I’ve had these pictures from the 2013 Spring/Summer collection photoshoot for Korean apparel brand Chris. Christy (a total name ripoff of Victor/Victoria if I ever saw one) for awhile now waiting for the right time to post. Now appears to be the right time because I’m annoyed and need to set some fangirls straight. I initially was posting this to update folks on Won Bin, since the elusive actor does like 1 project every few years and in the interim coasts by with endorsements and god knows what, making a sighting of him as improbable as a glimpse of the Loch Ness monster while cruising around Lake Loch Ness. Now I’m posting this because of his endorsement partner Kim Min Hee, who this week confirmed that she was dating fellow high profile K-actor Jo In Sung. Because he recently did a popular drama That Winter, the Wind Blows with Song Hye Kyo, I’ve seen Kim Min Hee bashed left and right as not good enough for him, some two-bit not famous enough actress, not pretty enough….well, you get the picture.
When I came across these new Chris. Christy pictures a few weeks ago, I was reminded of just how striking and model gorgeous Kim Min Hee is, and here she absolutely rocks the chemistry with the usually closed-off Won Bin. When my Moon Geun Young was paired with Won Bin a few years ago for Basic House, it was one of the worst endorsement campaigns ever on the couple’s chemistry (lack thereof) alone. Kim Min Hee is a terrific actress, one who went from sucking donkey balls when she first started to breaking through by sheer hard work alone in Noh Hee Kyung’s exquisite Goodbye Solo, and now a A-list movie star In her own right. I’m of the belief that Jo In Sung is the lucky one to have landed her. She may not have pan-Asia name recognition as Song Hye Kyo, but she’s an A-list actress in Korea on talent, star power, and critical acclaim. I love these Chris. Christy shots so check it out. I’ve also posted an awesome video from one of my favorite rom-coms ever Love Marriage starring Kim Min Hee and Kim Ji Hoon just for a nostalgic walk down memory land.
Kim Min Hee is not classically beautiful in the way Korean drama viewers have been force fed the same wholesome beauties of the girl-next-door variety. I think Song Hye Kyo and Kim Tae Hee are beautiful and all-natural in a mass market way, but Kim Min Hee (and Gong Hyo Jin and Kim Ok Bin) are the all-natural quirky beauties that add diversity, spice, and uniqueness in the increasingly homogenized world of “beauty” in Korean entertainment. I recently saw a gif of all the 2013 Miss Korea contestants in a flashing slide and its the most freakish thing ever. Every single girl looks exactly the same (big eyes, high pert nose, cheekbones, shaved jaws, wide smile) that the gif looks like one girl going through many different hairstyles. Its moments like this which make me appreciate beauties like Kim Min Hee even more.
Won Bin and Kim Min Hee for Chris. Christy:
I think Love Marriage as a drama is only so-so narratively. But it has some great quirky characters and fantastic cast chemistry, especially between Kim Min Hee as the matchmaker extraordinaire and Kim Ji Hoon as the divorce lawyer. Watching this MV makes me want to find time to rewatch the entire drama again, it really is so entertaining and low key with a sweet romanticism that isn’t overdone. If K-dramas have redefined makjang, this drama goes in the opposite direction and personifies restrained and mellow. Love it!
Love Marriage Kisses MV:
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thanks for this post. not a won bin fan (ducks rotten eggs) but kim min hee is a gorgeous actress and i genuinely like her. she's unique in her own way and that just makes her stand out more among the mehhhh "beauties" of k-ent. love & marriage was a really sweet drama - i confess, i was shipping her and kim ji-hoon for a bit, haha, because they looked so good together. so i totally agree that jo in-sung is the lucky one to be dating her.
still kinda wished she and lee jung-jae had lasted though.
She's lovely. I like her unique features :)
Kim Min Hee is freaking gorgeous, and not just some cookie cutter pretty actress too.
Thanks for posting this about Kim Min hee. I'm really pissed off when fans are bashing here left and right just because she's Jo In Sung's man when they don't know anything about her. I hope these delusional fans would read they would realized that Kim Min Hee is not just a so-so actress.
I mean Jo In sung's woman.
Why do all the Korean ad campaigns look the same? Why do they make the actors and models look like mannequins? No one beats the US at stuff like this and the Japanese also do interesting ones.
Won Bin looks like Chen Kun. And beside looking the same, I feel that they are both talented in acting and electrifying eyes.
That's what I alway say too. It's funny how u and I catch that.Those 2 look so alike. I also thought that
Lee Dong Wook looks similar to them. Maybe that's why I like them b/c they are are so damn good looking and also very talented. ^O^
I confess when i read Love & marriage recaps, she looks ehmmm, well... then watch her in action, i felt like being smack in the face, she gorgeous, just need the right style, and people will know what i am talking about. this endorsement show how beautiful she is. for me, she is the healthier version of Lee yeon hee (based on face).
Although I think she's lovely in 2D, I agree that it's in 3D where she really shines. She has such a bright spark inside her-- you need to see the twinkle in her eye and feel her charisma in order to appreciate her fully.
I just started watching Love and Marraige and she is STUNNING with her hair up. She looks a bit weird to me with her hair down (in that similar haircut) and looks oddly attractive which is my favorite brand of attractive. before I only saw pics of her and just thought she was weird looking, same reaction here too.
Some people don't get that what gets relationships going is not looks but compatibility. Kim Min Hee is gorgeous by the way, I'd prefer her a million times above the usual symmetrical faced, "perfect" beauties that people cannot stop gushing over.
Maybe the physical traits are supposed to be the appeal factor, maybe even something that draws one person to another.. but it's definitely like you said.. Compatibility, feeling a connection, giving it a go. That's what keeps a relationship up and strong.
She is lovely but no comparison with SHK whom is way more beautiful ! But I don't even know why to compare with SHK it's not like he's in loveline with her after TWTWB !?
I admit that she isn't as beautiful as other actresses and I haven't watched any of her drama ! But IJ looks younger than her actually ! Ha though I hope them the best !
SHk might be ''prettier'' in the yes of others, but I don't see a sparkle I see when KMH on screen, KMH is alive, gorgeous and has something that pulls you in, while SHk is just there, pretty but boring.
HELLO! Happy Saturday morning to you!
I love these - both seemed so relaxed in the photos. The colors are lovely and muted.
Thanks for the peritty.