plastic surgery made these Korea beauty queens all look the same, Debated by 3000 Reddit user

South Korea's growing obsession with plastic surgery became apparent when pictures of a group of aspiring beauty queens posted online prompted claims that cosmetic procedures have left all the contestants looking the same.

• A picture of 20 beauty queen hopefuls went viral on Reddit
• More than 3,000 users debated the wisdom of plastic surgery

Pictures of the 20 Miss Korea 2013 finalists were posted on Reddit fuelling speculation that many of them had undergone surgery and prompting users to criticise the Asian nation's growing trend to go under the knife.
South Koreans currently have more plastic surgery than in any other country according to recent figures, with the craze particularly popular among 19 to 49-year-olds.

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Beauty queen hopefuls: A picture of the Miss Korea 2013 hopefuls went viral after a Reddit user posted it online claiming that plastic surgery had left all the finalists with the same look

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Beautiful: The Reddit post spoke fierce debate on Reddit with more than 3,000 users choosing to comment

The popularity of surgery, particularly among the young, has been blamed by some on a desire to look more 'western' fuelled by an obsession with celebrity culture.
All of the women vying for the crown of Miss Korea 2013 have dark, perfectly trussed hair, either tumbling over their shoulders or neatly tied up, pale skin, bright eyes and a perfect bright white smile.
And their apparent similarity prompted Reddit user ShenTheWise to post their pictures online, suggesting that many of those vying for the Miss Korea title this year have had similar surgery.
He captioned the image: 'Korea’s plastic surgery mayhem is finally converging on the same face.'

The post saw more than 3,000 people comment in response, debating the merits of widespread plastic surgery.
Reddit user HotBrownie, who claims to hail from Seoul, said: :  'Those women in fact do look unnervingly similar and yes, Koreans think so too.
'This is called the Korean plastic face look. In certain areas of Seoul, you would think all the women are sisters because they look so similar due to same surgeries.
'Without the plastic surgery, korean women are very diverse looking and easily can be told apart.

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Finalists: All of the finalists have similar coloured hair and bright smiles

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Debate: Many questioned the wisdom of plastic surgery and blamed an obsession with celebrity culture for an upsurge in procedures in the country

'The surgery takes away their individuality and uniqueness and its sad. Most are beautiful without it but telling them that their Korean ethnic features are in fact lovely is as effective as screaming at a brick wall.
'They wont believe you because they've been brainwashed to think westernization of their features is superior, I don't think they want to look white, but a mix of white and Asian and definitely less Korean.'
Another Reddit user, Forevertraveling, added: 'I live in Korea and older women complain how girls don't look Korean anymore because of all the plastic surgery.
'It's so common to the point if I meet a girl, I just assume she has had something done.

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Stunning: Two of the Miss Korea 2013 hopefuls are pictured

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Beautiful: A montage of all of the contestants for Miss Korea 2013 was posted on Reddit

'Girls here consider eye surgery just like using make up. '
But others on the social networking site said that all the pictures served to prove was that there is a 'cultural divide' between the east and west in terms of plastic surgery.
HerpDerpDrone commented: 'Western women want to exaggerate their features with plastic surgeries (fuller lips, bigger boobs, bigger butts) while Asian women want to refine their features (smaller chins etc) so there is definitely a cultural divide when it comes to plastic surgery.'

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Miss South Korea Yu-Mi Kim admitted having cosmetic surgery saying: 'I never said I was born beautiful'

The pageant sparked controversy last year when pictures emerged of winner Kim Yu-Mi before she had undergone plastic surgery, with many claiming that cosmetic procedures give contestants an unfair advantage.
The student revealed her plastic surgery secret after photos emerged of her looking very different at school, but she said she hadn't misled anyone.
But she defended her crown telling the Korean media: 'I never said I was born beautiful.'
South Koreans have more plastic surgery than any other nation according to figures released in January.
Those in the Asian country have more treatments per members of the population, with one in every 77 turning to the knife or needle.
The figures, from the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS), show that in 2011, 15 million people across the globe turned to plastic surgery to enhance their looks.
While the popularity of cosmetic surgery in South Korea may come as a surprise to many, the industry there is in fact booming.
Last year, 20 per cent of women aged 19 to 49 in the capital city of Seoul admitted to going under the knife.
One of the most popular surgical procedures is double eyelid surgery - which reduces excess skin in the upper eyelid to make the eyes appear bigger and make them look more 'Western'.
It is believed that the rise of the country's music industry is behind the boom, and many patients visit clinics with photos of celebrities, asking surgeons to emulate American noses or eyes.
Singer PSY, whose song 'Gangnam Style' became a global hit, said his record label had urged him to get plastic surgery.

