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http://koreabizwire.com/seoul-new-home-of-first-grevin-museum-in-asia/38597
Yeay! Yuna as a wax doll!
Yeay! Yuna as a wax doll!
http://koreabizwire.com/seoul-new-home-of-first-grevin-museum-in-asia/38597
Yeay! Yuna as a wax doll!
YUNA KIM
Figure Skating Champion; Special Olympics Global Ambassador; 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games Honorary Ambassador; UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
SOUTH KOREA
Yuna Kim is a South Korean former figure skater. She is one of the most highly recognized athletes and media figures in South Korea.
She is the first female figure skater to win all of the big four major games (Olympics, World Championship, Four Continents Championship and Grand Prix Final) under the current ISU judging system, broke the world record 11 times, eight of which being records she herself set. She is also the first female skater to surpass the 140-point and 150-point free skating mark and the 200-point total mark under the ISU Judging System. Throughout her entire career, Kim had never finished a competition lower than third place.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Yuna Kim broke her own world record once again by earning a total of 228.56 points and winning the gold medal. Her score of 228.56 is still the highest score in ladies figure skating, and many leading figure skating experts consider it unbreakable.
Yuna Kim contributes to society through many charitable activities. In January 2010, she donated 100 million won to help relief efforts in Haiti. Later she was named an international UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and participated in many activities such as the UN’s annual International Day of Peace Celebration.
Yuna Kim’s influence played an important role in Pyeongchang’s victory at the IOC bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. She was named a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics and an Honorary Ambassador for the 2018 Winter Olympics, which will be held in South Korea.
Thanks for the links. Looking beautiful.
Here is a short vid of Yuna and her partner playing badminton against Michelle and her partner. (The score is 4 to 3, but I don't know who's winning. ). Click twice for sound.
https://twitter.com/JudyKang_inLA/status/625839163116400641
Kim Yuna, South Korean queen of figure skating, gave a speech inside Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles Monday for the Doha GOALS Forum.
The much-decorated, now-retired 25-year-old athlete spoke of her ordeals on and off the ice rink, including facing the challenge at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, where she won gold and set a world record.
Kim said her 17 to 18 years of competitive figure skating were comprised of 80 to 90 percent memories in hardship.
But she couldn’t give up to get a taste of the remaining happy 10 percent, she said.
“This is true for all things, but without adversity, there cannot be success,” she said. “I hope the athletes at the Special Olympics also overcome their hardships to have hope and courage.”
Kim is an ambassador for the Special Olympics.
Does she really? I'm not following every figure skating forum out there but I get the impression that she is generally loved. One can never be liked by 100%, it's always only 99.999%, because there are always mad/insane people or impostors who only want to distract other people.How can she have such haters in this world is just a mystery..............
I think it's only 0.001% of the people who know her as a skater, but they want to be heard. There are so many who love and admire her who have no interest in FS forums or comments on Youtube videos. I kind of pity those who cannot appreciate what she's done for this sport, there's certainly something very wrong with those people.^^ that is kinda the truth. I also believe that Yuna is generally loved, maybe 90%. But the fact is that, in all forums, social media platform etc. Yuna is or has been harshly bashed by haters, but sadly this 10% of people are usually the most vocal and active on all forums...