i mean, there has got to be some kind of a secret. they are just naturally skinny like that?

i really want to know. does anyone know?





i feell like an elephant

Personal trainers, nutritionists, starving themselves sometimes, or liposuction.
Any and/or all of the above, Celebs have to look a certain way no matter what.
There is no miracle cure.

leg surgery like botox injections to make their thighs tiny

to me they look like those malnourished african children

lots and lots of hard work ~ everything Makaveli said and more. You have to understand that they also have management that is very very critical 24/7. I have friends that have been in the industry in korea and the exercise and nutrition aspect are critical to image.

more info in the health and fitness thread.



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being constantly busy helps them too i suppose. especially if they're promoting albums/ filming for shows... they really don't get much sleep and body is awake more and using up more fuel. not the healthiest but yea...

A busy schedule, balanced diet and healthy exercise.

Some of which complain that they get a few hours sleep during important times in their schedule.

Well those girls are 'commodities' of those korean ent. places so I'm sure the company pays people to make them look their best on stage always.

magic. it's always magic.

well, you see their intensive dance moves right.
if they're not performing that on stage, they're practicing it at home.
dance=exercise=tones=faster metabolism=skinny
And those busy radio and tv shows they participate it, They're constantly on the move to go from one place to another.
Added with lack of sleep. they're bound to stay skinny.

Plus, They dont live with their parents, so they dont get to eat alot of homecooked food. It's on a food on a budget.

And if you want to believe they have their plastic surgery stuff, go ahead but I really don't think so.

Well, the majority of Hello! Project are tiny kids, so...

Dey was skinny in the first place which is why dey are celebrities
=/ hardly any larger ppl are picked. well dats wot i fink

they dance.. but dance doesnt really make you skinynwhen u have a big appetite.. but lol i know they do palstic surgeries that makes them thin for sure

oh and one thing.. asians are anturally thin and their daily diets makes them easy to loose weight


OH THE HOLYL KIMCHI i heard kimchi got 10 times more of atioxidant and those stuff that u find in yoghurt to make your digestion really good
that's why they are thin

and have good skins

they cant eat the things they want
sunye said that her life is always about diets.
kim yeona (figure skater) said she's not able to eat most of the stuff she wants because she needs to maintain her figure

these stars must diet daily because they NEED to.. theyre always in the spotlight/tv .. they need to look thin

Tanaka Reina is too skinny. Not natural. She really looks anorexic.

Most probably ...eating less than like ~1000kcal aday, dancing, eating non-fat food and drinking alot of water?

1) dancing on stage + dance practice
2) stress and hardly any sleep
3) naturally skinny
4) still young and so are thinner
5) picked for the reason that they look good

Well, firstly, the music industry deliberately try to make their artists stay away from all the unhealthy stuffs to keep them standing on the spotlight. They need to mantain on the ground with the same figure. Probably all that busy schedule and stress due to lack of sleep is what's making them all so skinny. They can't eat whatever they want, but they also have to practice on dancing, ect.

Especially in Korea, image is crucial.
I believe that with exercise, personal nutritionists/chefs planning and making healthy foods, and constant on-the-go and practice some also go through some sort of surgery/injections to become skinnier or to maintain a very thin image.
Some people are also just naturally skinny. One example is Sooyoung from SNSD.

what everyone above me stated..

and a lot of entertainment companies are really strict about their celebrities' images and stuff
which reminds me of an interview thing where dbsk said they weren't allowed to eat dinner in their training days to maintain weight
.. but that's not healthy.

.. Uh, larger people HAVE been picked before.

And also, they dont pick people solely based on how skinny they are because well if they did that, they might as well be picking up random people off the street and sticking out massive amounts of girl groups.

They work hard to maintain that weight, dont have the free time to be snacking, and have personal trainers that make sure the way their eating and excersizing to maximize how attractive their body looks.