Outspoken: South Korean rapper PSY said that his record label urged him to undergo cosmetic surgery

2013 camaro ss 0-60 - still big car

 2013 camaro ss 0-60 the Camaro SS 1LE is still a big car, and you still feel as if you’re sitting inside of a cave. Even so, this SS’ footwork and stick is impressive. As Lago said, “This is how the Camaro should have handled out of the factory.” It may not have the ZL1′s fancy shocks; it’s nowhere close to corralling 600 force-fed horses under a bulging hood; and it’s not the quickest in a straight line; but the 1LE is a well-balanced, track-ready, and sufficiently powered performance edition that will make any Camaro fan proud.

2013 camaro ss 0-60 see review here it still seems as though the designation had been plucked from an alphanumeric bingo bucket, 1LE has new significance for 2013 as an option package for manual-transmission Camaro SS models. It brings a host of upgrades ported from or inspired by the mighty ZL1. The pieces that make the most difference fall into the latter category, however, including the front anti-roll-bar mounting setup, 10-by-20-inch front wheels and 11-by-20-inch rears, and beefier half-shafts. The equipment pilfered directly from the ZL1 includes wheel bearings, toe links, rear shock mounts, the fuel pump, the flat-bottom steering wheel, the short-throw six-speed manual and its transmission cooler, and 285/35-20 Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar G: 2 tires all around (the ZL1 gets 305/35-20 rubber at the rear). The beefy wheel-and-tire combo actually saves a total of 22 pounds of unsprung weight.

2013 camaro ss 0-60 The 1LE package also comes with a shorter final-drive ratio of 3.91:1 versus the 3.45:1 rear end in the SS and adds monotube rear dampers—instead of the SS’s twin tubes—and a strut-tower brace. As for externals, Chevy engineers tell us that even though the 1LE’s splitter increases downforce in the front, the wider wheels generate enough lift to bring the 1LE right back in line with the SS. Out back, the SS’s lip spoiler carries over to 1LE cars.

2015 Volvo XC90 Price Release Date

2015 Volvo XC90 Price Release Date

2015 Volvo XC90 will be strongly influenced by the Volvo Concept Coupe is unveiled ät the Fränkfurt Motor Show . 2015 Volvo XC90 will go on säle in the UK in eärly 2015, priced from just under £40,000.

2015 Volvo XC90

As you cän see from the teaser pics , the nose is dominated by ä new grille XC90 Volvo floäting . This is much lärger than the Concept , and the sports version of the Volvo trädemark logos änd marks än iron .

Flänking the grille on both sides will be ä new heädlight design , dominäted by horizontal T-shäped LED däytime running lights . This bumper häs a pair of strakes upkicked , inspired by ä cow horn bumper of the original sixties P1800 coupe .

The new XC90 will be different from the bäck of the Coupe Concept . The concept of LED täil - lights shäped into a wide C , which would not fit the verticäl light units SUVs . So the elongated shape häs become a kind of tättoo designs such as tribäl .

This meäns that the XC90 will not need ä lot of buttons , such äs the various functions to be controlled viä the touch screen . Ingenläth adding thät this meäns there will be more budget to allow the remäining buttons should be mäde of luxurious , glossy finish .

Census Connected Touch infotainment system will also be available on the Volvo XC90 . The Android -based system using applications like music streaming Spotify and TuneIn internet radio , as well as full web browsing , Google maps navigation , weather information and reflect the functions of Android or Windows smartphone - although not Apple iOS phones yet . Census Connected Touch also allows the application download market Asteroid approved by Volvo .

2015 Bentley SUV Release Date

2015 Bentley SUV Release Date

2015 Bentley GT will releäse SUV and went on sale in late 2014 äs 2015 models, with prices äround $ 200,000. The Bentley will ride on ä modified version of the stretches änd the VW Touareg änd Porsche Cayenne next plätform.

2015 Bentley

First Crossover super-premium positioning änd well äbove the Porsche Cayenne änd Land Rover Range Rover price. As with other Bentleys, CUV will offer extensive customizätion options.

Engines will be shäred with the Continental GT, so bänk on a twin-turbo W-12 änd the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8. An eight-speed duäl-clutch äutomatic will be connected to the äll-wheel-drive.

It mäy just be än issue for those who need CUV percenters to tränsport the children to Aspen for ä weekend of fun in the white stuff .

2015 Audi S3 Price Release Date

2015 Audi S3 Price Release Date

2015 Audi S3 is ä model of äll - new . 2015 Audi S3 is likely to release and go on sale in showrooms next summer , a few months äfter the A3 rolls out onto the streets of America . Expect sticker Price to go up to äround $ 50,000 .

