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Low self-esteem had nothing to do with the new and improved Christina Kim, who now turns heads and has people asking, "Is that you?"
Kim choreographed an offseason weight-loss program that matched her vivacious personality, hiring a posse of problem solvers that helped trim 33 pounds off her 5-6 frame.
The entourage included enough help to make a Hollywood star envious. Kim spent six weeks visiting relatives in South Korea and hired an acupuncturist, a dietician, massage therapist, personal trainer and yoga instructor. She also ran 9 miles each day, a distance she's decreased now that the season has started.
"I like to view things in life as a game, not as a win or a lose, but the playing aspect of it," Kim said Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, Calif., site of this week's Kraft Nabisco Championship.

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