Lee Da-hae’s old pageant photos
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Lee Da-hae, in 2001 and more recently
Lee Da-hae (East of Eden, Hello Miss) has been attracting some attention for recently discovered photos of her earlier days, given how different they look from her current appearance.
These photos capture Lee Da-hae from a “Miss Chun-hyang” beauty pageant she had won back in 2001. The images were shown when actress Jang Shin-young appeared on the KBS variety show Happy Together on the 21st, and was asked about her participation in the Miss Chun-hyang pageant. She explained that she had come in sixth, but that in the same competition, Lee Da-hae had won first place.
Although Jang looks pretty much the same, many fans are wondering at the noted change to Lee Da-hae’s appearance, leading to inevitable plastic-surgery suspicions.
Jang Shin-young, in 2001 and in 2009
A couple more of Lee Da-hae:
Meanwhile, Lee Da-hae is newly repped by J Tune Entertainment, and will be joining its CEO Rain on the runway as she walks for his line’s 2009 Fall-Winter collection. They’ll both model items from Rain’s own clothing brand, Six to Five, at a June 6 show in Hong Kong.
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151 pussy
May 25, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Just my silly suggestion, maybe JB no need to write anything about lee da hae anymore, she seems to have more anti than any other actress, don't know what she did in the past that make some people look down on her and even teach us (he fan) to learn more about her. For me, I really thank her for introducing me to Korea through her acting, not through her look. Through her also I know about Full House, Goong, etc... Since I'm really her great fan, so I prefer her in a low limelight rather than this. One thing she never lie about her look, the interview in 2007 was about her body, reporter asked her how she get the body, and she said she was born with it, maybe because of it people say she is a liar.
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152 yvhsien
May 26, 2009 at 1:18 AM
JB,
I'm with eunbit, Vivianaaa and Samsooki.
Thank you for your wonderful blog that I enjoy tremendously and I also apologize if I have in any way been rude or instigated any unnecessary rantings with my rants/raves.
This is your blog and at such, we have no right questioning what you post in it. I for one have no problems with any of them. Those that do should just go elsewhere. Just as an example to these folks - we shouldn't visit someone's home and proceed to tell them what furniture to have in there or what design suits the owner best.
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153 duh
May 26, 2009 at 2:29 AM
#151
The majority of us are neither fans nor antis of LDH. People like me just see the news from our impartial perspectives. I think fans of LDH just refuse to consider that she is NOT PERFECT and there's always a remote likelihood that she might have had plastic surgeries regardless of JB article or not. You fans are just too blind and can't accept that she has flaws too. Is it possible that you are the one who is bias?? and not because we hate LDH? For your information, I don't think that LDH has the most antis. I bet my money on Song Hye Kyo and Choi Ji Woo for having the most antis!
I felt indifferent toward LDH but after reading comments from people like you, I now feel repulsed by LDH and I have no intention of seeing her future works. Her plastic surgery doesn't bother me as much as the comments from LDH fans.
If she truly didn't get plastic face, how come she hasn't came forward with her rebuttal statement??? silence means that she had plastic.
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154 dh
May 26, 2009 at 4:42 AM
## me
i am not anti dh or anti dh fans BUT all you need to accept the fact that she did it
the picture is a big evidence . it's very obviously
you have to see her eyes , nose and also Mouth did changed alot.
ldh fans can't leave the fact JUST still love her without overprotecting
and admit what did in the past.
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155 gijo
May 26, 2009 at 5:16 AM
i dont understand how this simple post can make LDHs fan jump. i mean posts like this are posts every now and then not only to LDH. how can they questioned and suggested the blog owner what to do and what not. i dont think LDH has that many antis, but im very sure she got alot of bias and unethical fans.
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156 Beng
May 26, 2009 at 5:17 AM
at least she's aging gracefully =) Besides, let's face it, she's in the business that needs to make herself beautiful. Plastic surgery is the investment, and she's profitting from it. that's just how it is.
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157 cool
May 26, 2009 at 9:27 PM
i believe it's her eyes & nose that's been done on her face, however she looks great now. i think either way she didn't look bad either in 2001.
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158 hemmm...
May 27, 2009 at 9:03 AM
obviously she had it done. but anyway, it is appropriate fo her to have surgery. coz she looks like 40yo ahjumma at the age of 17.
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159 bd
May 27, 2009 at 10:48 PM
If one looks at photos of LDH as a child, it is pretty evident that she got her eye(lids) done (usually, one can tell whether eyelids are natural or not by whether they change shape and size when the person closes and opens her eyes a la Jeon Ji Hyun, Kim Tae Hee, Yoon Eun Hye, Shin Mina, etc.).
