Jung Hoyeon, known as Hoyeon Jung is a South Korean model and an actress.
27 Facts About HoYeon Jung
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HoYeon Jung began her career as a freelance model in 2010, walking in Seoul Fashion Week shows for two years.
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HoYeon Jung became known for her "fiery" red hair after making her international runway debut during New York Fashion Week.
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HoYeon Jung was a Louis Vuitton exclusive in 2016, and became a global ambassador for the brand in 2021.
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HoYeon Jung graduated from Dongduk Women's University College of Performing Arts, where she majored in modeling.
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HoYeon Jung started taking modeling classes at age 15, and began working as a freelance model in 2010 at age 16, walking in shows for Seoul Fashion Week without an agency for two years.
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HoYeon Jung then went on to compete on the fourth season of Korea's Next Top Model in 2013, where, after being eliminated in the third episode and returning in the fifth episode, she placed as a runner-up.
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HoYeon Jung appeared in the music video for Kim Yeon-woo's song "Move" in 2014.
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HoYeon Jung was featured in spreads for the Korean editions of magazines such as Vogue, Elle, and W before signing with The Society Management and leaving South Korea in 2016 to pursue a career overseas.
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HoYeon Jung signed to Elite Model Management and Nomad Management.
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HoYeon Jung has walked in runways for Burberry, Miu Miu, Jason Wu, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Giambattista Valli, Bottega Veneta, Emilio Pucci, Prabal Gurung, Jacquemus, Gabriela Hearst, Moschino, Oscar de la Renta, Roberto Cavalli, Jeremy Scott, Tory Burch, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Acne Studios, Brandon Maxwell, Gucci, Lanvin, and Zuhair Murad.
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HoYeon Jung has appeared in advertisements for Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermes, and Bottega Veneta, and on the covers of Vogue Korea, Vogue Japan, CR Fashion Book, and Harper's Bazaar Korea.
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HoYeon Jung appeared in a promotional video for Pharrell and Chanel's collaborative capsule collection in March 2019.
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HoYeon Jung was featured on the cover of the February 2022 issue of Vogue, making her the magazine's first solo Korean cover star.
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HoYeon Jung decided to start her career in acting because of the short life span of model careers, which she felt as her work in modeling began to decrease.
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HoYeon Jung improved her English in order to help her learn acting.
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In January 2020, HoYeon Jung was signed to Korean talent agency Saram Entertainment.
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HoYeon Jung made her acting debut in the 2021 Netflix K-drama Squid Game in which she played Kang Sae-byeok, a North Korean defector and pickpocket who needs money to support her younger brother and track down her mother in North Korea.
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HoYeon Jung was then asked by director Hwang Dong-hyuk to audition again in person in South Korea, where she was given the part immediately.
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HoYeon Jung studied for the role of Sae-byeok by practicing her character's Hamgyong dialect with real North Korean defectors, watching documentaries about North Korean defectors, and learning martial arts.
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HoYeon Jung drew upon her own feelings of loneliness while modeling overseas to build the character, and wrote a daily diary from her character's perspective.
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Sae-byeok became a fan favorite, and HoYeon Jung was called Squid Games breakout star by critics.
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HoYeon Jung was nominated along with her costars for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
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HoYeon Jung was featured in The Weeknd's music video "Out of Time" in 2022.
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HoYeon Jung is set to make her feature film debut with the A24 film The Governesses, directed by Joe Talbot.
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HoYeon Jung will appear in Alfonso Cuaron's thriller series Disclaimer opposite Cate Blanchett.
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HoYeon Jung has been in a relationship with actor Lee Dong-hwi since 2015.