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Kim Min Ji, who’s currently gaining popularity in part due to her MC role on KBS’ Music Bank, is also receiving hot attention as her school graduation photos have been released to the public.
On the 27th, several graduation photos of the actress rose on an online community site, which spread rapidly over the web in Korea. Although it seemed like she had a cute face since her school days, netizens have been surprised over her shocking hairstyles which is quite contrary to her current image.
Fans have been calling her style the “lion hair” and are very amused as her appearance does not fit the image of a Korean school girl.
Source: Nate | allkpop
Earlier, we reported about how actress Kim Min Ji’s graduation photos were a hot topic on the internet. It looks like things took a turn for the nasty, as the actress recently lashed out against the hateful comments made by netizens because of her past hairstyles.
One style in particular is drawing a lot of attention, because it’s characteristically known for being popular amongst ‘iljins,’ a type of rebellious, gang-like group in schools.
On the morning of March 29th, Kim Min Ji wrote the following through her mini-homepage:
“Did I commit such an evil against society by having that hairstyle for my junior high school graduation photo? Did I kill someone? Just because I have that hairstyle, I’m suddenly an ‘iljin’ now?
Because of this simple hairstyle, I’ve now become some kind of trashy street-gang member that should go die. Seriously, in just one moment, I’ve become some kind of disgusting monster.
I’m pursuing a career that I love. Is there a law that says I can’t have that hair style when taking pictures? Why do my parents need to be cursed at just because I chose such a hairstyle for my photo? Did I commit such an evil against everyone? Really… this, this is so hard.
But you know what? I’m not as tasteless as the people who judge someone without even knowing them, and treat them and their parents like trash over a hairstyle. Even when I had that hairstyle, I never treated someone like trash, nor did I say things that dug at their hearts.
It’s so easy for you all to kill someone, isn’t it?”
The post has since been deleted from her Cyworld.
Source: Star News via Nate, Daily News via Nate | allkpop
After lashing out against netizens for criticizing her ‘iljin‘ hair yesterday, actress Kim Min Ji has taken back her words and apologized for her “thoughtless actions.”
On the morning of March 30th, she wrote:
“Hello, this is Kim Min Ji.
First of all, I would like to apologize and express my gratitude to the fans that both worried and reprimanded me.
I was so pressured by the sudden attention that was coming on to me and the fact that people were judging me with one view. I believe I reacted too emotionally. My experience in the industry isn’t much, and I was pained by the sudden hateful replies I was receiving. I’ll now consider it as a form of interest in me and work harder to show a better side of myself.
I am reflecting on my thoughtless actions and the unsuitable way I expressed myself yesterday. Through this experience, I will learn and mature to show improvement.”
In addition, a representative of her agency, NOA Entertainment, commented, “Her hair in her graduation photo was not her real hair, it was a wig. She was wearing the wig while rehearsing for a theater class and took a picture with it as well.”
Source: Newsen via Nate | allkpop
You can make your own judgments, but imo if netizens really made the comments she says they did, she had every right to say something about it. It's not as if she wrote anything offensive or mean.
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:13 am (UTC)It's just hair.
And she had every right to comment on what people were saying about her.
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:14 am (UTC)i wish she didn't apologize...but if she didn't haters be all up on her...ugh
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:50 am (UTC)OMG I wished her agency shut up a lil ! lets think about mullets - it was the edge of the fashion a few years ago now we are horrified with it
her hair? how often do we go to a stylist, pay her big money to see a crappy result - the catch is: u look good at saloon but after a hair-wash everything is a mess
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:14 am (UTC)In addition, a representative of her agency, NOA Entertainment, commented, “Her hair in her graduation photo was not her real hair, it was a wig. She was wearing the wig while rehearsing for a theater class and took a picture with it as well.”
YEAH, RIGHT. I mean, come on.
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:16 am (UTC)she had every right to say what she said.
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:22 am (UTC)OMG I KNOW How DARE she do something slightly different from everyone else! What a bitch!
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:23 am (UTC)also she looks so pretty in that pic with the long straight hair and bangs
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:29 am (UTC)LOL ikr.
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:25 am (UTC)anyways she don't need to apologize but tbh the way she got so hardcore defensive and affected about it makes it sound like she really was an iljin, haha. i could see her smokin in the girls' bathroom and hiking up the hem of her uniform. werk
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:28 am (UTC)but ita, i can't believe she had to apologize for defending herself.
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:30 am (UTC)FFS it is just a hairstyle.
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:32 am (UTC)and those hairstyles look like the ones the ulzzangs are sporting nowadays...
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:41 am (UTC)actually she had the right to defend herself ;~; poor girl..
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