Singer and rapper JooE is the face of six-member girl group Momoland, which was formed during the 2016 reality survival show, Finding Momoland. The Bucheon-born idol's agency approached her about getting a nose job after she made her debut with the group, but the trouble was, she'd already had one. When she appeared on South Korean TV show Radio Star in 2017, JooE revealed that she went under the knife when she was still a high school student — and lied about it during her audition.
"I used my ear cartilage to heighten my nose, but I was upset because you couldn't really tell," she added (via AllKPop). "I got the surgery done when I was a freshman in high school, but I heard people say that I'm a celebrity who was prettier before debut." JooE opened up about her surgery again the following year when she appeared on the variety show, Knowing Bros (via Koreaboo), telling host Heechul (of Super Junior fame) that part of her ear "went on an adventure" to her nose. "If I pick my nose, I'm also picking my ear," she joked.
When Momoland performed at the Soribada Best K-Music Awards in 2019, JooE looked even less like her pre-debut pics, leaving numerous people convinced that she'd undergone double eyelid surgery. "Strangely, we can still recognize the face she had before," one pleasantly surprised fan said (via Koreaboo). "It came out so naturally." The idol has remained tight-lipped over the eyelid surgery rumors.
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