“Squid Game” star Hoyeon Jung is American Vogue’s February cover star. Jung 27, shone brightly on the front page of the fashion magazine wearing a Louis Vuitton cape and dress with embroidered sequins.
Within three weeks, Jung who stars as Kang Sae-byeok, also known as player 67 in “Squid Game” saw her Instagram following rising from 500,000 to more than 23 million, making her the most-followed Korean actress in the world on the platform.
“The feeling, there’s a limit to what words can express,” the actress told Vogue of becoming instantly and exponentially famous.
Hoyeon Jung also revealed that she lost eight pounds due to stress. “I don’t know why, but couldn’t eat, Was so confused, and it was so chaotic. Didn’t believe it. I didn’t trust it.”
Though the actress is struggling with her newfound stardom, she’s no stranger to the fashion world. In fact, before she was cast on “Squid Game,” Jung made her living as a model in her native town, Seoul.
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Her first television gig was on “Korea’s Next Top Model” in 2013 when she was 19; Jung finished in second place.
Jung promptly moved to New York, signed with a modelling agency. In 2016, she caught the eye of then-Louis Vuitton designer Nicholas Ghesquière and walked her first Paris Fashion Week show for the luxury label. In 2021, she became a global ambassador for Vuitton.
Her last turn on the runway was at Moschino’s 2019 subway-themed show alongside American models like Stella Maxwell, Halima Aden, Taylor Hill and Winnie Harlow.
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