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Russian model woos Koreans with social media update
Dasha Taran posted her photoshoot scene on Instagram in late January. Photo from Instagram
By Ko Dong-hwan
By Ko Dong-hwan
Korean fans were quick to react to Russian model Dasha Taran's latest social network update ― a new photo taken in Seoul.
The scene featuring the 20-year-old was posted Tuesday on Instagram under the account “
.” Expressing her interest in Korea, she thanked, in Korean, photographer Snapdog who took the picture.
“Korea inspires me with its amazingness and beauty!!!” the model said in Korean in her latest update. She has over 1.1 million Instagram followers with just 42 posts.
On Dasha Taran's Instagram is her selfie from a Seoul street. Photo from Instagram
Her
, where she demonstrates makeup tips, has more than 184,000 subscribers.
The social network celebrity started attracting Koreans' attention last year when she did not hide her passion for the country and was not shy sharing her fledgling level of Korean language.
In her 10-minute July 2018 YouTube post titled “DREAMS COME TRUE,” she narrates her story of visiting Seoul ― from landing in the country to walking city streets.
She asked her Instagram visitors “What is your dream?” in Korean in her previous January post and, in other posts, expressed her interest in learning the language, which excited Korean fans.