I live in the U.S, and I've seen many youtube videos and seen many people claim that Yoona "isn't pretty" and is "considered plain/boring" in the West, such as the U.S and Europe.
As someone who actually lives in the U.S, this is 500% false. In fact, Yoona's beauty is what got me into SNSD. I watched Love Rain, and her beauty astonished me so much - I thought, "I've never seen someone so pretty my whole life" - that I looked her up and found SNSD.
I also have relatives in Europe and friends there who agree with me.
As an experiment, I showed several of my friends and close family members photos of Yoona. A total of 23 people were shown several photos over the span of a month. I showed people at my soccer team/club photos too. Reactions were:
-"Oh my god, she is *so* pretty!"
-"Who is she? Is she a model?"
-"She looks like an angel."
-"I'd tap that"
-"Her face has a really perfect oval shape."
-"Woah she's really good looking".
Then, I showed them photos of SNSD as a group and asked them to pick who the prettiest member was in various group photos.
Results:
#1 -Sooyoung: 9
#2 - Tiffany: 5
#3 - Yoona: 4
#4 - Jessica: 2
#5 - Hyoyeon: 2
#5 - Taeyeon: 1
She isn't considered the prettiest, but she's not considered plain at all. Nobody said that- in fact, many people were very impressed with her beauty. Maybe she isn't considered the goddess of SNSD - that's Sooyoung/Tiff, and Hyo is popular for her personality and talent, plus she's very pretty here as well.
I just kept seeing over and over claims that Yoona wasn't considered pretty in the West. She was in the top 100 prettiest faces by TC Candler, and that's not an Asian list, it's made by an American and several other members of mixed nationalities. I needed to get this out because I just kept coming upon these false accusations.
I'd also like to clear up the fact that Yuri is one of the prettiest members here. In terms of body, she's the best, but if you consider only face, people here do find her plain and she was lower on most people's lists whom I surveyed. I also did a poll and she was ranked #8/9 on prettiest members, but in terms of popularity, she was #5 (Taeyeon, Sooyoung, Tiffany, Hyoyeon were #1-4 respectively). It just kept bothering me that people said Yuri was considered one of the prettiest because of her sexy image/body. But people don't consider bodies in beauty polls, just faces, and Yuri looks like "any Korean girl" to them, whereas Seohyun's babyface and Yoona's what people see "angel/perfect proportioned" face are very pretty here.
That being said, Sooyoung and Yuri will always be #1 in beauty and bias in my heart <3 Yoona isn't my bias (Yuri/Soo are) but I wanted to clear up these misunderstandings that kept popping up. Yoona may not be very popular in the US/Europe, but she's still one of the prettiest members. It's just that people don't focus as much on beauty when choosing a bias here, so Yoona isn't popular, but she's still in the prettiest members.
As someone who actually lives in the U.S, this is 500% false. In fact, Yoona's beauty is what got me into SNSD. I watched Love Rain, and her beauty astonished me so much - I thought, "I've never seen someone so pretty my whole life" - that I looked her up and found SNSD.
I also have relatives in Europe and friends there who agree with me.
As an experiment, I showed several of my friends and close family members photos of Yoona. A total of 23 people were shown several photos over the span of a month. I showed people at my soccer team/club photos too. Reactions were:
-"Oh my god, she is *so* pretty!"
-"Who is she? Is she a model?"
-"She looks like an angel."
-"I'd tap that"
-"Her face has a really perfect oval shape."
-"Woah she's really good looking".
Then, I showed them photos of SNSD as a group and asked them to pick who the prettiest member was in various group photos.
Results:
#1 -Sooyoung: 9
#2 - Tiffany: 5
#3 - Yoona: 4
#4 - Jessica: 2
#5 - Hyoyeon: 2
#5 - Taeyeon: 1
She isn't considered the prettiest, but she's not considered plain at all. Nobody said that- in fact, many people were very impressed with her beauty. Maybe she isn't considered the goddess of SNSD - that's Sooyoung/Tiff, and Hyo is popular for her personality and talent, plus she's very pretty here as well.
I just kept seeing over and over claims that Yoona wasn't considered pretty in the West. She was in the top 100 prettiest faces by TC Candler, and that's not an Asian list, it's made by an American and several other members of mixed nationalities. I needed to get this out because I just kept coming upon these false accusations.
I'd also like to clear up the fact that Yuri is one of the prettiest members here. In terms of body, she's the best, but if you consider only face, people here do find her plain and she was lower on most people's lists whom I surveyed. I also did a poll and she was ranked #8/9 on prettiest members, but in terms of popularity, she was #5 (Taeyeon, Sooyoung, Tiffany, Hyoyeon were #1-4 respectively). It just kept bothering me that people said Yuri was considered one of the prettiest because of her sexy image/body. But people don't consider bodies in beauty polls, just faces, and Yuri looks like "any Korean girl" to them, whereas Seohyun's babyface and Yoona's what people see "angel/perfect proportioned" face are very pretty here.
That being said, Sooyoung and Yuri will always be #1 in beauty and bias in my heart <3 Yoona isn't my bias (Yuri/Soo are) but I wanted to clear up these misunderstandings that kept popping up. Yoona may not be very popular in the US/Europe, but she's still one of the prettiest members. It's just that people don't focus as much on beauty when choosing a bias here, so Yoona isn't popular, but she's still in the prettiest members.