South Korea’s Overnight Sensation Sharpshooter Kim Ye Ji Is Even Cooler In High School Photos

The main character, through and through.

South Korean sharpshooter Kim Ye Ji, dubbed the 2024 Paris Olympics’ “breakout star” by international media, had her high school photos shared in an SBS interview.

 

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Earlier, Kim Ye Ji went viral and became an overnight sensation with her “bad*ss vibes” that the internet dubbed “the most main character energy.”

As it turns out, though, Kim had a different aura as a high school student!

Korean Silver-Medalist Shooter Goes Viral For Her Total “Bad*ss” Vibes

The Korea Shooting Federation provided multiple photos of the “Young Ye Ji” from 2010. She carried the same fierceness in her pistol…

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Kim Ye Ji in 2024 | News1
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Kim Ye Ji in May 2010 | Korea Shooting Federation

…but less in an action movie villain shell, and more in a cutie patootie one.

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As the high school photos began circulating online, Koreans commented that Kim Ye Ji “must have been undeniably popular” back in the days and agreed that she was born to be a star.

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  • “She has that actress aura, no?”
  • “I bet she was the most popular girl to all the girls, haha.”
  • “Born to attract women, LOL.”
  • “She reminds me of Kang Dong Won.”
  • “You know how popular kids like her were back in school. Damn, she was born cool!”
  • “I think she looks like Jeon Do Yeon.”
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  • “You can tell her personality hasn’t changed, though. She looks like a cheeky little thing. Haha.”
  • “I went to a high school with a shooting club, too, and people like here were f*cking popular.”
  • “So cool, unnie.”
  • UNNIE T_T”
  • “She’ll probably have fangirls at her feet for the rest of her life.”
  • “So good-looking…”

Check out her previous world record-breaking game at the 2024 ISSF World Cup in Azerbaijan that put her on everyone’s radar.

Source: News1 and theqoo
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