Daul Kim Dead: Korean Model Dies in Apparent Suicide

Her final blog post was titled, "say hi to forever".She will be missed.

Why is everyone focusing on her career?  Yeah, her job was "cool", and she was a beautiful woman, but maybe her job is what burnt her out.  And a person is not his or her job; a job is not a person.  She's dead.  Her job is a moot point.  It might have even been the breaking point.  She mentions in her blog how she loves beautiful things--beautiful clothes, furniture, how from when she was a little girl she was trying to achieve physical beauty.  When society invests so much in image, in these ultimately insignificant things to fill what voids are truly present, that is a problem.  Like, is that all there is?  She was searching for meaning.  What is truly meaningful is muddled and misconstrued by these things we're told will make us happy.  Makes a person empty.

daul, it must have been painful.  were you so lonely that you had to leave in this way?  i wish i understood your reason.  i wish i could have given you my love and strength.  i envied and admired you from afar.  no, i did not measure you on your career, i was always fond of how bold you were.  always sticking out.  i fell in love with that girl with the strange personality who blogged constantly, loved fashion, and made beautiful art.  you will be remembered in my heart, and i will miss you dearly.  i hope that you are happy.  and that you have found the answers you had been searching for.  and maybe even that hand that would hold yours when you are cold.  no matter where you are, daul, saranghae.

omg its so sad. i really cant realize that shes death . i mean why?!

This is sad. And you are only 20yrs old.  R.I.P

It is sad. I came across her blog last year. She finally forked herself, I guess. Rest in peace, Daul.

She wrote this 2 years ago....and it didn't send up alarms????  Not very funny if that's what people thought....is doing well. too busy travelinglike 3 countries in one weekits overwhelming and i amgoing to smash my face withthis hammer,so you will probably notsee daul as so often as before.but you will see daulmonster as she livesinside ur heart forever.my life as daul was so miserable and lonely.please join my loneliness in another world.i love you all.daul

I'm a photographer who works in fashion.  It's my experience that these young girls break in one of two directions when they get into this business.  They either become really tough and self-reliant, or they become weaker and less able to deal with their job.  I don't think there's anything about the business that's especially tough -- combat is tough -- but it's not a wise thing to send these girls off alone, without any real support system.  I see it again and again.  Lots of them seem depressed very quickly, and in my view, it has more to do with schedules, being away from home, and a less than fully developed sense of self than any intrinsic property of the job of modeling. And frankly, the guys that many of them come across, and seek support from, aren't sterling individuals.   

dear daul your such a dude thankyou for all your thoughts and oppinons on your blog and uploaded videos on youtube. You where a very creative person and one who will be missed forever by those who follow the fashion world and those who new and loved you personaly. I hope you are in a happy place and no one will ever think bad of you people no you had your reasons sleep tight lady and i hope they sell vouge in heaven to keep you posted on the latest fashion xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx jentina

Sorry to hear if her passing. But me made a fatal error Suicide is the beginning of her problems. She is in hell wishing she was back up on the earth. She is being tormented and harassed by creatures she's never seen before. She made a eternal fatal error.

It was by pure coincident that I came across this article of daul kim. Pretty moving from the network of Korean world I been aware of.

Everybody has a dark story to his or her life and I'm no different in that I lost both of my parents when I was a kid in Korea. Had to live the life that I felt I didn't deserve. Always felt like an outsider to the Koreans but now I consider myself superior to them and accurate description of that would be as defense mechanism. In saying that I have my ups and downs like anyone throughtout the week month and year all in all trying to live til the last day of my life on this earth. In reading daul kim's story I was quite moved to see how someone who appeared to have everything could be this miserable to take her own life. I'd agree with the notion that modeling industry poses too much stress loneliness and so forth. In the end I think we as human as stated in bible don't have the right to take our life. Have to make the most of it regardless (unfortunately). In saying that it's interesting to find out the different kinds of stress people are all exposed to in their life, what it means to them and how it is dealt with. Some things are too painful to deal with or as daul kim put it, be smashed into our face day in and day out. For those who bothered to read my message this far...god would only give you that challenge in your life because he knows you're capable of handling it. If your circumstance allows you to...you need to become a role model for another young sole suffering from the same condition you're in.... After thirty years of hatred from losing both of my parents so young and dealing with its aftermath, I recently came to acknowledge that very notion. In saying that I do appreciate the public sharing and message daul kim has sent out in her sad very unfortunate passing.

The first I knew of Daul Kim was on Friday 11/20 when I read of her tragic death. As I read the news of her passing I found myself wanting to know more about the young woman, and I searched the internet for every shred of info I could find on her. This young woman touched me on a level that is surprising, not because of her status as a supermodel, or the trappings of the so-called success that she allegedly had. And it now obvious none of those things brought her true fulfillment. What it was that touched me was her vulnerability and humanity which put out there in her blog as she bared her soul. And yet it seems no one heard her, the cries of  despair and or torment. If they did it was misunderstood or ignored. That is biggest part of the tragedy. Rest in peace, Daul. I hope wherever you are now affords you everything that was so lacking in your previous existence.