Currently set to be double-casted with current model, Tiffany.

Oh so so pretty~ So bright so bright My eyes are blinded~ Gee Gee Gee Gee~

Taeyeon, the leader of SNSD who is leading the Gee syndrome, has made a contract to be a model for the cosmetic brand “A-solution.”

Aekyung (Representative Choi Changhwal) revealed that he made a contract with SNSD’s leader Taeyeon as a model for the trouble-care cosmetic brand A-solution. (www.a-solution.co.kr)

SNSD’s Taeyeon officially ended album activities at the end of March, and is still building popularity as currently a DJ on MBC Radio Chinchin and a couple of an imaginary marriage life with Jeong Hyungdon on MBC’s “We Got Married”. Taeyeon is especially close with female fans, and she is a cosmetics model not only highers expectations and a quality singer, so she is seen as a “perfect idol” right now.

A-solution plans to do a variety of public-relation events with having two top models, now with Taeyeon’s new contract and current model Tiffany.

Tiffany sang a SBS drama 'Ja Myung Go' OST, which was released on March 26th as a digital single album, 'By Myself' and as soon as it came out, it became very popular. Starting in April, A-Solution will use this synergy effect to their advantage and use a new marketing activity strategy.

This past January, SNSD released 'Gee' and experienced explosive popularity, ending their album activities 3 months later but through the A-Solution advertisement, Taeyeon and Tiffany's cute appearance will be shown.

The Aekyung marketing team's executive officer, Cheon Youngsuk says on the matter of his strategy of choosing SNSD's main members, Taeyeon and Tiffany, "Among adolescents, the well-known acne product is A-Solution. A-Solution's main target is the 13-18 age group and they like SNSD best, so Tiffany and later, Taeyeon were chosen as models." and "The set up of two-top models will be the marketing strategy and promotion activities are planned."

A-Solution was launched in 1998 and their previous models include: Song Hyegyo, So Yoojin, Go Eunah, Bae Seulgi, etc. appointing top-star celebrities as models that are popular among the teen audiences.

A-Solution has appointed Taeyeon and Tiffany as two-top models. They plan on targeting the teen audience by launching a new product with a Fun & Cute concept that the 13-18 age group prefers.

Source: Newsis and Daum Media
Translation: mbear@soshified.com

Online sentiments towards SNSD - Yoona came out top for looks, Taeyeon for talent and Seohyun for image

How did the netizens judge and rate the Korean girl group SNSD online?

This was the question posed by www.wisenut.com's online Internet poll system (www.buzzinsight.net), and SNSD's Yoona came out top for her looks while fellow member and leader Taeyeon received high praise for her talents. SNSD's maknae Seohyun won over netizens with her overall pure and clean image.

Seohyun won the highest marks in an online Korean portal that aggregates netizens' goodwill and sentiments towards SNSD, with Yuri and Yoona placed after her.

Although there were negative comments and remarks every now and then such as "Her face is too big" and "She's too tall", the majority of the netizens' opinions towards Seohyun's image was generally positive and glowing. Comments and remarks such as "Oh she's so beautiful", "She's so cute" and "She's so slender" made up 96.9% of the replies left behind by netizens on Seohyun.

Besides judging the girls on their image, netizens also debated on the individual talents they had such as singing, dancing and acting. The majority of the first impressions left by SNSD on netizens was that the girls were "pure and innocent" while being "cute and interesting" at the same time. As such, it was little wonder that SNSD won approval ratings of as high as 84 marks when the netizens were polled.

Meanwhile, SNSD's "Gee" had received overwhelming support and response online ever since the song's release in early January. Investigations had shown that ever since the release of the "Gee" MV on January 7th, SNSD achieved their highest level of fame and recognition online in close to a year. The amount of attention they had received was twice as much as what they got in the wake of the "Dream Concert silence incident" in June 2008.

This round of investigations canvassed homepages and blogs related to SNSD, the results returned from major search engines on the keyword '소녀시대 (SNSD)' as well as relevant materials on the girls found on all kinds of interactive media mediums such as television and radio message bulletin boards. The raw data was then processed and generated into statistics for comparison and analysis.

www.wisenut.com's online Internet poll system (www.buzzinsight.net) collected 12,830 pieces of relevant information before selecting 1,454 articles for closer analysis. Out of these 1,454 articles, the system extracted 2,150 suitable candidates for polling before examining the results to determine the level of support SNSD had on these media platforms.

Credits: newsen.com
Translation: zjh319@yoonachina and bubzooka@soshified.com

Dong Bang Shin Ki special appearance on We Got Married

Idol group Dong Bang Shin Ki made a special appearance on the episode of MBC We Got Married aired on 22nd March.

During this episode, Jung Hyung Don had escorted made-believe wife TaeYeon together to Thailand Bangkok.

TaeYeon had participated in the ‘SM Town Live Tour’ together with the rest of the So Nyeo Shi Dae members on 7th February in Thailand. And because the other SM Town singers like Dong Bang Shin Ki, SHINee, Super Junior and Cheon Sang Ji Hee had also participated in the concert, Hyung Don had taken the liberty to meet the Dong Bang Shin Ki members and talked to them.

Girls Generation’s Taeyeon smiles despite accident

Ah, the perils of performing on stage. Who knew it would be so dangerous?

After being banned from KBS program, “Music Bank,” Girls Generation performed their second stage on February 6^th, 2009. However, something went amiss when the pyrotechnics that were supposed to shoot up into the air somehow misfired into Taeyon’s face (top in yellow). Luckily, she was ok and the show was able to go on.

So it was back to smiles for the 9 girl group. They topped the Music Bank charts 4 weeks in a row with the infectious sounds of “Gee.”

Watch the fan cam by Taeyeon HK

[Hat tip to SC]

[News] Yoochun and Taeyeon as Star You Want to Date But Not to Marry #1

As the video has been out before, TVXQ’s Micky Yoochun gets the highest votes for “The male celebrity you want to date but not to marry” while the counterpart title (The female celebrity you want to date but not to marry) goes to SNSD’s Taeyeon.

The 2nd and 3rd at man division goes to Big Bang’s G-Dragon and TVXQ’s Xiah Junsu, while at woman division, the 2nd goes to SNSD’s Tiffany and 3rd to See Ya’s Nam Gyuri.

Well, yet seems G-Dragon and Taeyeon still have troops of people lining to walk with them on the altar, as both of them also get “Celebrity you want to marry most” in man and woman division, respectively.

source: winter@mtstarnews.com
news written by: sharingyoochun@wordpress

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It’s not surprising to see Park Yoochun gets the highest vote for someone you want to date more but not to marry to consider the “player” image has been attached to him ever since his debut. The same goes to Taeyeon, as a lot of bad incidents happened to her which finally swap away the motherly image she tried to pull out as SNSD leader when she debuted, well, but that’s just my opinion.

But it’s shocking to see Kim Junsu at the 3rd, as he used to get highest rank for “Male Celebrity you want to marry most”. Does the changing of his image from cute to sexy affect that? Hmmm…

Oh well, but Junsu got the 2nd for Celebrity you want to marry most together with Yunho at 3rd, so.. end of discussion XD