As for the lower part of her face getting skinnier, that may very well be due to the loss of weight (the shape of director James Cameron's face changed as a he got thinner).
@ me
"Nowadays practically EVERYBODY in Korea has plastic surgery, whether it is the eyes or the nose or the jaw or the boobs."
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Let's not over-exaggerate here.
The majority of males don't get surgery and while many women do go under the knife (primarily for the eyelid procedure; boobjobs still aren't common like in the States), a good portion don't since they don't have the finance or other reason.
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160 bd
May 27, 2009 at 11:03 PM
@ Babar
"It is so sad when you see women resort to plastic surgery to make them feel better. I notice that Korean actresses and actors prefer caucasian look such as big eyes, tall skinny nose, and big lips, etc. I actually find Korean actresses and actors with small slanted eye (with or without eyelids) to be as attractive if not more so that those with big caucasian eyes. I also prefer black hair to dyed hair. I don’t understand why some Koreans are trying to be as “white” as possible when having “oriental” look is very unique and beautiful."
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You are looking at this from a Western viewpoint.
First off, many actresses and singers get something done at the bequest and expense of the talent agency, so it's not necessarily about "feeling better."
Second, the NE Asian double-eyelid is DIFFERENT from the caucasian double-eyelid and Asian women want to look like Asian women w/ such features, not caucasians (for instance, Hyori's eyes are much desired and no caucasian woman has that upturned, half-moon shape-eyes when Hyori smiles).
Third, caucasians are known for having lips on the THIN side (why do you think collagen injections are so popular?) and a desireable attribute found more commonly in NE Asians are high cheekbones - so does that mean a white woman who gets cheek implants and lip injections wants to look more Asian?
Fourth, most Korean men don't get surgery and many Korean male celebs do not have double eyelids (does this mean that only Korean women want to look "white"?).
Fifth, Korean/Asian women don't have naturally black hair. Over time, due to sun exposure, etc. - their hair turns a dark brown w/ some red hues. The women who have long, black hair do so b/c they end up dying their hair black.
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161 kkk..
May 28, 2009 at 9:33 AM
wth with ldh's fan?? i'm not against ldh, but im distracted with her fans behavior. when there's some pics of SHK or KTH or any other pretty actress about their plastic surgery, you guys are the 1st one who scream PLASTIC!!(eventhough u guys know its a false news). and now, a solid prove u guys said lets not make a big deal? its make up? come on, u guys must be blind.
haha.. go on live worshiping ur goddess till the end of the days....
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162 LOL
May 30, 2009 at 3:02 AM
wow, she's like a freaking benjamin button...it feels as if she aged backwards...gotta love the powers of cosmetics (and surgery???) I do think she's better now than before. I mean, look at her and tell me she's not pretty.
I rest my case.
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163 frlin
June 1, 2009 at 12:59 AM
wow, i didnt know she did surgery.. she looked like 45 years old instead of 17. which means all her beauty that she shows in her modeling is just plastic beauty..
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164 SQF
June 4, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Whether she did plastic surgery or not, cuz almost most of them did!!!
We know her when she's now (if after that surgery or not) so just let it be. What's so matter about the past and now???
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165 pompam
June 7, 2009 at 2:34 AM
Don't worry . almost of korean stars are unnatural bueaty .
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166 MadamButterfly
June 9, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Ouch! So much for thinking she's all natural. Old vs. new pictures are so different. It's almost like looking at two different person. 90% sure she had some works performed but can't pin point to what exactly. Hmm... eyes, nose, jawline (noway a jawline become sharpen/slimmer overtime - LOL). After seeing this, not sure if I'll see her the same as before.
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167 lol
June 10, 2009 at 7:36 AM
i think she just did a lil something with her nose and had a double eyelid surgery thts all. her cheekbones and all still looks the same. i bet she jst went n lose some weight. but i still couldn't believe that she won 1st with tht look.....
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168 MARY ALJANET
June 22, 2009 at 1:58 AM
I was really disapionted to lee da hae..hmmmmm... i don't like her anymore
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169 CARLA MEN
June 22, 2009 at 2:45 AM
hmmm.......i still prefer natural beauty.....i like lee da hae but now sad to say i think i don't like her anymore.........
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170
August 7, 2009 at 10:44 AM
100 % sure, she had eye surgery and nose surgery. if you don't know how to recognize, you are dumb.
