aespa member Karina showcased her dazzling beauty in a recent photo shoot.



Fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar unveiled global icons across 21 international editions, featuring Dua Lipa, Kate Moss, Adele Exarchopoulos, and aespa’s Karina. The icons highlighted in Harper’s Bazaar defy conventional notions of creativity, expression, and leadership, choosing paths that are anything but linear. They possess authority while sparking curiosity in everyone around them. Rather than presenting a flawless or polished surface, they reveal depth, dimension, and bold adventurousness, showing the process of discovering who they truly are in real-time and without filters. Through this journey, they reveal their authentic selves, allowing audiences to resonate with them, thereby expanding and redefining the meaning of being an icon.



Karina, the representative Korean icon, graced the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Korea’s September issue under the title “The Super Star.” As a leading figure of 4th-generation girl idols, she represents K-pop’s ongoing history and highlights the era’s defining icons. The photo shoot captured aespa’s unique charm, often described as their distinctive “sharp edge.” Karina’s otherworldly beauty impressed all staff on set, with minimal differences between the monitor preview and the final retouched images. Her natural, nearly impossible perfection, something even AI would struggle to replicate, instantly proves why she is called “The Super Star.”



In a candid interview following the shoot, Karina was asked if she had imagined herself five years from now. She replied, “Many things will change, but there are parts I hope won’t. If I can continue working joyfully with the members and good people, I wouldn’t wish for anything more.”



Written by Mun Wan Sik
Translated by Lee So Yun