Harisu : Redefines Gender Identity

Harisu is pretty. She is often described as ``Even prettier, sexier and more glamorous than a woman!''

She is definitely a woman, only someone who became one later than most, 19 years after birth, in fact. She is the first entertainer in Korea who has made it publicly known that she has had a transgender operation. And now she has become one of the most sought-after figures in the entertainment business, with only one TV commercial to her name.

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``Of course I have. But as you know the concept of the commercial was a transgender and I didn't want to lose that chance to debut as a model. I don't want to face people dishonestly. I won't be able to hide it after all. It's better to make it clear from the start,'' Harisu said.

``I don't think I am a `transgender.' That's the name this society gave to me. They call me a trans, neither man nor woman. I don't think this label of trans will be removed from me ever, successful as I may be. But I don't care, because I already made it public for myself.''

Harisu is lively and vivid, laughing a lot, using big gestures and being playful. At the same time she was thoughtful and confident, which only can be obtained by people who don't avoid the pains and hardships of life and get over them on their own.

``When I go to be photographed for magazines, they ask me to pose as a sexy and elegant, chic and voluptuous, and simultaneously cute and innocent woman. Quite much, yeah?'' Harisu said, laughing. Is this a real male fantasy about a perfect woman, a vamp, a mother, a sister and a lady at the same time? ``Well, I am simply a free and easy person,'' she laughed, again, with her sleek, long arm carrying her hand to her mouth.

Her major interest? ``My first album! Wow, I hope it comes out OK.''

This year's wish? ``An award for the best new singer, and a concert.'' Her face turned all smiles with this subject. She is a newcomer full of dreams to this fancy and harsh industry. She seems ready to set out, young, talented, thoughtful and confident.

``Even if I fail, I have no regret. I will have done what I've wanted all along, and that as a woman. I'll have no regret. Well, I may open a beauty salon because hair design is what I studied in Japan for two years,'' said Harisu.

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