Being a K-Pop idol is not an easy thing. Because an idol is required to have many talents that can attract public interest. For this reason, every agency that conducts auditions will definitely choose people who are talented and have high attractiveness so that later when they debut as idols they can attract many fans.
Usually, people who audition to become an idol are people who have a strong desire to enter the South Korean entertainment world. In fact, not infrequently they have to sacrifice many things to be able to debut as an idol.
One of them leaves the things they like in other fields such as modeling in order to focus on becoming an idol who is favored by many people. Here are 5 K-Pop idols who used to be models!
SinB VIVIZ
The former member of the GFRIEND group, who is currently re-debuting in the girl group VIVIZ along with two other GFRIEND members, Umji and Eunha, was a model at a young age. SinB is known to often be a model for children's clothing.
However, despite being a model quite often as a child, SinB chose to have a career as an idol. And the results were not in vain, now she is one of the successful female idols and has many fans.
ASTRO's Moonbin
This friend of SinB is also a little model. The lead vocal and lead dancer from Astro has indeed been a model for a clothing brand with SinB. Thanks to this, the two have become friends to this day.
Even though he has become an idol, it is known that Moonbin still often carries out his activities as a model for various brands.
SEVENTEEN Vernon
Having captivating visuals and the right posture as a model, SEVENTEEN's Vernon has indeed been in the modeling world as a teenager. Vernon is often a model for various clothing brands.
So it's not surprising that many people are quite familiar with his face when he decided to debut as an idol with the Seventeen group under Pledis Entertainment.
Nancy MOMOLAND
Success with the song Bboom Bboom made MOMOLAND successfully grab the attention of K-Pop fans. One of the members of MOMOLAND who often attracts the attention of the general public, namely Nancy.
The maknae of MOMOLAND does have an amazingly captivating visual. Thanks to her captivating visuals, it's no wonder she used to be a model as a teenager. Even this half-blood girl was once a model for a clothing brand with SEVENTEEN's Vernon, you know!
Chanwoo iKON
Not only have Nancy and Vernon been a model together, this iKON member has also been a clothing model with SinB and Moonbin. In fact, many fans are aware of Chanwoo's modeling tracks.
Although he was active as a model as a child, Chanwoo decided to have a career as an idol. This is none other than his love of music.
Well, those are 5 K-Pop idols who have been in the modeling world before becoming an idol as they are today. The idols decided to have a career as an idol because their love for the music world was high so they had to leave the modeling world.
However, despite that, some of them are still actively modeling!