My ID is Gangnam Beauty

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Gangnam Beauty is a term for girls who had surgeries done on their faces. In Filipino term, “Salamat po, Doc” (Thanks Doc). Kang Mi Rae had an ugly face so life was never easy for her. She used to believe that if only she’s thin enough, she would have been pretty. However, that wasn’t the case. When she confessed her feelings to her first crush, she got rejected and was even called an orc. Since then, her low self-esteem got the best of her. She even tried to kill herself but thankfully someone found her and saved her.

Before entering college, she decided to go under the knife. She became pretty and eventually the prettiest in her school department. But no matter how much she tried to live a new life, old people come in. One of them is Do Kyung Seok who was the most popular guy in their middle school.  It wasn’t clear at first why he was nice to her. Truthfully, if a hot guy comes to me and be friendly I would certainly think he needs something or that he would use me. It wasn’t the case. He recognized her, protected her and love her…unconditionally. Quite romantic eh? He’s a guy who care about nobody and only talks to very few people. He’s good looking, smart, sporty, honest and everything a girl would love to be with but he chose a Gangnam beauty. He chose a girl who was outside her league. Not beautiful from birth, not from a rich family. He chose a girl whom he knew was physically ugly and unacceptable to others.

We always discreetly calculate how beautiful one’s face is. We label people. We hate the people who had surgeries because we think they’re fake but have we ever considered what they’ve gone through because of their looks?

I remember a show in Thailand where they help people get a total make-over. One of the participants was a guy who had always been mocked and played with by other people until he found a translady who accepted him for who he was. He became a prince charming and I remember how he said that his face may have changed but his heart didn’t.

People go through tragedies and hardships every day. It may not be always about their looks but maybe in a society where looks matter more than attitude, 70% of our pain is brought by “not being beautiful enough”. I wish there’s a way to change that but we live in a cruel world. Looks is about everything. Both boys and girls look for acceptable looks as their partners. For people without money like me, I can only live as ugly and wait for someone like Do Kyung Seok.

I hope everyone who had undergone facial surgeries would have a happy life. After all, everyone deserves to be happy.



PS: Cha Eun Woo has the sweetest smile. #fangirl