RIP Daul Kim - 1989-2009

[khyrk]

RIP Daul.

You were a great model. You will be missed.

 

[teriyaki]

My thoughts are with her family and friends.

I loved her wit and personality from reading her blog and watching those Youtube videos and I can only imagine how much fun she brought to those who actually knew her. I hope she has now found the happiness and peace she was looking for but I wish she could've known how brilliant she was.

Thanks for the laughs and the smiles, Daul. May you rest in peace. x

 

[tullepen]

Imogen wrote on her twitter about Daul being the first person to talk to her when she was new and nervous backstage. I've been sad all afternoon.I wasn't a fan before,but I went through every page of her thread,she was a unique person.It's so tragic that for two years in a row a model has committed suicide. I hope she found peace,obviously she didn't here,which is so unfair.

 

[ilcia]

I never would have expected this.

Rest in peace Daul, hope you're happy wherever you are now.

 

[Nouvelle_Vague]

It was just reading her model profile in Russh magazine again and this is some of the things she said...

Any special purchases recently?
"I just bought an Isabel Marant wolf coat. I'm usually very miserable, so I reward myself with a fur coat every year."

If you weren't modeling, where would you like to be?
"I would like to be in a happy place."

How do you keep trim and fit?
"Stress from work."

You write very candidly and poetically; have you always liked to express yourself with words?
"I didn't speak until I was seven and no one really talked to me until I got much older, so I guess..."

So, what next? What are you excited about?
"I want happiness."

So sad It made me cry a little.

 

[WerbowyStegner]

I dont understand why she would be so miserable?

 

[KaraDanielle11]

Looking back at all of these signs that she left--the blog, the RUSSH interview, etc-- where were the people who love her? I know her family is probably mostly still in Korea but she was also surrounded by handlers from the agency and presumably friends in the industry-why did no one step in & say we need to get this girl help! ??? I know that she was often the girl who was (seemingly) full of life and funny and nice but it seems as though she was trying to reach out and make a genuine connection to someone & no one stepped up to the plate for her.
Obviously I didn't know her personally or the people in her life but I know that if I put some of those same things out into the world, even if I was happy-go-lucky 90% of the time, there are at least 5 people in my life who would step up and be concerned. I know that I'm lucky in that way and it makes me really sad that Daul never had that.

 

[Leeroi]

Looking back at all of these signs that she left--the blog, the RUSSH interview, etc-- where were the people who love her? I know her family is probably mostly still in Korea but she was also surrounded by handlers from the agency and presumably friends in the industry-why did no one step in & say we need to get this girl help! ??? I know that she was often the girl who was (seemingly) full of life and funny and nice but it seems as though she was trying to reach out and make a genuine connection to someone & no one stepped up to the plate for her.
Obviously I didn't know her personally or the people in her life but I know that if I put some of those same things out into the world, even if I was happy-go-lucky 90% of the time, there are at least 5 people in my life who would step up and be concerned. I know that I'm lucky in that way and it makes me really sad that Daul never had that.

I think she was very unhappy being in Korea, something about being overworked and over stressed. Not sure about what though....

It's kinda of ironic that she chose to end her life in the city that she loved the most and called home.

 

[Frida]

Can't believe it!!! This is so painful.
RIP Daulmonster

 

[Patches]

I followed her blog, and the one entry that ran into my thoughts when I found out today about Daul is one that she had written in October:


say hi to decided

i havent been back to korea for like... 6 months

i feel like everytime i dont want to face something

i just run away and my job allows me to do that

last winter was a ****ing hard time for me like every winter

like every summer is hot for me

on the way from shooting to home in the metro

i cried cos even when im 20, i feel the same

i used to come home in a metro crying when i was 16 in paris too.

whats the point of this manifestation

really what is it

since when did i ever have a normal life anyway

it was so ****ed up from the beginning its like as if this was the best way

it couldve been layed out anyway whats the point of being upset

people are the same anyway, just mild changes, mild different spectrums,

mild different backgrounds, people do this to each other anyway

it is not the difference between a complex intellect and a beautiful simpleton.

aknowledging it doesnt make the difference, like how people say setting awareness

makes differences. it does, but it doesnt, because action needs to follow.

so what is my action.

jump out the window?

cut ur wrist?

party ?

be decadant?

do charity work?

be a housewife?

obey?

disobey?

prove? not prove?

love ? not love?

enjoy the power?

what power?

im not interested.

pretend to be interested?

i am not entertained.

then entertain yourself

i am not entertaintment

beat yourself with work

only cry for help when you are about to die

when you are on the floor

until no one cares

until not even yourself cares.

 

[WerbowyStegner]

Awww

 

[Ella Petrovsky]

is it a bit eerie that her myspace is called yesidogetlonely?

 

[leblue15]

Im shocked I just went to my User CP and saw that her thread was closed opened it and saw de the RIP news,there is no words....!! I cant believe it!!! She was one of my favorite models so unique and special!! I followed her blog, and I thought she was really smart and funny with some turmoils but never imagine this....so sad, so sad!!

Hope she is in a better place, rest in peace Daul!

 

[rox_yr_sox]

I read about her death on ONTD and I though it was a hoax at first. It was only yesterday I was looking at her lovely Russh mag ed. This is so sad.

 

[*smirk*]

She was such an interesting person...rip

 

[Bengt]

I can't believe this when I first saw a tweet on Twitter..
So sad..
Daul is one of my favorite models coz she's got a great personality..
I will miss her…

 

[sethii]

RIP Daul

 

[CrisGalaxy]

Omg... I'm crying right now as im typing this... I just can believe this! when i read her blog entry about how she would be a great wife it just brought me to tears! and that quote from her blog that you posted Patches, just made me cry even more... Daul I'm going to miss you! you were such a great girl i just cant believe this is true! omg... daul

 

[Nochoporenka]

stfu please stfu this cannot be true

 

[xerq]

all the signs were there. so so sad no one ever said a word.