SEOUL - Ms Esther Song, a mother of two daughters, did something unimaginable at the start of this year.

       Over 80 days, she stuck to a strict exercise and diet regime in order to lose weight and build muscle, so as to enter a photo studio to shoot what is known as a "body profile" in South Korea.

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