The Personification of Cute

There was an article in the subway "newspaper" this morning about "The Cult of Cuteness" in Japan. The point of the article was that the Japanese are "obsessed with cute" ("kawaii" in Japanese). Think Pokemon, Hello Kitty, and so on. But the interesting thing was the article mentioned a Japanese actress-model, Yuri Ebihara, as "the personification of cute." What do you think?

Takeaway quote: "I make it a point to never forget to smile. If someone doesn't find me cute, I want to know why, because then I'll work on it to get better at being cute." Me too. Me too.