Look who’s growing up before our very eyes. Kim Yoo-jung has already earned the reputation of being a top child actress with a long list of projects on her resumé, despite the fact that she’s just twelve years old (she’s a 1999-er) and in her first year of middle school.
Thanks to the popularity of The Moon That Embraces the Sun, and in particular her part in the engaging childhood portions, Kim has scored a number of magazine shoots recently (as have her youthful co-stars Yeon Jin-gu and Lee Min-ho). That includes the previously posted Vogue Girl spread, and now the new issue of High Cut, where she looks a bit dressy but isn’t overly styled.
The spread below that is for March’s issue of WannaGirls, which is a youth-oriented magazine; her shoot concept was the fairly literal “Girl you will be a woman.” Obvious, but apt. That one plays more with the in-between-ness of her current age and image, like the one where she wears a school backpack and heels.
Then there’s the last shoot from March’s issue of Allure Korea, which takes a pretty bold approach. The red makes quite a statement, but I like the effect; I think reversing the colors — white background, red clothing — would have pushed it into overly grown-up territory, but this gets away with the striking color but keeps Kim Yoo-jung looking her age, mostly. It’s a super-chic, haute couture, expensive version of twelve, but I think still twelve. I actually think it’s a little more age-appropriate than the couple of WannaGirls photos that toe that Lolita line of coquetry.
Kim has pretty much established herself as a talent to watch in the coming years based on her acting performances (which I really don’t think were shown off to their utmost potential in Moon/Sun, where she was very engaging but, frankly, written rather flat), and it looks like her star and her beauty are both on the rise in equal measure. Some people are just born blessed, I guess.
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Hello everyone, NEGATIVE BREEDS NEGATIVE. I didn’t see anything wrong in the way she is dressed. Idols of girl pop groups are wearing ridiculous outfits and no one mentions anything about it. I think her persona just breeds sexiness.
I mean if she had a cute, bubbly face like IU and she had posed in those outfit, no one would say she is growing up too fast. Everyone would keep saying oh she looks cute.
Thank goodness i saw the making of the video before the article, she was acting cute behind the scenes but when she put on her serious face for the shoot, it just exuded sexiness. She is still a kid and having fun
a kid having fun? yes sure. lets just say that in soviet russia pedobear love to touch themselves while watching this kind of “fun”.
Um… no twelve-year-old girl’s “persona exudes sexiness”.
I hope they dont do any plastic surgery on her. Korean stars are known for tha
waahh She’s beautiful and very talented..
This was so uncomfortable to look at. If I wear her mother I wouldn’t allow such photoshoot until she was at least 16.
The wannagirls shoot is the worst, wtf more a like a magazine for pedobear fapping time. @_@’ cringeMAJOR CRINGE.
cute kid. that cat’s head is huge! =(^.,.^)=
Wow she looks older than 12 here! Sort of disturbing! What do they feed girls in Korea?! or maybe it’s just hte makeup artists? I know there are 15 year old idols looking 25.
she’s really pretty but i just hope she doesn’t rush her growing up, she shld enjoy her time as her age & not act like a teenager already! just an opinion! i guess i’m old-fashioned so don’t mind me!
I agree with the comments here. She’s really cute and pretty but these poses are too mature for her age.
The kudos definitely go to the photographer and the stylist. the picture are beautiful. Unfortunately this is a child of 12 years and she looks as tho she is being pimped to the highest bidder.,
this is all wrong. This is a CHILD from whom they are making money. I agree with one of the previous posters…Where are her parents and why did they let her do these photos.
The 4th picture of kim Yoo Jung with the top hat … pretty.
4th picture used … a display box … a doll of Kim Yoo Jung inside it with clothing and accessories.
Of course I add my voice to the chorus of disapproval here. I feel sad for her. They made her into a sexy adult. I hope she will take her time to enjoy her youth and not be rushed into adulthood by the people around her. I wonder if the fame might get too much for her in the end.
Red flag. JB please don’t help spread the wannagirl photos. Mention them, link them if you must. You have probably the highest k-blog readership. Doesn’t feel right, she’s just 12.
1. SHE’S ONLY 12?!!!
2. Ceelo called. He wants his cat back.
12???? Oh god, in 6 years, she’ll be 18 and I’ll be 30. :\
Oh also, she’s so pretty. Reminds me a young Sulli. I wish I have naturally pouty lips.
hahaha! I wish there was a “like” button for your comment cause would click it about 100 times.
Why, she gets all the great shots… simple and chic, whereas the boys get awkward photo spreads? LOL~ See, it’s always easier to shop for girl clothes than for guys.
