What popped up in my SNS was another Chinese-thin beauty trend: small fish swimming in woman’s Supraclavicular Fossa? Yeah, the fold between the collarbone and neck/shoulder blade.
A bizarre and alarming online trend originating in China, known as the “Fish Into Collarbone Challenge,” but has recently resurfaced, igniting discussions about beauty standards and the risks associated with extreme dieting and body image dissatisfaction. The trend involves participants attempting to insert as many live fish as possible into the hollow of their collarbones. The goal is to showcase how “skinny” one appears based on the perceived depth of their clavicle.
Critics argue that this peculiar viral challenge is not a reliable measure of a person’s physique or beauty, as body types vary significantly. It also stresses extreme dieting. I raise this issue because I also stumbled across that fact that Ha Ji -won has a YouTube series called “Class of 2026.”
On March 19, 2026, the series began with actress Ha Ji-won as a “freshman” (specifically in the Department of Culinary & Food Design) interacting with real Gen-Z university students. The show is designed as a solo-web entertainment challenge for Ha Ji-won, focusing on her experiences in, and interactions with, general campus life. The series is also a variety of talk show. The episode I saw had her old friend Cha Tae-hyun come to have a “quad hang-out” or a picnic on campus green space.
But what really caught my attention was Ha’s body was extremely thin. Anorexic to the point she had no leg muscle, just bones. Her collarbones protruded more than in her last drama, Climax. She really had a healthy, physically fit figure but told reporters that for Climax she wanted to look thin to match the character’s situation. But after her drama ended, she now looks frail. I don’t know why.