Notorious “Min Hee Jin Outfit” Wearer Apologizes To LE SSERAFIM After Their Shocking Identity Reveal
Back in September 2024, when a person dressed in the unmissable former ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin‘s press conference outfit showed up at LE SSERAFIM‘s event, the girl group’s fans snapped at NewJeans‘ fandom for harassment.
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The beef between the two fandoms, sparked by the feud between Min Hee Jin and HYBE, had LE SSERAFIM fans fully convinced that the Min Hee Jin cosplayer had “infiltrated” the event with malicious intent to threaten LE SSERAFIM members.
Tokki secretly infiltrated the event venue to threaten Lesserafim. If you look at the last second, you can see Tokki dressed in Mhj's cosplay. pic.twitter.com/NbMZZjjv4x
— Sniper21 (@Sniper71232) September 3, 2024
It has since been confirmed, however, that the person in the outfit was LE SSERAFIM member Kazuha‘s fansite master. Through a recent airport sighting, @nonoswan_kzh was revealed to be the one who haunted LE SSERAFIM members in the Min Hee Jin outfit.
Remember when Fearnots and Armys were saying that this man was a Tokki who dressed like MHJ to harass LSRF at the events? 😂 He was indeed a Fearnots and Kazuha’s fansite he took the same flight as them to Beijing 🥴 Fearnots has been bully their co-fandom all the time lol.
— @noblueblury/X
The fansite master delivered a long explanation via their X account—in Korean and English, admitting it was them and noting that they had apologized to Kazhua herself.
“CLOSED (temporarily) Hi, These words have been in my mind for a long while. I decided to speak up to prevent the further spreading of speculations, and to prevent hurting the innocent ones in this case.
For the past month or so, there have been ones who were curious about this situation, and ones who were harsh. For the ones who were curious, yes, I was the one who coincidentally dressed similarly as the CEO of a neighbouring label at the Gelato Pique event. First of all, please allow me to clarify that the so-called “cosplay” was a complete coincidence. The fimmies event was held on ad-hoc notice. Prior to that, I was attending the fashion week event with a friend, where NewJeans were invited as guests. There was a limited time gap between the two events, which made it almost impossible to have a change of clothing between them. No one at the venue had any negative opinions about my clothing, and everyone was too focused on the event itself to notice. One might say that even though others may not have noticed, the girls may have felt threatened. I believe this to be the main objective of why this blew up within the fanbase. To clarify this situation, I wrote a letter to Kazuha, apologising and notifying her of the situation. judging by her response, I felt like she was more worried about my mental state. Hence, let us move on talking about the ones being harsh.”
— @nonoswan_kzh
The fansite then claimed that the doxxing had been unbearable. Pleading with netizens to “be aware of [their] words on the internet,” the fansite reiterated that their action was never intended to hurt Kazuha.
“After the incident blew up on the internet, within 12 hours after the event, no matter what social media I scrolled through, I see a screenshot of my face, followed by various harmful comments about my appearance. Additionally, speculations about my educational and familial background, and many others. These comments came in various different languages, and yet, majority of them were all from our fanbase. I recognised the accounts who once liked, replied, quoted, forwarded my posts, accounts who once appreciated my efforts, were now attacking me mercilessly. I did not understand why a pure coincidence, a piece of clothing that no one initially cared about, would turn into a massive hate wave. People who recognised me from my home country began doxxing me and spreading my private information on the internet. I cried for nights, and on multiple occasions I considered closing this fansite. Yet, watching Kazuha’s bright smile on stage again allowed me to remember my initial intention to seize my youth, and reinvigorated me to participate in sharing her magic with the world.
I was hoping that the hate would fade away with time, and that I could perhaps attempt to continue supporting Kazuha behind the lens peacefully. Sadly, I was mistaken. A few days ago, multiple posts have been popping up, after my appearance at the airport, guessing which fansite had done the “dressup”; and to prevent other innocent individuals being dragged into my personal matters, this clarification is the least I can do.
At last, I really really wish to pass on a message of being aware of your words on the internet. Your words may seem harmless initially, but you should never underestimate how hurtful it might be to others. Everyone was born their own way, everyone has their own beauty, so please stop judging others by their appearances, particularly before even understanding the story behind it. Cyberbullying someone based on a single incident, with the point of interest being something as simple as the clothes someone wears at a particular event, seems entirely immature. For anyone who felt uncomfortable due to my accidental dress up, I apologise, and please feel free to unfollow. I am uncertain whether i still have the courage to support Kazuha as a fansite after this clarification, but no matter what identity i will be utilising, one unchangeable fact is that, I have not, and will never in any way even think of hurting or harming her, and will always support her to the end.”
— @nonoswan_kzh
The account has since become “closed.”
“A final word. I hope everyone who reads this, no matter the fan base or platform, could consider deleting any harmful comments you have once posted that you may have now regretted or did not mean it at first. Your words have had a deep impact on me, and not in a good way. This fansite will be temporarily closed for the time being, providing me the time and space to digest and think through everything that has occurred. Thank you so much for your understanding.”
— @nonoswan_kzh
This is not the first time Min Hee Jin’s press conference outfit has inspired dress-up. In fact, after the press conference, the “Organic Cotton Long-Sleeve Cut And Sew” that Min Hee Jin wore—retailing for 8,800 yen or about 56 USD on the California General Store website—was soldout.
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