For people who claim that they just chose skinny people in the first place could not be more wrong. If you look at their pre-debut pictures they're all mostly average girls with average bodies. Korean talent companies like SM look for talent first and body shape second-- whether or not they have a basically good body frame with long-ish legs....EVERYTHING else can and will be fixed before debut. Personally I think that this is just fine because at the end of the day they usually have talent and/or charm.

Everyone's already said most of it....
(1) Calorie Restriction...they eat very little and don't touch sweets unless it's in front of the camera so they can 'show how normal they really are'
(2) Dance a lot and have incredibly busy schedules
(3) Botox injections in order to make their muscles smaller....So common and relatively inexpensive in Korea
(4) Fat dissolving injections...see above
(5) Lipo.

Y'all could do it too if you had the right resources and discipline. Trust.

Anyone know if they put Botox into legs in America? I wish...I want it done...

omg yes!
it's too unnatural and weird looking.




her arm looks super skinny and her calves too!

------> i know yoobin from WG does 1000 jumpropes everyday~
i do it too LOL ;; and it works quite well (:

well you have to keep in mind that they're in the entertainment and these girls are performing and dancing their butts off. i'm pretty sure they stay away from fatty foods, but i know that they eat a lot. take Sooyoung from SNSD for example. she eats a whole bunch (i think she said 5 - 6 meals a day), and she manages to be the skinniest in the group.

and yes Tanaka Reina IS skinny. she looks so fragile.

they dont eat candy .__________.

T___T i wouldnt be able to survive if i didnt get to eat any for years

I think SNSD had lipo. I've seen scars on their legs. Matching scars. AND... they were NOT all skinny when they started. I mean, look at old Tiffany (not that I hate or bash SNSD; I like them.. just being honest).

Yea those were definitely lipo scars...My friend had her thighs done too and had the same black spot mid-thigh. I really like SNSD and their songs, but sometimes I worry about those girls. They look great now, but at what cost? I don't think it's healthy to have lipo or shave jaws at their ages bc they're still growing. But then again, a few of my students had their eyes done at the age of five and a lot of the surgeons I've worked for says it's common for Korean parents to bring in their children in kindergarten now for little nips and tucks so that they can eventually claim to be "naturals." I hope it doesn't cause health problems one day since I really believe that they're all nice girls.

photoshop, sometimes
LOL

and tehy do have personal trainers and nutritionists on call

not to mention surgery

Tiffany has had her share of chubbiness before. Its not like a secret or anything. Its just excersize and eating healthy. Theyve been training for 1-5 years....They're are bound to excersize a lot.

These girls practice their dances non-stop, and I think they know how to control their eating. (Unless a few of them just have fast metabolism, which isnt rare.)

I seriously dont get why people call them super skinny though. Aren't they the NORMAL weight people are suppost to be? They are about 5'4 average, and they weight about 110-115 pounds average. Its normal weight to me. o_o

Botox injections in order to shrink muscles.... I have never heard of this.

This seems pretty odd to me, why would they want to shrink their muscles? I doubt any of them have naturally large enough muscles that it would seem too masculine or anything.

It's cause they are celebs, they practice which makes them sweat


But honestly, not everyone of them is skinny.
I'm not sure about the Japanese Idol Groups, but I know Tiffany from SNSD is the only average weight accoring to BMI standards. Yoobin isn't considered skinny either now but she's loosing some weight ~ And people critizise YeEun before too. Since I know SNSD more, Tiffany and Jessica were slightly chubbier before ( I meant as when they were already celebs not predebut) but after the comeback, they've lost weight. Hyoyeon did too but that was during Kissing You times~

maybe it's just their food and culture? Korean food is generally pretty healthy no?
I remember watching wonder bakery and one wonder girl doesn't like eating bread. Who doesn't like bread?..
And the other said she doesn't like eating sweets very much. They also have trainers, they dance, work out alot, small appetite ect ect.

Pretty much watch what you eat, when i was younger i was kinda chubby, all the way up tp middle school i began to eat small bowls of rice and became pretty conscious of what i comsumed, so i lost weight without really trying over a span of a few years.

