Gone Too Soon; RIP model Daul Kim (20)

I haven't had a chance to post anything for awhile but with the recent death of the Korean supermodel Daul Kim, I felt the necessity to post something about her. I guess I am going through some type of mourning as well. Ever since she passed away on November 19th, I can't help myself but look up something about her on the web. It's strange because I have never met her in person but I was quite aware of Daul because she really stood out from all the Asian supermodels out there. She knew how to work it for the camera and her walk was in high demand by major fashion houses all over the world. I've gone through couple video clips of designers who have used her for their shows commented how Daul would bring a very edgy, bold presence to their show. I strongly agree with that (I wish I got to see her walk in real life *sigh*). Especially when she had the heavy bangs with straight locks it just screamed "fierce". Even with the new do she really rocked that cut. I remember discovering the first picture of Daul modeling and I thought "Who is this girl?" I remember that day looking her up on Elite (she eventually moved with Next Management) because she grabbed my attention. With my unfortunate luck I'm at the height of 5'4; I was always envious of her height and her long legs. And putting the physical appearance to the side when I began to read her blog, "I like to fork myself", I was able to get a glimpse of her personality. Her blog contained pictures of her life as a model, lots of comments and pictures from multiple fashion shows and other social events. In her posts you were able to tell this girl was fun, quirky, and very interesting. I especially loved the photos of her and Coco Rocha goofing around making different faces in each frames at their photo shoot (I believe it was for Vogue Korea). You were able to get a sense that she was still young.

On the other side, her blog also resonated her mood swings. Some posts were very depressing; by reading what she wrote it was clear she was suffering from depression. She mentioned a few times that she was depressed herself. These posts were interesting to read because most people wouldn't even consider thinking about whether she suffers from depression or not. Right away we think, 'oh she is 20 years old and she's a top model, she's successful therefore she must be happy because her life is complete'.
I thought it was cool of her to be so care-free and actually blog her true feelings down which was open for anyone to read. It felt a little strange reading her blog at first because I felt like I was invading her personal diary but she made it available for the public to read. I think that's why her fans are leaving so many comments and love on her blog, on her youtube videos and other online articles... Besides being a fabulous, famous model, she let it known to the people that at the end of the day she was just like any other human-being.


Like your last blog post, "Hi to Forever" Daul Kim...

J.

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DAUL KIM
(1989~2009)

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how can you be smart

when its love

i already accepted that i relate to nothing

past is heavy but past is past and

i can only try to understand

egoism

too much self importance

perhaps

luxury of time

perhaps just series of bad events which were only beautiful

the irony

the facade we put on

penetrating time.

but not egoism.

it is relative but different.

i just know

the more i gain

the more lonely it is

but when people grow together

its something that is not easy but is nice

and that is something,

relative.

staying relative is hard

staying honest is hard

i know i’m like a ghost

i have nothing

but myself

and potential, to me is the question of will

thats why i am present to you

by Daul Kim