LEE DABIN (YEONWOO), CISFEMALE, SHE/HER — i wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve seen KIM DAEUN around century records, considering they’ve been working here for ONE YEAR. according to their file, they’re a TWENTY year old STYLIST who you can often find working with SELECT X. on a good day you might notice that they’re IMMACULATE, CHARISMATIC, CULTURED, & INNOVATIVE, but if you catch them on a bad one they can also be RECKLESS, PEDANT, TROUBLED, & ILL-TEMPERED. FORMER AMERICAN MODEL AND PAGEANT QUEEN, her favorite brands to style with are MGSM, GUCCI, VETEMENTS, VERSACE, MOSCHINO, ETRO, DSQUARED, & OFF-WHITE, and her zodiac signs are LIBRA SUN, GEMINI MOON, & VIRGO RISING. pinterest ( x ), stats ( x ), plots ( x ).
trigger warning: body image issues, depression, drugs, anxiety, emotional abuse and neglect. pinterest contains images of pills, cigarettes, and slight nsfw images.
born in busan to affluent parents ; daeun’s mother formerly held the title of “miss korea” while her father was a famous actor
surrounded by fame and beauty since she first came into the world, daeun learned from a young age that beauty and money equal power. her mother first introduced daeun to the pageant world at the tender age of three ; a nervous and quiet child simply tagging along while her mother judged a pageant, too young to be aware of the toxic industry her mother was grooming her to take part in
she was first introduced to make-up when she was four ; she begun modelling and preparing for pageantry shortly afterwards. she was no longer a wondrous and nervous child ; instead daeun was groomed into a miniature replica of her mother, stripped of all identity, only recognized and praised for her looks
eager for daeun to one day take home the title of miss korea ( and her father being eager to break into the american entertainment industry ), their family made the move to new york in 2002 when daeun was four and began entering her in all eligible child beauty pageants and signing her with an american modelling agency
this grooming took a toll on daeun ; who struggled in elementary and junior high to be her own person, to be comfortable in her own skin. she was rather robotic as a child, giving calculated answers on the playground as if the sandbox was a pageant stage. her struggle with her identity led to major depression and anxiety, while the pressure to win the competitions and to land more photoshoots led to daeun developing self-esteem issues. not only was her inner critic attacking her, but her mother was constantly monitoring daeun’s weight, counting the calories daeun ate, and pressuring her to diet
the constant pressure to always be beautiful, to weigh a certain weight caused daeun to begin using a multitude of drugs as a “crash diet”, recommended to her by a former pageant winner who she met backstage
she’d just been crowned as a 2nd runner-up in the “all-american girl” beauty pageant, and she was vulnerable ; her mother began assaulting her verbally after she’d lost the crown, and her inner saboteur was poisoning her mind with self-depreciating thoughts. this vulnerability, this depression was all daeun needed to accept the offer of this “crash diet”
she won her next pageant, but ended up fainting later that night at an “after-party” her mother had thrown ( mainly for herself )
her doctor ordered her to no longer participate in modelling or pageants, an order they made sure pageant directors were aware of ; much to the disappointment of her mother
so, daeun began to follow her own path ; she couldn’t deny the interest in fashion and beauty, after being around the industry for all these years but she sought a new path ; one as a stylist, as a designer. desperate to find a way to express her own identity, her own image, she decided to enroll in the high school of fashion industries in new york before leaving america to return to korea for the fashion institute of technology at suny korea
she left new york to escape her mother and has barely spoken to her mother since ; her mother can’t get past daeun’s drug use, though daeun is sure it’s not so much about her health as it is losing her chance at a longer pageant and modelling career
she’s now a stylist for select x. while she has weened herself off of the “crash diet” drugs, she finds herself sometimes going back to them or other drugs when she feels insecure or down on herself
always seeks out new trends ; new ways of styling, tends to change her personal style and select x’s style up, doesn’t like her styling to be predictable or to stay the same
for her personal style, she tries to stray far away from prim and proper styling, like how her mother would style her
she is an extreme perfectionist and control freak ; very anxiety-ridden, can become easily stressed and because of this, she has a very short temper. she almost immediately calms down and apologises for her outbursts
known for her judgmental tongue when it comes to fashion ; she often pops in to see what the other stylists are doing, and usually has something to criticize
she can be harsh and judgmental, very opinionated but she means well ... it’s a habit she unfortunately picked up from her mother
very troubled when it comes to relationships due to her strained relationship with her mother and how her father allowed her mother to treat her that way ; tends to be very cynical towards love, as the love that was supposed to be unconditional failed her. so GIVE ME ANGSTY PLOTS