Yes, botox in calves. It's becoming common in Asia. How many threads do we have on soompi about "I want smaller calves!!!"....It's common with some Korean chicks to be thin but have bulbuous cavles...you can either go A cut out the muscle which is painful and drastic or B botox. Botox is becoming a much more popular option these days, especially with the toothpick leg trend.

As I said before I've worked for Korean plastic surgeons. I know the inside stats (Yes the public stats released to the news of how many Koreans have plastic surgery is BS), I know what's popular.

Further Proof:
http://www.calfreduction.net/content/botul...-calf-reduction
http://forum.purseblog.com/the-beauty-bar/...ves-174480.html
http://www.asiancosmeticsurgery.com/html/faqs.asp
http://flowerpod.com.sg/forums/Thick-calve...hl=thick+calves

and ps. i don't judge, i want it done too.

Genetics: I only have anecdotal evidence, but Asians in general are more petite. Some families tend to be skinnier too.
Diet: Even Western food in Asia tends to be less sweet or fattening. Just compare a cake from an Asian bakery to one from a Western one. As well, I've heard that in Japan, it was rare to see extremely fat people before McD's was introduced...
And considering how controlling SM etc. are, they probably put their stars on special diets if they put on weight easily.
Exercise: These girls are dancing all day, going from interview to interview, etc.

I think it's unfair to assume that people who are skinny had to have something unnatural like surgery done...

i think its because asians are naturally petite
& celebs are always on the go. training, practice & performances. they sweat nonstop.

lol im pretty sure the shorter girls weight less than 110 pounds...more like 90-100.
and the taller girls might be 110 pounds, but they're also five foot seven
trust me, if they look that thin in pictures (not including photoshoots), they're extremely thin in real life.


dieting is a huge part of it.
all that eating that you see the girls do? and all the labelling of "shikshins" in groups? its mostly for show. becos the korean public want to see stuff like that. they want to know that these girls eat alot and still look skinny...it gives them hope for themselves. and it also means ppl will make less criticisms along the lines of "duh. they dont eat. thats why they're so thin"

the truth is, these girls are extremely conscious of what and when they eat.
the wonder girls talk abt dieting alot, and even on camera, they dont come across as big-eaters (yeeun is an exception - but even then, yeeun is the heavier one in the group, and has also mentioned the need to diet)
the kara girls hv talked abt dieting too
snsd? they constantly hv funny stories abt their experiences with food. they eat alot on camera, especially on those food shows. they constantly talk abt the shikshins in the group. they answer a qs (which they get alot nowadays) "for gee, all of you lost so much weight, what did you do?" with "some of us exercise, and some of us are turning 20 and hv shed our baby fat" - no mention of dieting.
and yet, the girls hv also said on camera that they eat alot of salad (sooyoung talked abt this recently), and dont eat after a certain time (i think tiffany said she stops eating after 5pm/6pm?). that sounds to me like dieting.

on top of the strict dieting, there's also lack of sleep and constant dancing/moving around. anyone would lose weight under those circumstances, unless being overweight is a genetic problem.

i think everyone has already listed everything... diet, exercise, extreme schedule, stress, ,no sleep, and most definitely trainers.
But I also do agree with the person that said it is not completely fair to assume that all skinny girls get botox injections
Some girls are just naturally skinny, it may be hard to believe if you're not, but its the truth. I myself, weigh less than a 100 lbs, am 5ft 3ish (short i know >_<)and i eat like a pig and do not exercise. i am not trying to show off, i am merely trying to demonstrate the idea that normal people can be skinny too. without surgery.
Additionally, some girls respond very well to exercise, while others have to work twice as hard to achieve the same results. Although i do not completely agree with the claim that the agency chooses girls who are fit for being a celeb, i see at least some truth in it.

Photoshop is obviously involved in photoshoots like that, and all the other stuff that people mentioned. I love Yoobin but she HAS gained a little weight even though they train so much and diet alot, so I'm thinking that diet + exercising, lack of sleep and busy schedule can't be THAT big part of why they're so skinny? Because shouldn't she have lost weight rather than gained weight, if that's the case?

