 5:57 pm

    Is this very recent? Does this mean In Young died her hair black? I like her haircolor in recent We Got Married episodes! hahah

    As long as she keeps her hair long (and longer) and don’t cut it short again, she’s pretty with dark hair too! :)

  17. 17 ㄱㄴㄷㄹ July 23, 2008 at 11:51 pm

    i’d like to think that the real athletes were just a little too busy training to make time for a photo shoot so really, the celebrities did them a service.

  18. 18 aklsjdf sldkjfalskd July 24, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    SIY’s high heel is super high….

  19. 19 jen July 24, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    is it me or does jeon hye bin look like YEH a bit?

  20. 20 jdsdlkjdsla July 25, 2008 at 3:16 am

    they totaly copied teen vogue. the track one is exactly like the one I saw except the outfit was cuter. check it out in the 2008 june/july issue. Gosh what copy cats!

  21. 21 crinkleton August 6, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    THEY IMITATED TEEN VOGUE U.S. EDITORIIAL. Esp the trackfield runner’s hairpiece. tsk tsk tsk. June/July Teen Vogue 2008 editorial- ode to olympics

  22. 22 Husla3x September 1, 2008 at 2:20 am

    This is a hot picture. I want to use it on my black ghetto blog. et me know. We like sexy in the hood. My niggas will love this chit. Husla

    http://blackmansdiary.blogspot.com

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