NPR | What is an "Asian face"? Because when you go to China and you look at
people from province to province, I mean, the vast array of facial
structures and the size of your eyes or the size of your nose. ... I
think it's a very limited view to think that there's only one
representation of an Asian face, and it should be a Han Chinese
descendant type person with a nose that is this many millimeters broad,
or whatever it is.
On eyelid plastic surgery
Korea
has become the plastic surgery capital of the world where all these
young men especially are transforming their faces into that ... very
plastic-looking K-pop singer look. I also I have been through my own
journey of acceptance of how I look. ... I mean, several people in my
family had suggested that I should get the double eyelid surgery. ...
And I said, "Why would I do that? I like my eyes. I don't feel like I
need to have more Western-looking eyes, or what's perceived as Western."