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171 EunJae
August 15, 2009 at 2:46 AM
I dont think she has undergone surgery because i hav pictures of lee da hae when she is in higH School..and it is so young of her to have surgery....and she look the same...
Maybe in that pageant pictures the make up just changed her face...her nose and lips are just the same!!!dont u think??___?
Highschool to present..
Young da hae
another pix..
Past to present pictures..
SEE?????
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172 Laura
August 26, 2009 at 10:06 PM
I think she did her eyes bigger and her nose. Thats the only way her face (jaw line) would look smaller. What's wrong with her having her eyes and nose done? Every other actress does it.
I'm against plastic surgery if its going to change the way you look drastically. But if its to better your looks just a little, then I think its not that bad. Take Lee Jun-ki as an example. He had his ears done, now he looks way hotter!!!! lol and still is the same Lee Jun-ki.
The first picture of her looks a lot different from the present her, but when you scroll down to the other two pictures, then you can see that it is totaly her.
Again, I think she only had her eyes and nose done. And lost weight. But thats only normal in the entertaiment world.
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173 Meix2
August 31, 2009 at 2:53 AM
The world of fandom continues to baffle me to no end.... perhaps it's just me (probably), since I don't recall ever being so crazed over an entertainer/ artist to warrant the term 'fan'. I may, for example, go the extra mile to watch a film or buy an Album because of the person, but that's about it. Even if Ju Jin Mo was scheduled to make an appearance walking naked down my street, I still probably won't bother having a look (okay, maybe for the naked part...).
Anyway, I digress. Whether LDH had surgery is really her personal choice and nobody's business. She does look better now and good for her. I'm not an anti-fan (how can that mentality actually spawn a word?!) but I have to admit she has never done much for me, both in her acting and in the dramas shes been in. The only sad element in these comments is the fact that something so mundane can generate so much debate and the fact that so many people get so riled up over someone else's life!
I think a more interesting aspect of this is how much coercion/ pressure was she placed under by the profession/ her managing company to have the wok done? Looking at the old photos, she was always pretty... It reminds me of a scene in 200lb Beauty in which the lead (Hana), having already undergone full body surgery and looking gorgeous, was asked to go under surgery for some more by her managers. Her response? 'Does that me you don't think I'm pretty enough?'
Plus I agree with JB. If you've had it done, it's best to either (A) admit it or (B) keep quiet and just wait till the whole thing blows over. To deny it is just creating more interest (like digging up old photos) by the media and shutting yourself in a position you can't get out of if it is proven you've lied.
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174 xoxo girl
September 28, 2009 at 9:49 PM
she fixed her eyes and nose
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175
September 29, 2009 at 2:03 AM
i don know abut the surgery but still i like her.her performance in robber is xtraordinarily gud.................i am fan of her
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176 kim
October 1, 2009 at 12:00 AM
uhm..i like her...and please!!don't criticize her!!!thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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177 salju
November 2, 2009 at 12:27 AM
i dont think dae hee done plastic surgery..... his face still same....of course his eye more big now thn bfore...if u see closely....dae hea just get lose weight.... if her just do the surgery....who care anywy....i still like her performence,i still like her acting... only her cn acting like dat....
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178 manduishi.kyot
December 4, 2009 at 10:15 PM
I don't think da hae undergoes some surgery .. its the eyebrows that change . my eyebrows where actually thick and when we fix it Ive look more younger plus Im only 13 .. But I don't really think she has a surgery .. maybe its because of her make up and the color of her lips .. she beacme older w/ that look ..
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179 lily
December 9, 2009 at 11:20 PM
What a decepcion!!! I was her fan, and i thought that she was really a natural beauty,but the true allways come to the light.
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180 UNKNOWN
December 15, 2009 at 9:25 PM
I'm not sure about surgery, but there are different ways to change like eating more vegetables, putting face or those new skin lotion and whitening lotion, losing weigth... my aunt use to be really ugly when she was 19 but now she's 23 and she change she's more beautiful her eyes are bigger and she gained some weight but just the right gained, she also fix her eyebrows..
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181 liltweet
December 15, 2009 at 9:31 PM
so what if she had surgery, it's natural that people want's to look pretty, but in the first place it's not right to criticice people or judge them just because they had surgery you hate or don't like them that doesnt make sense... also whoever post this must be jealous of her.. or just want to ruined her...and is also crazy.. no offense.. just because she haad surgery doesnt mean she's a lier or something that we should hate her... there must be reason why she did this...
