Name |
Daul Kim |
Height |
5 ft 10 in |
Naionality |
South Korean |
Date of Birth |
31-May-1989 |
Place of Birth |
Seoul, South Korea |
Famous for |
Modeling |
Daul Kim was an international South Korean fashion model and blogger. She committed suicide at the age of 20. Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, on 31 May 1989. She was regularly featured in magazines such as British Vogue, i-D and Dazed & Confused. In South Korea, she appeared on the covers of South Korean Vogue in August 2007 and May 2008 and in Harper's Bazaar in July 2008.
She made her international catwalk debut at Paris Fashion Week in 2007. Karl Lagerfeld, Vivienne Westwood, Chanel, Alexander McQueen, and Christopher Kane are among the top designers who consistently used Kim to showcase their latest collections. She also modelled for H & M and GAP. In 2008 she was named Model of the Year by Anan magazine. She also appeared on the South Korean series I am a Model in season 3. In June 2009 she appeared nude in i-D magazine, sparking criticism in her native Korea. Her career was developing when she moved to Paris, France, in 2009 to model for Next. Shortly before her death she had appeared on the cover for the Australian Russh as well as video advertisements for Topshop, Richard Nicoll and Chanel.
Kim was discovered hanged in her apartment in Paris on 19 November 2009 at the age of 20. The Paris prosecutor's office ruled her death as a probable suicide. Kim had suffered from depression and frustration for a long time, and had voiced her frustrations in her own weblog and in her paintings. As far back as 2007 she had left often violent posts of self angst related to self-mutilation and suicide and, exhausted in April 2007, had posted I am going to smash my face… My life as Daul was so miserable and lonely.