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Choi Hye-seon
South Korean model (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Choi Hye-seon (Korean: 최혜선; born 1998) is a South Korean model. She gained attention through her appearance in the series Single's Inferno Season 3 (2023–2024),[4] including for the way she tearfully shared her joy and emotions,[5] and was reported as being the most prominent name of her season due to her social and likeable personality and skillfull and intelligent behavior.[6] While on the show, her Instagram followers rose from 2,000 to 1,600,000,[7] and she took a break from social media following the attention she received as the show aired.[8] As of November 2024, Choi still got along well with the other contestants, often kept in touch with Yun Ha-jeong,[9] and later reports showed she reunited with many others.[10]
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She later returned to social media, including appearances at events such as a Jujutsu Kaisen and Casetify collaboration in early 2024 where she surprised fans with her British accent.[11] Her second reality show appearance came on Game of Blood, whose production presentation she attended with the rest of the cast in Seoul.[12][13] Her season received the top spot in TV-OTT topicality ratings,[14] ranked first overall in new paid subscriptions,[15] ranked first in the non-drama topicality category,[16] and the female cast including Choi were nominated for a Blue Dragon Series Award in the category of Female Entertainer Award / Rookie Female Entertainer Award.[17]
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Early life and education
Choi lived in the United States until middle school, and was racially discriminated against at that time,[18] before attending an all girls high school.[19] Later, she was a bioinformatics major at the Life Sciences department of Ewha Womans University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science, and previously held internships at Seoul National University as well as Cipherome, a Silicon Valley startup.[2][20][1]
She attended Durham University and as of November 2024 lived in the UK, after having finished a master's degree in data science, bioinformatics, and biological modeling in October 2024.[21][9] She received her official diploma in January 2025.[22]
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Before her appearance on Single's Inferno 3, Choi modeled for Andar and Round Lab,[21][23] Joy Gryson,[24][25] Nature Republic and 29CM,[26] as well as Swarovski, Sulwhasoo and Maybelline.[27] She and the rest of the Single's Inferno 3 cast modeled for Dazed as the show was airing.[28] After her rise to fame, a 2021 modeling experience with Enhypen came to light.[29] While on the program, she notably wore a rom&nd's lip tint which later won a 2023 Olive Young Award.[30][31] She also reportedly maintained a workout routine five days a week of gym, yoga, and running, and kept a strict diet.[32] Choi reunited with fellow Single's Inferno 3 participant Yu Si-eun to model for Alice + Olivia after the show's finale,[33][34] and her outfit of the day looks were compared to castmate Cho Min-ji's.[35] In June 2024, Dentiste selected her as the star of their new brand campaign, launching with two videos on Dentiste's YouTube channel.[36][37] Later in 2024, she modeled for lululemon[38][39] before being selected as ambassador for F&F's Sergio Tacchini brand for the rest of the year.[40][41] She also modeled for Olay, Fila, and Skin Food.[42] At the end of 2024, she was featured in volume 33 of Olive Young's My Precious editorial.[43][44]
After Choi's appearance on Game of Blood 3, she was invited to the Ganni Show at Paris Fashion Week in early 2025,[45][46] as well as the EENK show with Single's Inferno 4 participant Chung You-jin.[47] She also shared the alma mater of Ewha Womans University with Chung, and collaborated with her and her castmate Kook Dong-ho on an avatar blind date for Esquire. In the course of the video, Choi revealed that her Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is ENFP.[48] A later social media post from Choi attracted media attention, and comment from Chung herself.[49][50] Choi also modeled for Max Mara in Granada[51] and attended the grand launch event for the item she modeled.[52][53] Her 2025 birthday party received media coverage, including acknowledgment of her master's degree.[54]
Choi hosted the premiere episode of Olive Young's These Days All Young program along with Harimu, who appeared on the Street Woman Fighter 2 reality show.[55] She later modeled for Calvin Klein.[56]
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Philanthropy
Choi participated in a children's charity campaign for World Vision International,[21] later lending her support again for the Stop Ring Challenge to raise funds for a village in Zambia.[57][58][59] The production company that worked with her to promote that challenge also worked with Kook Dong-ho after his collaboration with Choi for Esquire.[60] In May 2024, she contributed to a Green Allure initiative that planted 4,000 jasmine trees in the Ichon area of Hangang Park.[61]
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