Maybe there's some big secret to why they're so skinny. Well, they're obviously not going to tell us so we might as well keep believing that it's only diet + exercising!

But anyways, nobody should try to get the body of a celebrity because you don't know what they go through to maintain and have that kind of body no matter how young or old they are. It takes alot of time and effort to stay that slim, unless of course, they're blessed in the genetics-department and can eat whatever they want but stay skinny (like most asians can).

Reina has gotten more sickly looking in the past couple of years. Everyone on Hello! Online constantly talks about it. She's mentioned on the questions they post every Tuesday that she wants to lose even MORE weight. This girl needs to gain rather than lose. She was my favourite Musume member when I want into them [that is in the current line-up].

Now I'm all for Li Chun in the group. She's got the curves, though I don't know how she looks now.

Wow.. Thanks for all the links, I was really curious about all this. I mean I never heard of such a procedure before. There's no way to slim down calves through exercise? =/ I mean botox sounds pretty risky.
Because any damage to that part of the leg, you could lose or inhibit your ability to walk, run, jump.. etc. I would think. Good luck with it though, I don't know your situation or anything, so if you're saying you want it, you've probably considered all that already.

I think a big thing making these girls so thin is that they're always busy and out and about. Along with their rigorous dance routines and probably limited diets (under the eyes of personal trainers), it is achievable without plastic surgery.
In fact a quick fix like ps, such as lipo, is not as quick a fix as you think. The fat will eventually redistribute itself after time, and might even show up in a new spot. So I doubt they're getting ps.

Why should you feel like an elephant these girls have no curves what so ever! So embrace your curves cause it beautiful.

well it may come as a total SURPRISE but theyre chosen for a korean girl band and thus ur idol coz they look good.. originally

Do you really think these girls look good?
They are very, very tiny.
They have no thighs/curves what so ever.
They don't have a womanly shape.
Most guys I know prefer girls with curves.
And besides, some people are naturally that tiny.
And diet and exercise also helps.

uhm If you look at SNSD performances (Gee).. You can see that Yuri and Yoona has curves.. I don't know about the other,,I forgot..
They hide it with shirts.. That's what I do..

Diet,,constantly moving,,dancing,,working out,,etc..
Because of their busy schedule they can't eat whenever they want or what they want..

Think about it, so many korean celebrities are skinny!! the majority of the country itself is probably underweight D: even the men are mad scrawny.

well if you think about it, they HAVE to be thin to be able to make it past the audition. and plus, they have naturally smaller bones than some others. can be genes as well.
and the fact that they always practice dancing and stuff, its exercise

Appearances can be easily changed over time. As previously mentioned, SM looks for talent first because appearances (i.e. weight, bad teeth, etc.) can be easily fixed later so they don't necessarily have to be "thin" to pass the audition.

Proof is pictures of the girls' pre-debut.

They are just put in a very strict diet/exercise regiment. I remember reading about how Taeyang from Big Bang is really particular about what he eats because of this. In addition, you have to remember portion sizes. In America, we eat about twice the amount of food they eat. Our portion sizes are huge!

Yea I agree with ppl who are saying its all about diets. But Sooyoung from SNSD is said to be always eating and eats alooot even in like radio programs she's seen eating chips and other snacks. And also Yeeun (oops think i spelt it wrong) eats alot too. Either these 2 have incredible metabolisms and the digestion or they use some other unhealthy stuff. But yea, I think most of them works hard for their figure~dancing, excercising, eating healthy, busy schedual n all.

bingo.

because singing and acting is their full time job, they also have time to do all of that.

i wouldn't say surgery to remove their fat.. (that's too hollywood!)

but they are pretty much one a very stict diet, maybe u see them eating alot on screen but never know what they do off screen and away from the camera. for sure though, they can't mantain this figure without professional help and the whole pressure of celebritiism.