Girls’ Generation Donates 8 Tons of Rice to Help the Needy

Girls’ Generation is donating eight tons of rice to help those who are in need.

It was revealed by Seoul Gangnam (a district in Seoul) that through rice donations by Girls’ Generation on December 5th, 66,400 people in need will be able to receive a warm meal.

The rice that was donated this time was from the rice that was delivered to Girls’ Generation members at various press conferences as support by fans. 3 tons from Yoona’s “Love Rain” press conference, 3 tons from Sunny’s musical “Catch Me If You Can”, 1.46 tons from Tiffany’s musical “Fame”, and 540kg of rice from Sooyoung’s “The 3rd Hospital” was received from fans.

The rice will be used preciously to be distributed to underfed children, elders without families, and severely disabled people, amongst others.

A source at Gangnam-gu stated, “I want to thank Girls’ Generation and their fans for extending a warmhearted hand to those in need.”

Girls’ Generation Nominated for ’2012 World Music Awards’ and ’2012 SBS MTV Best of the Best’

Girls’ Generation has been nominated for “World’s Best Group” at the “2012 World Music Awards”, taking place on December 20th at Marlins Park Stadium in Miami, Florida. The “2012 World Music Awards” is famously set to enter the “Guiness Book of World Records” as the biggest live music awards show ever going live to the most countries, with more than a billion viewers seeing this live three hour event.

The “World Music Awards”, an international award show founded in 1989, annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales data provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). This year, Girls’ Generation is up for the award of “World’s Best Group” among 41 other artists, including fellow K-Pop acts Big Bang and Wonder Girls. Online voting is currently opened on the official “World Music Awards” website. Fans can vote once per day.

Also, Girls’ Generation – TTS and Jessica are both nominated for three different categories at the “2012 SBS MTV Best of the Best’”. Girls’ Generation – TTS is nominated for both “Best Global” in the “Best Music Video” category and “Artist of the Year” in the “Best Live” category. Jessica is nominated for “Best Cameo” for her appearance in SHINee’s “Sherlock” under the “Best Music Video” category. Voting is available online at the official SBS MTV website. Fans can vote for each category once per hour.

Girls’ Generation Fans Commemorate Yuri’s Birthday with a Poem and Newspaper Advertisement!

In honor of Yuri’s birthday on December 5th, fans of Girls’ Generation placed a poem in a newspaper advertisement. Pictured above, the poem reads:

A lovely and beautiful figure

more brilliant than the color of a pearl.

A pure and mysterious smile

that even wakes sleeping souls.

We pray for you

with undying passion

and unchanging hearts.

We really love you.

Happy Birthday

♥ Yuri ♥

We wish Girls’ Generation’s Yuri a happy 24th birthday ^0^

Look back at any time. ♥

We’ll be there. ♥

We are happy SONEs who cheer for Girls’ Generation whenever/wherever.

[Black Pearl] You’re so beautiful, but if you dazzle too, we can’t look at you…

Fans also took to Twitter to express their well-wishes for Yuri’s birthday, trending “#TodayIsYuriDay”, “Happy Birthday Kwon Yuri”, and “#권유리생일축하해” (editor’s note: this translates to “Happy Birthday Kwon Yuri”) on the worldwide trends.

Girls’ Generation releases limited edition candle for their perfume ‘GIRL’

Girls’ Generation will release a limited edition candle.

The candle is a collaboration between Girls’ Generation’s perfume ‘GIRL‘ and ‘1st Look‘ magazine. The candle is priced at over 40,000 KRW (approximately $37 USD). The scent of the candle was created byGerard Anthony, who made the product with Girls’ Generation as the inspiration.

GIRL 1 Lily Magnolia is said to be a clean, sophisticated scent with white lilies and magnolia, the GIRL 4 Wisteria is a sweet scent from the wisteria tree, and the GIRL 7 Delphinium is a romantic scent with delphinium as the base.

The candles will go on sale through the ‘1st Look‘ market as well as online stores.