Lee Seung Yeon was once voted the Korean pearl and the `darling` of television stations in the 1990s. At the age of nearly 50, her career `slumped downhill` because of a series of shocking scandals.
Lee Seung Yeon’s overwhelming beauty in her youth.
The `muse` that swept Korea in the 1990s
Lee Seung Yeon was born in 1968, worked as a flight attendant for Korean Air before being crowned second runner-up in Korea in 1992. In 1993, the beauty represented Korea at Miss World and reached the Top 10 – one of
According to Hancinema, success in beauty contests helped Seung Yeon’s career skyrocket, continuously receiving movie invitations.
In Pyo, Ae Ra and Lee Seung Yeon in a 1994 entertainment program
In 1996, Lee Seung Yeon became a phenomenon when director Lee Eung Jin gave him the role of Hieu Kieng in First Love.
According to site Daum, at that time, even though she was 28 years old, Lee Seung Yeon topped the list of beauties desired by men, surpassing other faces who were only 19-20 years old.
Bae Yong Joon and Lee Seung Yeon in `First Love`
Seung Yeon’s image appeared all over the newspapers, and countless big brands chose her as their representative.
Director Kim Jong Hak of Hourglass once shared: `Rarely are there any beauties who come out of beauty pageants who are as smart, grasp the character’s emotions quickly, and act with depth like Lee Seung Yeon. She
A criminal in the eyes of the majority of Koreans
Some of the images made Koreans boil with anger.
Lee Seung Yeon’s career has been going downhill since 1998. At that time, she was discovered to be using a fake driver’s license and had to serve a year of probation and 80 hours of community service.
The films the beauty participated in at that time were not well received, even though her acting was not bad.
The year 2004 was the peak of Lee Seung Yeon’s notoriety.
According to Naver, this act of restoring her reputation was the wrong move in Lee Seung Yeon’s life, causing her to be cursed.
Lee Seung Yeon knelt down and apologized after the 2004 scandal
The incident was so tense that the beauty named Lee had to kneel in front of the nursing home of women who had been raped by the Japanese army and destroyed photo books right in front of them to ask for forgiveness.
Lee Seung Yeon knelt down and apologized to each person after the scandal.
At the end of 2004, Seung Yeon made Koreans angry when she returned in the blockbuster Empty House, forgetting her promise.
`Even though my behavior hurt people’s feelings, I love acting so much that I can’t give it up. I can’t let my fans down anymore,`Â Seung Yeon explained about not keeping her promise.
In 2013, the Korean runner-up became the focus when she was accused of using propofol for six years.
Initially, Lee Seung Yeon admitted to using this banned substance as prescribed by a doctor to treat degenerative spine disease and waist surgery.
Lee Seung Yeon cried, confiding her past mistakes
The actor was sentenced to eight months in prison and had to pay a fine of 5.5 million won (more than 109 million VND).
Lee Seung Yeon was sued by Tongyang Group for breach of contract, causing great damage to the brand and had to pay 100 million won (about two billion VND).
Lee Seung Yeon’s erratic beauty.
After being released from prison, she could not find a place to stand, was boycotted by fans, and her career also stopped when she was `banned` by major television stations.
In some recent events, the once beauty icon showed signs of age and unnaturalness due to plastic surgery.
Thanh Cao