My hair use to be longer than hers until my cousins gave me lice around her age. Best day ever! I didn’t comprehend how girls kept short hair until then. What a relief! Having long hair was torture when I have a mum dressing me up like a porcelain doll, but that was then. I just had to wing it, ’cause she was filling a void in her childhood.
That’s one mean kitty. I can’t figure out if the cat is real or not??
I’m sorry, she’s beautiful and all, but is this what 12 year olds look like today? This spread is way too grown up for her age.
Oh my goodness. She’s going to grow up to be very very pretty. She’s already a beauty. Future top actress right here…
Gosh she is beautiful, this girl is definitely going to have a very bright career ahead of her and all the boys are going to be chasing her!
On a random note: She reminds me a lot of my niece, both have big eyes, beestung lips, long black hair, flawless white skin and round about the same age.
She’s TWELVE! Holy smokes, she’s as old as my sister. Boy they grow so fast. I wish she would enjoy childhood a lot longer though. Sure it’s nice to have a career before you’re even a teenager, but adolescence doesn’t come twice. Ugh, I sound like a mother.
the picture with the red background remind me of Jeon Ji Hyun, a lot! Someone I cant wait to see her grow up and take lead actress role. Really like her since ‘Grudge: The Revolt of Gumiho’
The hair. XD~
SHE’S 12 YEARS OLD FOR GOD’S SAKE, WHAT’S WITH THE POSE?
While the dresses themselves are not really the problem, but the pose they ask for her is way over too mature. I hope her parents and herself realize this and can stop her from being manipulated.
Kim Yoo Jung-ah, reflect your youthful life please! There is still much time for you to look mature, don’t worry!
She a real beauty, I don’t think the pic are any thing near “Kid Porn” but the concept is too mature for her. She twelve and she looks twelve playing dress up. I don’t think her parents should be judge over some overstated pic. She seem like a very grounded young lady with a very bright future, I enjoyed her immensely in Gumiho in knew she be someone to keep an eye on.
Please don’t take it out on the kid, just stop letting your minds run amok. Beautiful people have been photagrapher’s and artist’s models for centuries. I’m certain that she’s well-guarded and strickly regulated at all times. You cannot deny that that this young lady is blessed with extraordinary beauty. A few years from now she’ll be considered the “Song Hye-kyo” of her era. It’s only scary she’s so young. This too shall pass…
in all the photos she doesn’t even change her expression. so dull.
Yup, still 12. I anticipate her up-coming projects!
She’s a pretty girl, (emphasis on girl). I would think that she should be modeling girl clothes in age appropriate clothing and poses.
Fwiw, I saw this from France24′s web site.
French report calls for ban on Lolita lingerie
A report commissioned by the French government has called for a ban on “Mini-Miss” beauty pageants and children’s lingerie in the wake of a worldwide controversy over a Vogue magazine cover featuring a provocative image of a 10-year-old girl.
Read more at the link.
http://www.france24.com/en/20120305-french-report-calls-ban-lolita-lingerie-mini-miss-beauty-pageants-children-sexualisation
The next MGY….
OMG seeing her mature look like this I realized that she looks A LOT like a friend of mine.. *-*
WAIT…… SHE’S 1999-ER?! WTF. whoaaaa it’s not the right time yet for her to wear such mature clothes (imo) .__.
yes, i like her too! She’s so talented and born to be star. But it’s not comfortable for child as 12. As we know, moon geun young also child star when she was 12. But, she didn’t want mature at that time. That’s why, she’s still famous till now. As my opinion…Kim(sis) you must find ur fame step by step, so your fame will never end. God bless you.
Omo! Am I seeing Judy Ann Santos in her youth? Just now I realize that she resembles her. And they are equally talented acting-wise.
She’s a year older than me but she’s taller more beautiful and cooler than me!
She is the same age as, only two months older. Kim Yoo Jung is so pretty.
HEY! everyone protect her i will protect her too. ^.~
wow shes very beautiful in all her picture i like her a lot
ohhhhhhhhhhh that girl was so beautiful we just the same birth and age ,
That red dress photo is too much. She’s WAY too young to be posing in that. This is not a good sign for her future.
I know she reads some comments on the web and I hope she see this: Yoo-jung, don’t pose like that, you’re selling your body, focus on good acting. Every pervert that sees that photo will have his hands down his pants.
I am dead serious when I say this. She is forced to “grow up” before her age. I can literally sense her youth was stucked out from her. Those poses are not natural and seem “staged.” She is very uncomfortable in her photoshoot. Her parents need a wake-up call because it’s not worth sacrificing her childhood for this industry.