Perhaps this signifies the deep chasm between modern British culture and that of Korea.
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During the Big Brother series ― where she was housed in a purpose-built residential compound for several weeks with a string of other housemates over which 24-hour TV cameras watched, with the British public tuned in on the other side ― she flaunted her God-given “assets,” a creeping trend among young celebrity superstar wannabes.
Goody, though, seemed to milk the industry for all it could provide. They were just a year apart in age, Jang, 26, and Goody, 27.īoth climbed the slippery pole of fame, apparently yearning to grace the small screen and capture a section of the attention of various media outlets to maintain their public profile.īut while one appeared to thrive on it, the other presumably ― though the world will perhaps never really know ― couldn’t cope with the demands placed upon her shoulders to stay in the game.įor, in Jang’s case, she allegedly was being coerced into sexual activity as a means of furthering her chances. While Jang took her own life at her apartment in Bundang, south of Seoul, earlier this month, Goody passed away at her home near London last weekend after a short battle against cervical cancer. They are South Korean soap opera star Jang Ja-yeon, who starred in the KBS TV soap opera “Boys Over Flowers,” and Jade Goody, the celebrity-come-lately reality TV icon who made her name on U.K. And both saw much of their adult lives consumed by the media monster. On the other, another takes her own life amid a series of lured tales involving sexual favors for media types.īoth were tragically young. On one side of the world, a star of the media’s creation slips away after a short battle with cancer.
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