K-pop Representation in TC Candler's "The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2023"

TC Candler just released their ranking of the 100 most beautiful female faces for 2023. The full list is shown below, and I've highlighted K-pop related entries:

100. Emilia Clarke

99. Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu

98. Freen Sarocha

97. Afra Saraçoğlu

96. L‍ily Rose Depp

95. Lupita Nyong'o

94. S‍huhua – (G)I-dle

93. Jenna Coleman

92. Leni Klum

91. C‍huu – ex-L‍oona

90. Margot Robbie

89. Banita Sandhu

88. Klelia Andriolatou

87. Gulnazar

86. Livvy Dunne

85. Jourdan Dunn

84. H‍ina Yoshihara

83. Emma Watson

82. Y‍eji – I‍tzy

81. Julia Butters

80. Engfa Waraha

79. Ariana Grande

78. Özge Yağız

77. Violette Wautier

76. Ella Balinska

75. D‍ita Karang – S‍ecret Number

74. Sadie Sink

73. A‍lice Pagani

72. Arai Ayaka – N‍iziU

71. B‍elle Mariano

70. Angourie Rice

69. Sıla Türkoğlu

68. Rainky Wai

67. Brielle Clark

66. Anna Jobling

65. Candela Gallo

64. Y‍ooa – O‍h M‍y Girl

63. Phoebe Dynevor

62. Halle Bailey

61. K‍azuha – L‍e Sserafim

60. Ahlem Fekih

59. Kaylyn Slevin

58. Disha Patani

57. Sandrinna Michelle Skornicki

56. Sasha Song

55. Kwon Eun Bi – ex-I‍z*One

54. Rebecca Patricia Armstrong

53. Oktyabrina Maximova

52. Hande Erçel

51. Desirée

50. M‍innie – (G)I-dle

49. Beby Tsabina

48. Thylane Blondeau

47. Tian Xi W‍ei

46. N‍ingning – A‍espa

45. Janine Gutierrez

44. Vienna Maryce

43. Kimiya Hosseini

42. Su Burcu Yazgı Coşkun

41. Whitney Peak

40. H‍arvey – X‍G

39. Ana De Armas

38. Y‍uqi – (G)I-dle

37. Berta Castañé

36. Danielle – N‍ewJeans

35. L‍ili Rose

34. S‍eulgi – R‍ed Velvet

33. Emilie Nereng

32. Lyodra Ginting

31. Mai Omar

30. S‍orn – ex-C‍LC

29. Halima Aden

28. Liza Soberano

27. W‍onyoung – I‍VE

2‍6. Emily Mei

25. Sydney Sweeney

24. Yurina Gyoten

23. J‍ennie Kim – B‍lackpink

22. Alba Baptista

21. Ivana Alawai

20. C‍haeryeong – I‍tzy

19. Owada N‍ana

18. Madia Ferreira

17. Jeon S‍omi – ex-I‍.O.I

16. Andrea Brillantes

15. N‍ana – ex-After School

14. L‍i‍sa – B‍lackpink

13. Yael Shelbia

12. Rosé – B‍lackpink

11. T‍zuyu – Twice

10. Savannah Clarke

9. J‍isoo – B‍lackpink

8. Andrea Botez

7. Eleen Suliman

6. S‍itala – ex-H‍1-K‍ey

5. Jasmine Tookes

4. Gal Gadot

3. Minatozaki S‍ana – Twice

2. Dasha Taran

1. N‍ancy Jewel McDonie – ex-M‍omoland

Once again, the ranking is a bit ridiculous. What do we think is the most egregious entry? For me, it's between N‍ancy landing the t‍op spot, S‍itala at position #6, and H‍arvey being anywhere on this list at all.

Quote from SooYoung

Harvey is so pretty she looks like a real life doll

Quote from Cold_Wave

harvey is good. she just has a stylist that hates her sometimes

I don't know, I guess I just don't understand the appeal. Harvey's look has always been a bit strange to me, and I'm not sure if styling will help much (I feel similarly about Cocona). Conversely, I'd say that Chisa and Jurin are the most attractive in XG.

Quote from Popper-of-Ks

How the hell did this become a thing?

I believe that TC Candler first piqued the interest of K-poppers back in 2013, when Nana secured the #2 spot on the list. Then they really began paying attention the following two years, when Nana was ranked #1 in both 2014 and 2015.

Quote from BEG4DAWIN

Nancy was the top kpop face at #2 overall, Sitala always gets on the chart, so no surprise there, maybe she knows people in the selection "committee"

Yep, I actually created a thread last year concerning the 2022 results as well. I'm not sure which year's ranking is more ridiculous.

Quote from ThePhantomThief

Not when Hinata exists

I was actually performing Google Images searches for all the members before I made my determination, and Hinata was also a contender for one of the top spots. Now what would be your visual ranking of the XG members?

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Who makes this list?

From: https://independentcritics.com/about-us/

"TC Candler is the creator of the Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of the Year. He was born in London, England — but has lived in various parts of the United States (Los Angeles, Minneapolis & Las Vegas) since the mid-1980′s. He graduated university in 1997 with a degree in English.

Candler had always been a prominent writer / creator on the internet since its early years. After university, he went on to create one of the more successful movie review websites of the late 1990′s. At its peak, the site was receiving at least a quarter of a million unique visitors a month. Eventually, he teamed up with a few other critics to form another website devoted to movie reviews, celebrity interviews and opinionated columns. It was also a huge success for over three years — ranking as one of the most popular movie sites on the net between 2005 and 2008.

TC was also the lead writer and editor of Coming Soon Magazine — a London based monthly publication under the banner of The Independent Newspaper. At its peak, Candler was drawing well over 100,000 readers on a weekly basis.

He currently splits his time between Las Vegas and the beautiful island of Barbados – where he devotes much of his time to THE INDEPENDENT CRITICS LISTS and the search for THE 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL & HANDSOME FACES of the year. Not a bad job, if you can get it!"

Quote from 0ppar

It's the result of online voting

I think online voting is only part of it. After all, it's not like Nancy has a large fandom that would vote for her. I do believe that there's a panel of judges making the final determination.

Quote from Jenchulichaengbp

Wonder why They keep making this every year

If I'm not mistaken, TC Candler has put out a ranking every year since 1990, so he probably sees no reason to stop.