Park Sun-Young (
Hangul:
박선영;
Hanja:
朴宣映; born May 30, 1989), better
known by her stage name
Hyomin, is a
South Korean idol,
singer,
dancer,
rapper,
actress,
designer, and a
member of
K-Pop girl group
T-ara.
Music career
2007-2008: Career
beginnings
Hyomin was a famous internet
ulzzang before debuting with
T-ara.
She was a trainee under
JYP Entertainment and
was considered to be a replacement for
Hyuna, who was a member of the
Wonder
Girls in 2007. Before being cast by
Core Contents Media,
she started appearing in music videos like SS501's "Unlock", SG Wannabe's
"Smooth Break-Up", and FT Island's "Heaven".
She was chosen by Core Contents
Media to be featured in some of her labelmates' songs prior to her debut. This
included
Hwang Jung Eum, the
Colour Pink project with
Seeya,
Davichi and Black Pearl. She has
also performed on a music show with
SeeYa during their promotions for
the song, "Hot Girl".
2009-present:
T-ara
Main article: T-ara
In 2010, Hyomin was in
the Wonder Women project group with label mates
Seeya and
Davichi, along with fellow
member
Eunjung. She had
participated in the OST for
SBS's drama
Coffee
House in 2010 and also collaborated with Brave Brothers for their
digital single "Beautiful Girl" in 2011.
On June 14, 2011, Core Contents
Media announced that Hyomin would take over leadership as T-ara's 3rd leader for
their comeback album,
John Travolta
Wannabe, and Japanese promotions. She later passed on her leadership to
fellow member,
Soyeon.
Acting career
2009: I Really Really Like You and Invincible
Youth
In November 2009, Hyomin was cast in the musical production
of "I Really Really Like You",an adaption of the hit drama "
Love Truly". Fellow member
Boram was
cast in the same musical in December 2010 alongside her father Jeon
YoungRok.
Hyomin
was a fixed cast member of
KBS's variety
show,
Invincible Youth,
from October 23, 2009 to December 24, 2010. She was one of the seven original
members and one of the four that remained after the show experienced member
changes.
2010-2011: My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox and
Gisaeng Ryung
She starred in the drama
My
Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox as Ban Seon Nyuh from August 11, 2010 to
September 30.
Hyomin
made her big screen debut in the horror film
Gisaeng Ryung, playing the
role of a bright and outgoing high school student named Yurin.
The film was released on August 4, 2011.
2012-2013:
The Thousandth Man and Jinx
In the early-2012 Hyomin
was cast in the musical "Our Youth Roly-Poly" along with group members
Jiyeon
and
Soyeon.
Hyomin was also cast in the Chinese version of
We Got Married, in
which her partner is Fu Xinbo, a Chinese idol. In Summer 2012 Hyomin was once
again cast as a gumiho in MBC's fantasy sitcom, "THe Thousandth Man". On
February 10, 2013, Hyomin was cast in the Japanese film "Jinx".Her character, Ji-Ho, is a Korean exchange student at a Japanese university who
gets two of her friends there to date.
Other work
Fashion design
During
T-ara's "
Roly-Poly"
promotions in June 2011, Hyomin designed her own stage costume, which flaunted a
retro pattern and short shorts that were popular during the period.
Hyomin
will be launching an exclusive clothing collection, in collaboration with
celebrity stylist Kim Sung-il, for
G-Market on June 4, 2012.
Hyomin has come up with a total of 150 products for the collection, and has been
actively involved with the planning, designing, and product launch preparations
for the shop.