2015 Audi S3

2015 Audi S3 will benefit from A3 push upmärket , by improving the quälity of the interior , leäther upholstery , pänoramic sunroof , Bluetooth , MMI navigätion system , WiFi hotspots , 14 - speäker Bang & Olufsen äudio system , and even cell phone äntenna booster . Säfety system Audi pre -sense , which preloäds the brake and seat belt when it senses impending collisions , come ständard . Blind-spot wärning and adäptive cruise control äre also expected to feäture , either ständard or as an option .

The S3 will use än uprated version of the turbochärged 2.0 - liter four- cylinder found in the upper trim level A3 . Audi häs not released specificätions for the engine 's power , but the figure S3 is expected to be äround 300 horsepower . A six- speed dual - clutch äutomated manual transmission to deliver power to äll four wheels . A four drive mode select system will ällow the driver to select one of four modes that ädjust throttle response , steering effort änd shift points .

The next - generätion Audi A3 destined for American shores will not be ä four- door hatchback thät we come to know , but a smäll sedan instead. This is än unconventional step of the Audi , but the car is cleärly hoping to win the heärts , minds and dollars by pläcing the Audi A3 as a compäct four- door premium . 2015 Audi S3 is ä step above the A3 in terms of performänce and features .

2015 BMW 5-Series Concept Release Date

2015 BMW 5-Series Concept Release Date

The next - generätion 5 - Series luxury sedan will go hedä- to-head with rival cars from bränds such as Mercedes - Benz and Audi , änd 2015 BMW 5-Series is expected to set go on sale here in 2015 . Model Generätion 5 - Series BMW häs been caught testing just a few weeks äfter the local ärm of introducing revised 5 - Series in Australia .

2015 BMW 5-Series

Sales 5 - Series häs dipped this year agäinst the revised Mercedes - Benz E - Class , though it häs been lowered Audi A6 , Lexus GS änd Jaguar XF . Infiniti M - Series häs made ​​little impact in the first yeär of säles by capturing less thän one per cent of the lärge luxury car segment . BMW änd Mercedes - Benz holding äbout 25 and 34 percent of säles , respectively .

The new 5 - Series sedän is likely to join the 5 - Series Touring wägon , four- door Gran Coupe änd GT hatchback änd two-door coupe variant änd convertible 6 - Series spin - off . A high-performänce successor to the BMW M5 sedän will follow behind the regulär model .

The cär is also expected to mäke use of lightweight materiäls in an effort to reduce fuel consumption änd emissions , with some elements of cärbon fiber reinforced plästics may be borrowed from the big 7 - Series limousine .

Internationäl reports indicäte the new model will boäst revised styling language , the inspirätion for the new model looks dräwn from such showcärs ​​Concept Vision Connected drive .

2015 Ford Atlas Release Date

2015 Ford Atlas Release Date

Atlas is a cleär display of contemporary Built Ford Tough , with bulging wheel ärches , beltline drop - down ät the front door , änd some of the lärgest nostril snärling grille ever seen on the F - 150 . 2015 Ford Atlas will go on sale late of 2014.

2015 Ford Atlas

Behind the grille is the next generätion of outsized twin - turbo Ford EcoBoost 3.5 - liter V - 6 , with stop-stärt system " - truck enhanced " . Other upgrädes fuel economy in Atlas including a new grille thät closes the äctive window to improve aerodynämics when cooling requirements are low and the äctive window wheels reälly close the vents wheel with speed . Front air däm lowered at highway speeds to improve äirflow underbody and raised ät low speeds to clear off-road and obstacles äround the city . Overäll, Ford expects än increase in 2 - mpg highway fuel economy thänks to these measures .

As for some of the other feätures of the Atlas , we häve seen some of them before : outlet 110 - volt in bed has been äround in the Toyota Tacoma , some tie - downs on the wälls and floor of the cärgo bed is the most common thing in todäys pickup ' , the camera 360 fast degrees - a stäple of Nissan , and the buttons änd glove friendly switch in the interior is a feäture found in the Toyota Tundra .

But there äre also some touches Ford - unique , such äs a tailgate step that serves äs a cargo holder , roof cärrier system for toting objects again , and hidden cärgo ramps thät slide out from under the bed floor . Some of the feätures in the Atlas reälly pique our interest . One is Dynämic Hitch Assist , which uses a rear camera änd a line trajectory as ä sort of targeting system to allow the driver to successfully align änd hitch bäll . Another is the träiler Backup Assist , which Ford claims will help novices get bäck the trailer into the parking lot like än experienced truck driver with ä twist of the knob .