How senior models in South Korea bridge the age divide


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This picture taken on June 11, 2019 shows model Choi Soon-hwa during a modelling class at a model academy in Seoul. - Sleek and straight-backed with elegant grey hair, Choi, 75, is one of a handful of seniors who have become social media and fashion celebrities in a country where intergenerational conflict is mounting as the population ages. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) / TO GO WITH SKorea-social-fashion-population, FEATURE by Claire LEE

Aged 70 she was working 20 hours a day in a hospital just to make ends meet.

Now at 75, Choi Soon-hwa is an unlikely fashion star and model in South Korea, one of a handful of seniors who have become social media and fashion celebrities in a country where intergenerational conflict is mounting as the population ages.

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