21-year-old cheerleader Lee Ju Eun faces criticism for wearing a revealing outfit to cheer for baseball.
With an Instagram account that has surpassed 1.2 million followers, Lee Ju Eun is loved in Korea for her beautiful face and hot body. On April 10, the cheerleader joined the LG Twins cheerleading squad and was congratulated by the baseball club. In the photo, the Gen Z beauty wears a crop top and tights that show off her curves.
According to KBIZoom and Koreaboo, the controversy broke out when an X account shared the photo and asked: "Why do you need such an outfit to cheer? It looks really uncomfortable." The post quickly attracted attention, showing that many viewers agree with this point of view. In addition, the tweet that reached nearly 18,000 likes read: "The outfit is trying to do many things at once: showing off your armpits, belly button, a little bit of your bust, and all your thighs. So greedy."
On April 12, the issue became more tense when Lee Ju Eun performed for the first time as a cheerleader for the LG Twins at a match against the Doosan Bears in the Korean Professional Baseball League (KBO League). The 21-year-old beauty's sexy dance performance and dress sparked a wave of criticism of cheerleader uniforms at baseball tournaments.
"No matter how beautiful she is, why does she have to be revealing?"; "Can we control what they wear? The level of body exposure is getting worse. I understand that the main target of the cheerleading team is men, but there are also children and teenagers at the stadium. "Look at the Doosan Bears' outfits, just a T-shirt and shorts are beautiful enough," some X accounts commented.
In addition, one person said he filed a complaint in June 2020 to request a change in the team's cheerleading uniform. "They only responded vaguely that the costumes were created based on suggestions from the audience and that future designs could be considered. But it's been 5 years, and nothing has changed," this person concluded.
Lee Ju Eun was born on April 27, 2004, and became famous in 2024 thanks to a short video in which she performed the "Pikki Pikki" dance as a member of the KIA Tigers cheerleading squad. With her outstanding appearance, she was dubbed the "cheerleader goddess" and "cheerleader angel". In January this year, Ju Eun announced that she would join the Fubon Angels of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan. On April 10, the beauty signed a contract with the LG Twins.