"Olympics Fairies": Do the Faces of S. Korea Need to be Pretty Women?

South Korea’s young female placard bearers, officially labeled “placard agents,” made quite an impression at the opening ceremony of Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 9. Their conventional good looks, with tall, slim figures and spectacularly designed dresses got plenty of social media users excited. Local media eDaily described them as “snowflake fairies,” in an article headlined [http://www.edaily.co.kr/news/news_detail.asp?newsId=01256246619110192&mediaCodeNo=257&OutLnkChk=Y] , “‘They’re P