aespa's Ningning garners attention for her pre-debut visuals

aespa's Ningning is once again at the center of discussion online as her pre-debut videos from her SM Rookies days have resurfaced on various Korean online communities. 

Recently, short clips of Ningning on SM Rookie days were shared in a popular online community and have sparked a widespread discussion online. The clips, which showcase a young Ningning before her official debut, have quickly gone viral, drawing widespread praise from netizens.

Many are impressed by Ningning's natural beauty, noting that her visuals have remained largely unchanged over the years, aside from maturing with age and her braces. Comments highlight how she possessed a striking and fresh charm even as a young trainee, leading to discussions praising her as a true "natural beauty."

They commented:

"Her facial features look exactly the same, but now the middle-aged women will probably swarm in and start rambling about bone structure again. Everyone knows it's all about dieting, but only in online communities do they act like it’s something else."

"She lost a ton of weight, but her facial features were already really well-defined from the start."

"It's not to the point of saying 'Who is this?' right? If you just do her makeup a certain way, she looks exactly like debut-era Ningning. Why are people exaggerating so much?"

"This was Ningning when she was 15, and she looks basically the same except for getting braces... Seems like she’s the only natural beauty in aespa."

"There are actually a lot more videos like that. Ningning was already appearing on TV shows and was pretty famous before debut. SM even cast her after seeing her. She didn’t seem to consider it an embarrassing past at all."

"She just looked way more tanned as a kid."

"She was young, but isn’t she basically the same..?"

"I really don’t think it’s to the point of saying 'Who is this?' lol. It looks like she’s in elementary or middle school there. Do your faces look the same now as they did back then? lol. I'm in high school now, but when I meet my elementary school friends, a lot of them look way prettier now."

"The braces are super cute"

"She looks exactly the same... It's like when you look at an elementary school graduation photo — just a little awkward and unpolished."