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Soo Joo Park
Korean American model (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Soo Joo Park (born Park Suju; March 26, 1986) is an American fashion model and musician.[1][2] She became the first Asian-American woman to be a L'Oréal spokesmodel.[3] She is also known for her work with Chanel and is a Global Ambassador for the brand.[4][5]
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Early life
Park was born in Seoul, South Korea and moved to Anaheim, California when she was ten years old.[6] She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with an Architecture degree.[7] After graduation, she moved to San Francisco, where she got scouted while shopping at a vintage store in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.[8][9]
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Park's first fashion credit was appearing in a BCBG Max Azria advertisement in 2010.[10] After moving to New York, she dyed her hair from natural black to platinum blonde.[11] Soon after, she was quickly noticed by major brands including Chanel and Tom Ford and walked in their shows.[11] In her debut fashion week seasons she walked for Chanel, Vivienne Westwood, Emporio Armani, Fendi, Rick Owens, Lanvin, and LOEWE among others.[12]
She appeared in Vogue Italia, Glamour, and Dazed editorials in 2012.[13][14] She has also appeared in W, i-D, CR Fashion Book, Vogue, Paper, and Teen Vogue among others.[15][16][17]
In 2014, Park was featured on Models.com’s “Top 50 Models” list and in 2015, she joined “The Money Girls” list.[18][11]
In advertisements, Park has been the face of campaigns for Michael Kors, MAC Cosmetics, Tom Ford, Redken, Gap Inc., DKNY, and Bvlgari.[19][20][21]
In May 2015, Park opened the Chanel 2015/16 Cruise show presented at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, chosen by Karl Lagerfeld as the Chanel muse representing Asia.[22]
In 2017, she played Sutra on the second season of the Netflix drama series Sense8.[23]
In 2020, she was one of the 100 cover stars for Vogue Italia's September Issue.[24]
In June 2021, Park made her musical debut under the name Ether, with a cover of a classic Korean rock song, "Haenim," which was written and produced in 1968 by Joong-Hyun Shin.[25] Prior to that, she had been working on music and DJing for several years.[25] In December, she performed "Haenim" live at the Chanel Métiers d’Art 2021/2022 show.[26]
In 2022, Park was selected as an "Industry Icon" by Models.com[27] In September, Chanel announced her as the face of the Première Original Edition watch.[28]
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