43-Year-Old Actress Turns More AI Than AI With Her Breathtaking “2D” Makeover

“How is she real…?”

In her latest YouTube video, actress Han Ga In visited makeup artist Liu for a “romance fantasy webnovel illustration” makeover…

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Actress Han Ga In | iMBC

…and the result is so stunning that it left us all floored!

The actress, well known for being a huge fan of Korean romance fantasy web novels, noted that she was attempting the “2D” look for her viewers who loved her previous K-Pop idol transformation.

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After seeing the “inspo” that Han Ga In provided, Liu went straight to work:

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Han Ga In (left) with makeup artist Liu (right) | @hangainisfree/YouTube

The “After” photos from the YouTube video and Liu’s Instagram have since gone viral across online communities, like theqoo, where her fans praised her everlasting beauty.

Who needs AI when we have Han Ga In?!

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| theqoo
  • “She’s seriously so beautiful. Wow…”
  • “The dimension and depth of her features? Just wow.”
  • “Boss-level gorgeous.”
  • “Wow, she looks like CGI.”
  • “Honestly, otherworldly levels of beauty. Yeon Jung Hoon is incredibly lucky…”
  • “Prime example of ‘the more, the better.’ This is insane.”
  • “She looks so AI. Like the whole thing looks so unreal, but she’s real.”
  • “Insanely pretty.”
  • “What a doll! She looks even more like a romance-fantasy illustration than the actual illustrations themselves. Like wow…”
  • “F*cking gorgeous.”
  • “How is she real…? No, she looks like she was created with AI. Wow.”

Watch the full transformation here:

Source: theqoo
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