Apart from having a successful career in the South Korean entertainment industry, many celebrities are still focused on their education. Starting from dividing the time to undergo training and school at the same time, focus on lectures and filming dramas, and much more.
Some of them are also known as intelligent figures during their education, and not a few have high IQ scores, you know. Here are some female Korean celebrities who are known to be intelligent and have above-average IQs!
Honey Lee
Before becoming a popular actress, Honey Lee was a former Miss Korea. He won the award at the event in 2006. After that, Honey Lee also had time to participate in Miss Universe 2007 and won third place.
In addition, he is a graduate of Seoul National University, one of the best universities in South Korea with a major in traditional music. Not only has charming visuals and stunning acting skills, Honey Lee is one of the Korean celebrities who is known to be smart and focused on his education even though he is busy with his work in the entertainment industry.
No wonder, the actress was raised in a family with higher education!
Kim Tae Hee
Besides Honey Lee, there is also another 'alumni' from Seoul National University, namely actress Kim Tae Hee. When she was in college, she majored in fashion design and was known as one of the most popular students for her beauty and intelligence. Not only that, Kim Tae Hee was also active in organizations during his studies, you know.
Launching Womens Weekly, Kim Tae Hee is known to have an IQ score of more than 140! In one of the TV shows "Star The Secret", one of the teachers who used to teach Kim Tae Hee explained that his former student had very high concentration, in fact he had never met an almost perfect student like Kim Tae Hee before, as reported by Soompi.
Nam Ji Hyun
The actress who plays the drama Suspicious Partner, Nam Ji Hyun is also known as one of the smartest actresses who still prioritizes her education. When he was still in school, Nam Ji Hyun was always ranked in the top five best students, even though at that time he had started filming for several dramas and films.
Even when he entered high school, Nam Ji Hyun also ranked first in school, you know. He also continued his education to college level and managed to graduate on time, where he majored in Psychology at Sogang University, South Korea.
Ha Yun Joo
The actress Ha Yun Joo, who has made her debut since 2008 is one of the actresses who exclusively became a member of Mensa International in 2013. For those of you who don't know, Mensa International is part of the Mensa organization which was founded in 1946 in Oxford, England, such as launched Soompi.
The only qualification to become a member of the philanthropic organization is a high IQ. Evidently, Ha Yun Joo meets these qualifications because she has an IQ of 156!
At that time, Ha Yun Joo explained that it was her first time taking the IQ test, so Ha Yun Joo answered the questions without much thought. When he saw the test results, he was amazed and revealed that he will continue to work hard to always show the best results.
Hani EXID
Different from previous Korean celebrities who work as actresses, this time there is a singer and member of the EXID group, namely Hani! This woman who was born in 1992 is not only beautiful and talented, but her figure is also known to be intelligent.
Launching Allkpop, EXID's Hani is known to have an IQ of 145. In fact, she got a score of 900 in the TOEIC test even though Hani only prepared herself two months before taking the test.
Hani herself had studied in China for a year which made her able to communicate in Chinese quite fluently. He is also fluent in English, Japanese, and of course Korean.
Since she was still in school, Hani is also known as a disciplined and diligent student. He has participated in swimming and triathlon competitions, and even won third place in the Korean Triathlon Federation Children's Thriathlon Competition.
Of the several Korean female celebrities with smart brains and known to be geniuses, which one amazes you the most?