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Middle schooler defends wearing 'heavy makeup'

  • Published : Apr 1, 2015 - 16:04
  • Updated : Apr 1, 2015 - 16:04

Getting made up in the morning is a chore for many women, but few are as skillful as a virtually unknown Korean middle schooler, who completes a full face of makeup in 10 seconds.

Lee Ba-da, who featured on a TV talk show Tuesday, floored celebrities and guests in footage that showed the middle schooler applying "heavy makeup" in the time it took her apartment elevator to reach the ground floor from the fourth floor on which she lives.

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Celebrities respond to footage of Lee Ba-da applying a full face of makeup in 10 seconds, saying "She's a master" and "It's unbelievable," on the talk show "Same Bed, Different Dreams." (SBS)
Lee waves goodbye to her mother everyday makeup-free, but as soon as the elevator doors shut, she takes out her eyeliner, mascara, eyeshadow and lip tint.

"When my daughter goes to school she's fine, but then the school calls saying that she has come with makeup," said her mother Park Gyeong-seon on Korean SBS talk show "Same Bed, Different Dreams," where parents share their concerns about their teenage children.

Park compared her second daughter, a second-grade middle schooler, to a "Pyeongtaek Suzy" after her resident city in Gyeonggi Province and the popular K-pop singer.

While her mother voiced frustration over her daughter's makeup, Lee said that she doesn't consider it a problem.

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Second-grade middle schooler Lee Ba-da applies makeup in the elevator (top), saying it's "an etiquette" to wear makeup in the 21st century (below). (SBS)
"In the 21st century ... it's etiquette to wear this much makeup," said Lee, who went on to express a low self-image.

"I don't like my face shape, my skin complexion, my eye shape, my nose -- my whole face dissatisfies me," said Lee on the program, which is hosted by Yoo Jae-suk and Kim Gu-ra.

Her teacher mother countered that it was not appropriate for a middle schooler to wear makeup.

It is typically frowned-upon for adolescent girls to wear makeup in South Korea, and is perceived as having a slack attitude towards studying and a general rebellious attitude.

By Yoon Sarah (sarah356@heraldcorp.com)

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