Lee Hye-joo, the editor of W Korea, has come under scrutiny for past comments she made at a breast cancer awareness event regarding HyunA’s body figure. On the 19th, an online community post surfaced capturing a past post from Lee on SNS. The photo showed Editor Lee posing affectionately with singer HyunA at a 2023 breast cancer awareness campaign event. In the post, she added the caption, “Glamorous and stylish HyunA.”
The controversy arose from her use of the word “glamorous,” a term emphasizing a woman’s body figure, at a breast cancer awareness event. Netizens criticized this choice of words, with reactions such as, “Is it an event to boast about female celebrities’ figures?”, “Using ‘glamorous’ during a breast cancer campaign is inappropriate,” and “I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it.”