Beautiful: A montage of all of the contestants for Miss Korea 2013 was posted on Reddit
Pictures of the 20 Miss Korea 2013 finalists were posted on Reddit fuelling speculation that many of them had undergone surgery and prompting users to criticise the Asian nation's growing trend to go under the knife.
Koreans complain about pageant 'clones'
- A picture of 20 beauty queen hopefuls went viral on Reddit
- More than 3,000 users debated the wisdom of plastic surgery
South Korea's growing obsession
with plastic surgery became apparent when pictures of a group of
aspiring beauty queens posted online prompted claims that cosmetic
procedures have left all the contestants looking the same.
South
Koreans currently have more plastic surgery than in any other country
according to recent figures, with the craze particularly popular among
19 to 49-year-olds.
Beauty queen hopefuls: A picture of the Miss
Korea 2013 hopefuls went viral after a Reddit user posted it online
claiming that plastic surgery had left all the finalists with the same
look
Beautiful: The Reddit post spoke fierce debate on Reddit with more than 3,000 users choosing to comment
The popularity of surgery,
particularly among the young, has been blamed by some on a desire to
look more 'western' fuelled by an obsession with celebrity culture.
All
of the women vying for the crown of Miss Korea 2013 have dark,
perfectly trussed hair, either tumbling over their shoulders or neatly
tied up, pale skin, bright eyes and a perfect bright white smile.
And
their apparent similarity prompted Reddit user ShenTheWise to post
their pictures online, suggesting that many of those vying for the Miss
Korea title this year have had similar surgery.
He captioned the image: 'Korea’s plastic surgery mayhem is finally converging on the same face.'
The post saw more than 3,000 people comment in response, debating the merits of widespread plastic surgery.
Reddit
user HotBrownie, who claims to hail from Seoul, said: : 'Those women
in fact do look unnervingly similar and yes, Koreans think so too.
'This
is called the Korean plastic face look. In certain areas of Seoul, you
would think all the women are sisters because they look so similar due
to same surgeries.
'Without the plastic surgery, korean women are very diverse looking and easily can be told apart.
Finalists: All of the finalists have similar coloured hair and bright smiles
Debate: Many questioned the wisdom of plastic
surgery and blamed an obsession with celebrity culture for an upsurge in
procedures in the country
'The surgery takes away their
individuality and uniqueness and its sad. Most are beautiful without it
but telling them that their Korean ethnic features are in fact lovely is
as effective as screaming at a brick wall.
'They
wont believe you because they've been brainwashed to think
westernization of their features is superior, I don't think they want to
look white, but a mix of white and Asian and definitely less Korean.'
Another
Reddit user, Forevertraveling, added: 'I live in Korea and older women
complain how girls don't look Korean anymore because of all the plastic
surgery.
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