Guest kimchii Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Woh first post.. haha this topic really intruiged me though because people's first impression of me is always "woh she's tall... for an asian girl" I'm turning 16 and my height measured (around 3 years ago, but I haven't grown since then) is around 176 cm. I'm terrible at conversion.. but I think that's roughly around 5'9 ? It's funny because my brother who is two years older, is actually shorter than I am. People (mostly ajumas) assume I'm the "older sibling" lol. When I was young, i used to HATE being so taller than rest of my friends, because i was "different". Now I embrace it! And I regret not drinking milk as a child, haha. So interesting reading everyone's comments, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hippiehop Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 all the korean girls i know are around my height (5'4") or shorter (except for one girl who is like 5'10" (170ishcm)). all the asian girls i know who are tall are chinese, and my nephew (i'm chinese) is sooo tall, yet he's only 4 years old, he looks like he's 8 lol - he's going to be super tall when he gets older. and my cousin is 6'1" also... a lot of the korean guys i know are around 5'8" or shorter, but there are a handful who are 6'1", too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bong95 Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I have a korean friend who is 6 feet 6 inches (around 199 cm). This guy is a freak. His head is also the size of a giant beach ball. He is clumsy as hell though. Can't play sports even if his life depended on it. Sadly I am only 5 feet 8 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss5o1em Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 i'm taller than all my korean friends i'm 170cm while they're like high 150's or low 160's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mae_lee Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Yeah, the Korean youth at my church are getting taller and taller. ;\ I'm 18 and 6'0" (182.88 cm). ...really?... I thought everyone was gettin shorter every generation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MOOVERDOSE Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 i find that usually the koreans in korea are actually taller than the ones in u.s. One name: Michelle Wie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest juicyness Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 ^ lol thats true lol i think shes taller than Seung Gi lol and his tall :| lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Carrieke Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Most of my friends are 160 cm...guys tend to guy to 180 i guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sujungx3 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 I'm korean and im only 5'6"... T_T... i wanna grow taller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pinkpiglet Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/people.htm 12 years cant make that big of a difference from now yes it can. recently, women's average is 162cm in korea and like 178cm (?) for guy it's from the research korean site and plus my dad told me and he's living in korea. the women has increased a lot from the old days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brighteyes Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 i think koreans girls are about 165 on average, korean guys 173-5. the girls on average are quite tall, i think. i'm only 5'1" and my parents often say, "if only you were taller" lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest da hee Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 people have this HUGE misconception that koreans are short because 'asians' usually are. it's so untrue. korean girls are actually quite tall nowadays, especially in korea. i'm 172 cm and i saw MANY girls taller than me who were korean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTH Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Average height for Korean males = 173cm or 5'8ish For Korean girls = 163cm or 5'4ish By the way, Koreans are taller than most other Asians so if your wondering why the average seems lower than what you may think is because you never notice the short ones anyway.. You only notice tall people (Mainly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WitchGoddess Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 ^ That sounds about right. the average guys here in korea are ard 180cm and the girl 168cm Way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neon_buildings Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 i think Korean people are generally taller than other oriental/asian groups...keyword: generally i went to Korea this summer and i was surprised to see that lots of the women there were pretty tall...my cousin (who lives in korea) is 5'5"ish and i'm 5'1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beautylicious87 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 i went to korea for about a year and i was taller than 90% of the korean women and i am only like 162-164cm~~ i heard that 160cm is the average height for korean women, so~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 wow thats pretty tall =\ but the girls height is short of 158 ? o.o;; im way pass that and im at the guy's average. (not korean and only 15yrold girl) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaispink Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I dont know about koreans but my familyand rale(taiwanese) we're all pretty tall. everyone is over 165cm im just right on 165 the lowest SH.IT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HELLnawITSc Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Koreans have the highest average height compared to other asians. Random but... BoA says she isn't as self concious when she is in Japan becasue people are closer to her height, whereas in Korea there is a def. and noticable difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pokieelicious Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 i disage too! all the korean girls from me school is about 5 foot 4 or under.. a few is tall.but mostly short! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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