Jessi Ho Plastic Surgery
Jessi is among a few Korea celebrities who publicly admitted going under the knife. Appearing on TV talk show MBC’s Radio Star in December 2015, she confessed to the host about receiving surgery for her eyes and nose. She said that her agency recommended her to receive enhancement surgery before her debut. She also confessed that at the time, her face wasn’t very photogenic. However, she immediately regretted and cried when seeing her new face, thinking that she looked like a monster.
Less than a year later, on September 8th, 2016, Jessi appeared as a guest on KBS2’s Happy Together and confessed about having undergone surgery for her eyes, nose and breast. She confidently wore revealing clothes and bluntly told the host that it was normal to show up her new look after getting cosmetic surgery. The hosts and guests were flustered by her straightforward comment.
Jessi Ho’s Controversy
Before reaching her peak popularity in 2015, Jessi was accused of assaulting a Korean woman, Ms Choi, at a nightclub in Itaewon. On May 18th, 2013, Ms Choi and her friends were in woman’s restroom when Jessi and her friends assaulted her and stuck Ms Choi’s head into the toilet.
However, Jessi claimed that she saw a fight between Ms Choi and her friends and tried to stop the fights. Jessi said that they didn’t drink anything that night and they happened to see the fight at the restroom.
She also said that she never said bad words or tried to hit her. She revealed that it was her foreigner friend that was involved in the fight and her friend had left Korea. Jessi claimed that the fight was over within seconds and no injuries occurred to Ms Choi. The incident was surfaced on June 12th, 2013. However, a day later, Ms Choi dropped her charges against Jessi and her friends. Police couldn’t reveal the reason behind the withdrawal and the case was closed.
On September 20th, 2019, Jessi was pictured at the airport heading to Thailand for K-pop concert. Photographer took pictures of her in a large oversized white t-shirt with mini black shorts. From the pictures, her butt-cheek was clearly visible as she walked to the gate. Her revealing airport fashion brought criticism and harsh comments from online media. Some comments went as far as saying that she looked trashy and cheap. Later, she posted a video on Instagram saying that she was wearing legging shorts.
On the same day, Hyuna also gained controversy for lifting her skirt and exposing her safety shorts during a live performance in university festival. From an interview with P Nation’s representatives, it was revealed that both artists from P Nation wore sponsored leggings. Both artists chose to wear the short leggings because it was comfortable for traveling long distance and performing high intensity activities.
Jessi and Hyuna’s wardrobe controversy was addressed by a lawyer during a TV program called Weekly Entertainment Court. Lawyer Park Min-gyu said that both Hyuna and Jessi can’t be charged for sexual harassment. Both artists wore pants but they were too short and it didn’t break any laws. He said that it was hard to distinguish the standard in practice.
