In Gallup Korea’s annual year-end poll ranking the artists who made this past year shine, Girls’ Generation took fifth place overall with 8.3% of the vote. Cho Yongpil received the top honor with 17.6%, PSY placed second with 11.7%, Jang Yunjeong came in third with 8.8%, and EXO was ranked at fourth with 8.4%. There were 4,263 voters in total and all were at least 13 years old.
Last year, Girls’ Generation was ranked second in the Gallup Korea poll, and from 2009 to 2011, the girls held the top spot. With the release of “I Got A Boy”, both a Japan and world tour, a number of Japanese releases, and many more individual activities this past year, Girls’ Generation continued to be a leader of the Hallyu wave worldwide. Meanwhile, on December 22nd, Girls’ Generation held its “Märchen Fantasy” concert where a teaser of Girls’ Generation’s next comeback concept in 2014 was revealed, causing excitement among fans and the public alike.
Source: Gallup Korea
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TC Candler has released the “Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2013″, which lists Taeyeon, Jessica, Sooyoung, and Yoona. Jessica was the first member of Girls’ Generation to appear on the annual ranking in 2011, placing 45th, and moved up to 5th in 2012, when Taeyeon and Yoona made their first appearances at 42nd and 50th, respectively. This year, Taeyeon, Jessica, and Yoona again are ranked on the top 100 at 9th, 20th, and 71st, respectively, while Sooyoung makes her first appearance on the list at 66th.
The “Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2013″ comprises women from 34 countries who are chosen based on grace, elegance, class, poise, joy, promise, and hope, beyond simply aesthetic perfection. The ranking has been published annually since 1990 and recently has received close to 40 million unique visitors from around the world.
Yoona has been nominated in two categories, “Best Actress” and “Best Couple” (with her co-star, Lee Bumsoo), at the “2013 KBS Drama Awards” for her role in “Prime Minister and I”, which is currently airing Mondays and Tuesdays on KBS. Yoona plays Nam Dajung, a photographer and reporter for “Scandal News” who gets into a scandal herself after meeting the nation’s newly elected prime minister, played by Lee Bumsoo.
Yoona will also host the “2013 KBS Drama Awards” alongside Lee Misook, Shin Hyunjoon, and Joo Sangwook. The award ceremony will take place on December 31st at 8:30 PM KST.
Sources: 2013 KBS Drama Awards 1, 2013 KBS Drama Awards 2, KBS
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