Xiahn,
25, who was originally known as Max, became fixated on Korean culture following
a year of study in the country.
Xiahn,
who goes by the pseudonym Oriental Gaucho online, watched hours of Korean soap
operas and listened to K-Pop constantly – and in time became overcome with the
desire to have plastic surgery so that he would look like a native Korean.
‘As
you know, there are thousands of Asian eye styles,’ Xiahn told Metro.co.uk. ‘I
had one major surgery on my eyes and then small procedures to reach the correct
appearance.’
Now
Xiahn has plans to move to South Korea as soon as he has he can.
Reports
of his transformation have preceded him, and reactions have been mixed. Some
like it and some don’t, he says, just like ‘any other thing in this world.’
Despite
the drastic transformation though, Xiahn still feels Brazilian, thanks to the
country’s diversity: ‘There are many mixed Brazilian people. For me a Korean
person looks Brazilian as much as a German person or any other person that has
born here
‘So
even though I’ve changed the shape of my eyes, I am still Brazilian.
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