Soft curls and waves that reach all the way to the scalp, whether they are from a perm or natural, may not respond to brushing the hair down when fastening it back into a formal.   Kym Johnson has elected to keep some 'poof' by allowing the lift of her style by just finger combing the waves back into her formal updo.

Short and sassy can certainly describe this look on Kym Johnson.  This stacked bob is well hidden with the mass of graduated curls that looks tre' chic on her.