'Kkokkomu' revealed that the fan auntie's real name was Han Hye-kyung and also showed that she had been a singer in the past.
On the 8th broadcast, SBS' Tails of Tales' took the theme "the lost name, Han Hye-kyung" and recalled the life of the late Han Hye-kyung, who was known to the public as the 'fan auntie'. The broadcast conveyed a heavy feeling by depicting an individual's dreams and frustrations and human pain that had been obscured behind a sensational nickname.
The name 'fan auntie' was widely remembered, but her real name and past were not well known. Han Hye-kyung was someone who once performed under the stage name Han Mi-ok. Driven by a desire to become a more intense and charismatic singer, she repeatedly underwent illegal plastic surgery, which resulted in severe facial deformation. She later suffered auditory and visual hallucinations and reached the point of injecting industrial silicone and paraffin oil, and soybean oil into her own face.
The broadcast also revealed Han Hye-kyung's relatively neat and pretty face from before her surgeries, increasing viewers' sorrow. In addition, a piece of writing that contained her inner thoughts was introduced for the first time. The writing included a confession that "after graduating high school I worked at a composition office and received songs, but things did not work out. Being on stage was different. I needed confidence, but my introverted personality caused me to shrink back."
She said she first wanted to try plastic surgery while watching an older senior during her trainee days. Seeing that senior, who felt like a role model, she believed "if I get plastic surgery I can become prettier and a cool person." The place she was introduced to and went to was not a hospital but a secret, gloomy private home. At the time she could not even consider a plastic surgery clinic and thus entered the path of illegal procedures.
Over the next roughly 10 years her face gradually changed, and eventually she could no longer continue her singing activities in Japan. The broadcast noted that Han Hye-kyung's life was not simply a "bizarre incident" but the story of a person who tried to achieve her dream and was destroyed by wrong choices and structural dangers.
The name hidden behind the nickname 'fan auntie' is Han Hye-kyung. Her story, beyond the dangers of illegal plastic surgery, makes us reflect on how easily we have consumed a person's life as a single image.
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