South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na has won the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating for a second straight year.
Kim Yu-na in action
The 17-year-old student successfully defended the title on Saturday (Dec 15) in Turin, Italy… holding off same age Japanese rival Mao Asada who has to content with a silver medal for two years in a roll behind Kim.
The Grand Prix final pits the six skaters with the best performance in the previous six rounds of the series. Kim is only the third skater to win the title twice in a row, after Irina Slutskaya of Russia and Tara Lipinski of the U.S. [Chosun]
The fans of pop star Lee Teuk from boyband Super Junior (SuJu) and figure skating sensation Kim Yu-na are sending hate messages to each other on their personal blogs.
Picture of Kim Yu-na
The ‘blog war’ started when Lee Teuk mentioned in a radio show that his request to exchange blogroll with Kim Yu-na’s Cyworld blog was rejected by the 16-year-old skating star… and SuJu’s fans began sending hate messages on Kim’s blog, and Kim’s fans retaliate.
As of the time of writing, the message board for SuJu and Kim Yu-na has been shut down temporarily.
SuJu’s fans are giving themselves a bad name really. About 2 months ago, some of the fans posted hatred message to a girl after a picture of her posing with one of Suju’s group members during a television show was spread on the internet… the girl was so depressed with all the harassment that she finally committed suicide.
Appearance according to sequence… Im Kwon-taek & Chae Ryeong, Oh Sang-jin, Lee Wan, Kwon Sang-woo, Go Ah Ra, Lee Mi Yeon, Lee Jun-ki, Kim Rae-won, Heo Yi-jae & Shin Dong-wook, Kim Yeon-ah, Lee Young-ae, Lee Bo-young, Choi Jeong-won, Song Yun-ah, Kim Tae-hee, Kim Hee-sun, Jo Hyun-jae and Sung Yuri [Hat tip to Azura@soompi and carmen@kswphil]
The 3rd annual Andre Kim Best Star Awards was held at Hyatt Hotel in Seoul on April 30, 2007.
The event was organised by international renowned Korean designer Andre Kim. The list of superstars that participated in the catwalk was a clear evidence of how influential this fellow is in the Korean fashion and entertainment arena… (video on next post)
Actress Kim Hee-sun & actor Jo Hyun Jae; actor Lee Junki and actress Koh A-ra
