South Korean women begin to resist intense beauty pressure

In this Jan. 23, 2019, photo, Park Jiehyun, feature?s director at Cosmopolitan Korea, watches fashion magazine during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has the world

SEOUL (AP): As she pursued her dream of becoming a fashion model, veering for years between extreme dieting and overeating, Park I Seul realised she had a problem: She was not tall and skinny, like typical runway models, nor was she big enough to be a plus-size model.

She also realised that the only way to meet South Korea’s lofty beauty standards was for her to continuously deny who she truly is.