The Squid Game became one of the most watched series on Netflix since it premiered last September and its protagonists became huge stars all over the world. But the one that caught the most attention was player 067, a beautiful young woman who needs money to leave the country.
It's about Kang Sae-byeok, played by actress Hoyeon Jung, a North Korean defector who enters the game to pay a broker to find and recover her family members, who are trapped in North Korea. She is one of the three finalists of The Squid Game and the protagonist of her wants to help her without success.
Who is Hoyeon Jung?
Hoyeon Jung was born on June 23, 1994 in Seoul, South Korea and is considered the next South Korean top model by fashion magazine Vogue. The 27-year-old graduated from Dongduk Women's University, where she majored in modeling, and rose to fame when she participated in the fourth season of Korea's Next Top Model, where she placed second.
Her modeling career began independently at the age of 16, walking in Seoul Fashion Week shows without any agency backing her for two years. It was in 2012 when ESteem Models offered her a contract and she began to gain national fame, until she signed with The Society Management in 2016 and went international.
The first brand that took an interest in Hoyeon Jung was Louis Vuitton and called her to open New York Fashion Week in 2017. Since then, she has walked for Marc Jacobs, Fendi, Max Mara, Lanvin, Dolce & Gabbana, Missoni, Chanel, Burberry, Acne Studios and Roberto Cavalli, among others.
Her popularity began to grow by leaps and bounds, to the point that magazines wanted her to appear on their covers like she did with Vogue Japan, Vogue Korea, Harper's Bazaar Korea, British Vogue, Dazed and? Love magazine. The young Korean met very successful colleagues from around the world such as Kendall Jenner, who helped her break through among the most coveted it girls.
Hoyeon Jung made her acting debut in The Squid Game, and while she didn't have any experience in movies or novels, her character has been met with rave reviews. Before the series premiered, she had 400,000 followers on Instagram and now she has gone on to garner 24 million followers, positioning her as the most followed Korean actress on social media.
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