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182 sweetttii
December 15, 2009 at 9:37 PM
i agree with #177 and 178. i dont think that she undergoes surgery too.. and everyone who still like her...but so what lily if you dont like her. just because of false info like this and rumor that she got surgery. they say that you shouldnt judge a book by it's covers that the same with a person. if you study you should know that at least..
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183 ilovejelly
December 16, 2009 at 7:23 PM
man, the person who made this bullshit up is stupid. go look lee da hae's high school photo, she looks the same as she does today. that person there does nnot look like lee da hae at all ==''
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184 Lee Joon Ki
December 31, 2009 at 12:18 AM
I thought that Lee Dae Hae is such `a god given pretty lady`.
Now I see the real face of her+_+.
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185 Lee
December 31, 2009 at 2:02 AM
That picture of Lee Dae Hae does not look like her at all. It doesn't make sense to me.
Okay lets think about it for a little bit.
Wasn't she born in 1984?
In 2001, Lee Dae Hae would be only 17 so she was still in high school. Didn't she lived in Australia for 5 years and graduated from Burwood Girls high school? Doesn't that means she was still in Australia in 2001?
Also it was taken in Korea which doesn't make sense in Lee Da hae's situation caz she lived with her family in Australia so she's unlikely to be in Korea at that time. Also there's her high school pictures online to prove that she looks the same and haven't changed.
That pic doesn't look like it belongs to a 17 years old girl but someone older.
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186 anet
January 4, 2010 at 9:22 PM
That picture of Lee Dae Hae does not look like her at all. It doesn’t make sense to me.
Okay lets think about it for a little bit.
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187 victoria
January 16, 2010 at 10:26 AM
i think she made her eyes have double eyelids and her brows look different her nose does too.
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188 mei
January 24, 2010 at 1:49 AM
The only difference I can see on her is that her eyes seem 3 times larger. Double eyelid surgery? Or since she insists she has had no work done, maybe it's some magical cream, please give me the brand name and where you can get it.
Other than that she just lost weight, I suppose. She is super thin isn't she? My jawline became more prominenet too after I lost 50 pounds. It used to be as round as hers way back when.
Who cares anyway, she is pretty now. It's not like all the other actresses are all natural either.
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189 luvkyu
February 1, 2010 at 8:36 AM
nothimg different. i think just her make up and the way she smile.
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190 mike
February 4, 2010 at 11:10 AM
She looks like having some enhancement done. People want certain image of their stars. Actresses world over goes under the knife to give people want they wanted. What is this insistance on being natural ?
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191 givemeabreak
February 15, 2010 at 6:53 PM
How would you feel if someone put up your picture so that everyone can make comments on ? Even the smallest things in her face are well analyzed ... geez get a life and give the girl a break ... It was so much fun watching her movies ... cosmetic surgery or not ... doesn't matter to me a bit.
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192 ira
March 10, 2010 at 3:34 AM
she have been surgery i think its not because her face shape and the old pics.have different.Maybe many people insecure of her face!!!
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193 my girl
March 10, 2010 at 3:37 AM
her face so perfect so its impossible that her face have been surgery.what if ,if your face post to website isn't hurt?!
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194 aasylr
March 21, 2010 at 9:53 PM
surgery or not, her acting very good, and singing too
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195 Trang
March 29, 2010 at 2:48 PM
It's obviously not her. Some anti-fans are trying to put a fake picture there and stated that's Lee Dae Hae before plastic surgery. Unless you're having eyes desease or blindness, there's no way she can be like that even she went through thousands surgery. This picture is 100% a different person.
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196 Javabeans
March 29, 2010 at 2:53 PM
@Trang, she has actually said in an interview that they are her pictures.
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197 youwillmissme
March 30, 2010 at 1:53 PM
Never a fan of her. Currently watching her in Heaven's Fate on arirang. She looked different comparing to herself in the most recent Chuno now. She definitely had some works done! Don't like her acting at all, I especially am annoyed by her character in Heaven's Fates. The story was interest at first but then it took a wrong turn down hill... Back to Lee Da Hae, something unnatural about her look, her acting, I just can't explain... Oh well...:-) I guess it just me! Sorry if I offended any of her fans.
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198 aina
April 17, 2010 at 1:49 AM
nakakadissappoint ang ganda plastic naman pla ang beauty
be proud of what u have
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199 somebody
April 22, 2010 at 10:29 AM
that is not her photo...seriously..u can see it on her eyebrow..
it's totally different...nonsense..
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200 leah
April 23, 2010 at 9:59 AM
@java beans:
Can you link me to that interview where she actually confirmed that they are her pictures? I'd really appreciate it.
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