'K-pop is an industry that equates success with physical beauty.' | via philstarlife
As a Filipina, I struggle with the idea that the shift to Korean beauty standards is supposed to mean progress. Filipino media has undoubtedly moved from White models to more Asian ones, but representation for actual Filipinos is severely lacking. We see this in other industries too: K-pop artists sell out stadiums, while OPM artists garner a fraction of those listens. Filipino cinema struggles for half of the attention that K-drama series garner.
The proliferation of slim K-pop idols in the media, particularly in Filipino media, has shown me that we have a long way to go before Filipinos learn to love their own skin instead of moving from one foreign obsession to the next. However, I do believe that the shift to Korean beauty standards is pushing us in the right direction. We as a culture have been obsessed with Western celebrities for so long that even opening up the idea of diversifying those standards can pave the way for us to break them down. My only hope is that more Filipinos will be next on the list of celebrities we choose to put on billboards and screens.
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