Article: “First Asian model” Who is the Korean model who closed out Chanel’s fashion show alone?
Source: Chosun via Naver
1. [+1,767, -18] The West’s idea of what they think Asians should look like never changes
2. [+611, -25] Why do… all the Asian models in the West look like this??? Is it because they only pick people who look like this???
3. [+441, -81] Makes me a bit worried that the West seems to think this is what all Korean women look like
4. [+328, -4] Why does the West always think Asian beauty has to look this way? I was fine up till Jang Yoon Joo for the sake of uniqueness and all but the West constantly picks people who only look this particular way and I’m starting to think they have a heavy bias towards the way they think Asians are supposed to look
5. [+161, -2] Monolids + slanted eyes + exaggerated cheekbones… That’s the idea of Asian beauty in the eyes of the West… And yet these types of faces are rare here despite how often you see them in the fashion world.
6. [+72, -2] Western shows always cast the ugliest Asians with the most slanted eyes..
7. [+63, -1] Why does the West constantly pick Asian women with protruding cheekbones and slanted eyes? This is starting to feel racist.
8. [+59, -1] Every Asian model the West picks has those same ugly (?) characteristics. These faces aren’t even common in Korea..
9. [+52, -1] I’m sick of the West only picking faces with slanted eyes… There are way more Koreans without slanted eyes than with. It’s like they purposely go out of their way to pick models with the features that they think are the most Asian possible.
10. [+42, -1] Asian models over there always have slanted eyes and protruding cheekbones. We have tons of beautiful Asian women and yet they always pick the same features. It’s actually difficult to find a face like this over in our country.
11. [+35, -1] I guess in the eyes of the West, you’re not really Asian unless your eyes are slanted
12. [+32, -1] I’m sorry but why do these Western fashion shows always pick the most uncommon, non-Asian-looking models
13. [+28, -1] The West clearly has a preference for a certain type of ‘Asian look’ and it feels racist to me
14. [+9, -1] I guess I wasn’t the only one thinking this. There are tons of beautiful men and women in Asia… this feels like a form of racism at this point.
15. [+9, -2] This is just what the West thinks Asians should look like. I’m not calling this model ugly but there are plenty of beautiful people in our country and yet the West remains stubborn in their preference for a certain type of look for us.
16. [+8, -1] She has the type of face that couldn’t even get married in our country
17. [+8, -1] She is not ugly at all. Why are you all treating this model as if she’s ugly??
18. [+7, -0] This honestly does feel racist. I like Chanel but I won’t shield them on this.
19. [+7, -0] This is racist and it’s embarrassing
20. [+7, -0] Of all the beautiful Asian women around the world, they keep picking these same features over and over? That’s racism, is it not?
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