Hyomin

Hyomin
Hyomin at the Seoul Fashion Week on March 2016
Native name	박선영
Born	Park Sun-young (1989-05-30) May 30, 1989 (age 27) Busan, South Korea
Other names	Hyomin
Education	Sungkyunkwan University
Occupation	Singer songwriter actress
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2009–present
Labels	MBK Entertainment
Associated acts	T-ara T-ara N4

Park Sun-young (born May 30, 1989), better known by her stage name Hyomin, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actress. She is a member of South Korean girl group T-ara.

Hyomin’s path to stardom started early when she won the MiMi Princess modeling contest at the age of 8. She was a famous internet ulzzang and even modeled for online shopping malls 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".

Hyomin debuted in 2009 as member of T-ara. The group made their debuted stage on July 30 on the music program M Countdown with their single "Lie" (거짓말; Geojitmal).

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.

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 Jeon Bo-ram was cast in the same musical in December 2010 alongside her father Jeon Young-rok.