After all the attention yesterday’s post on Im Jee Young (aka the girl in the sheer hanbok) got, we decided we had to do a post reflecting on all the “World Cup Girls” of years past.
2002 World Cup (Korea/Japan)
Shim Mina, The Original “Miss World Cup Girl”
The 2002 World Cup brought an explosion of South Korea fanaticism, and from the massive cheering crowds in Korea came Shim Mina, clad in a cut up T-shirt (bandanna?) and a Korea flag. Shim Mina was immediately signed to an agency and put out a song 전화받어 (“Answer the Phone”), but after the World Cup ended…so did Shim Mina’s career.
2006 World Cup (Germany)
Han Jang Hee, “Elf Girl”
Dubbed the Elf Girl because of her….”elf-like appearance,” Han Jang Hee was a random fan who gained instant fame after having this shot taken of her. She tried to avoid celebrity for the next two years by studying abroad, but eventually signed with an agency and debuted with another girl in a duo called “Foxy.” Her company pushed the duo’s “sexy image” but Foxy folded after only a few months, when Han Jang Hee sent a termination notice to her company through her lawyer and subsequently disappeared. Like an elf.
2010 World Cup (South Africa)
Song Si Yeon, “Neva Lose Girl” or “Cheer Girl Against Greece”
After the success infamy that the previous World Cup girls garnered, companies have been using the 2010 World Cup as their very own marketing arena. Song Si Yeon was picked by online game enterprise “Free Style” as their “Neva Lose Girl,”and had her photos shot and uploaded by gaming websites.
Im Jee Young, “Poo Girl”
Koream’s favorite World Cup girl, Im Jee Young, actually made her first “appearance” in the 2006 World Cup, when she wore shorts with the bottoms cut out and replaced with vinyl. It’s apparently how she gained the moniker “똥습녀” which actually literally translates into “poo daughter,” giving the photo on the right so much more meaning.
Who says Koreans are conservative?
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[...] in World Cup years. But note that those would not just be because of young women hoping to emulate Shin Mina and “Elf Girl’s” examples, who become famous overnight for, well, little more than having good bodies and wearing skimpy [...]
For everyone interested in the world cup girls, you should check http://worldcupgirls.net :D tons of pics for most of the nations, enjoy!
PS: hup holland! xD
Ah, thanks Jeff for that information! We tried looking around for the meaning, but ended up just doing a literal translation. But good to know!
[...] of course… the “talent”… the famous “world cup girls” were not quite in full glory, because they had to hide their…”talent” under [...]
Actually, “똥습녀” is a shortened version of “똥코 습기 녀,” or “butthole humid girl” or more colloquially, “humid butthole girl.” This is because when she wore the pants with the vinyl backside, they vinyl panel got all fogged up from the heat, humidity, and sweat.
[...] “World Cup Girls,” past and present. Frankly, since Mina in 2002, I just haven’t been following. And Jee-young, that’s no way to wear a hanbok. Whatever happened to 미풍양속? [...]
lmao~
so if i dress like that? agency for me?? ;D
yeah no. im good :D