Blackpink among highest earners on IG

Compiled by JAROD LIM, TEH ATHIRA YUSOF and R.ARAVINTAN

ALL four members of South Korean superstar group Blackpink (pic) were named in the recently released 2024 “IG Rich List” by UK-based data company Hopper HQ, Oriental Daily reported.

Lisa ranked highest among the Blackpink members at No.29, the highest-earning female in Asia, at US$623,000 (RM2.7mil) per Instagram post.

Jennie ranked 36th with US$511,000 (RM2.2mil) per post, while Jisoo and Rose ranked 40th and 42nd respectively with US$474,000 (RM2.1mil) and US$472,000 (RM2.09mil) per post.

Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo topped the overall list again, earning a staggering US$3.4mil (approximately RM15mil) per post.

This was followed by other celebrities such as Lionel Messi, Selena Gomez, Kylie Jenner, Dwayne Johnson, Ariana Grande, Kim Kardashian, Beyonce, Khloe Kardashian and Justin Bieber, who ranked from second to 10th respectively.

> A young woman in Beijing, China paid a heavy price for beauty when she lost the ability to conceive after undergoing an abdominal liposuction procedure, China Press reported.

The woman, 25, reportedly lost confidence in her looks because of a slightly protruding lower abdomen and decided to undergo the procedure.

She was first satisfied with the results, which had made her body curvier.

However, after not menstruating for a long time after the surgery, she sought treatment at a major hospital.

She then found out that that her ovaries had been damaged and she would not be able to conceive.

> Transport Minister Anthony Loke is a fan of Hong Kong’s “Comedy King” Stephen Chow, the daily also reported.

During a YouTube episode on the Kopibing channel, he told host Emely Poon that he had been heavily influenced by Hong Kong pop culture when young.

“The Hong Kong entertainment industry seems to have grown alongside those of us who are around 40 years old.

“I was in secondary school in the 1990s, and the most popular figures then were the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’,” he said.

However, the Hong Kong artiste who left the deepest impression on him was Chow.

“Those who grew up in the 1990s, understood Chinese, and watched Hong Kong movies would have watched Chow’s masterpieces,” said Loke.

He said he even used to imitate Chow’s signature “nonsensical” speech and actions during his schooldays.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.