[2] Karl Lagerfeld, Vivienne Westwood, Chanel, Alexander McQueen, and Christopher Kane are among the top designers who consistently used Kim to showcase their latest collections.

In June 2009 she appeared nude in i-D magazine, sparking criticism in Korea.

[2] Shortly before her death she had appeared on the cover for the Australian Russh as well as video advertisements for Topshop, Richard Nicoll and Chanel.

[1] Kim was a keen painter and on 10 August 2007 she held a solo exhibition of her artwork in Seoul.

[2] Kim had suffered from loneliness, insomnia and depression and had felt frustrated with the demands of the fashion industry for a long time.

In April of that year, she posted: "I am going to smash my face... My life as Daul was so miserable and lonely.

[2] In October 2009 during New York Fashion Week she left a post on her blog describing herself as "mad depressed and overworked".