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Korea's Next Top Model
''Korea's Next Top Model'' (abbreviated as KNTM; also known as ''Do-jeon! Supermodel Korea'' (도전! 수퍼모델 코리아; ) is a South Korean reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of ''Korea's Next Top Model'' and a chance to start their career in the modelling industry. The prize also includes a feature in W Magazine Korea and a contract for a brand. As part of the Top Model series, ''Top Model'' franchise, it is based on the hit American TV show ''America's Next Top Model'', and it shares the same format. On 6 January 2010 it was announced that Korean channel Onstyle would begin production of a Korean version of the model search show. Model Jang Yoon-ju would helm the judging panel as the host of the show. Plans for a male-exclusive spin off began in 2014 before a 5th regular installment was aired, but the idea was put on hold. It was subsequently revealed that cycle 5 of the series would be a co-ed edition featuring male contestants. Prem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first Black American woman to be featured on the covers of '' GQ'' and the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'', on which she appeared three times. Banks was one of only a few Black models to achieve Supermodel status. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the world's top-earning models. Banks began acting on television in the sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' (1993) and made her film debut in the drama ''Higher Learning'' (1995). In 2000, she had major film roles, such as Eve in Disney Channel's '' Life-Size'' and Zoe in the box-office hit '' Coyote Ugly.'' Banks had small roles in the romantic sports film '' Love & Basketball'' (2000), the horror film '' Halloween: Resurrection'' (2002), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saipan
Saipan () is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, an unincorporated Territories of the United States, territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 estimates by the United States Census Bureau, the population of Saipan was 43,385. Its people have been United States citizens since the 1980s. Saipan is one of the main homes of the Chamorro people, Chamorro, the Indigenous peoples of Oceania, indigenous people of the Mariana Islands. Saipan has been inhabited for over four thousand years. From the 17th century, the island experienced Spanish Empire#Pacific exploration and trade, Spanish occupation and rule until the Spanish–American War of 1898, when Saipan was briefly occupied by the United States, before being German–Spanish Treaty (1899), formally sold German New Guinea#Imperial German Pacific protectorates, to Germany. About 15 years of German rule were South Seas Mandate, followed by 30 years of Empire of Japan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea's Next Top Model
''Korea's Next Top Model'' (abbreviated as KNTM; also known as ''Do-jeon! Supermodel Korea'' (도전! 수퍼모델 코리아; ) is a South Korean reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of ''Korea's Next Top Model'' and a chance to start their career in the modelling industry. The prize also includes a feature in W Magazine Korea and a contract for a brand. As part of the Top Model series, ''Top Model'' franchise, it is based on the hit American TV show ''America's Next Top Model'', and it shares the same format. On 6 January 2010 it was announced that Korean channel Onstyle would begin production of a Korean version of the model search show. Model Jang Yoon-ju would helm the judging panel as the host of the show. Plans for a male-exclusive spin off began in 2014 before a 5th regular installment was aired, but the idea was put on hold. It was subsequently revealed that cycle 5 of the series would be a co-ed edition featuring male contestants. Prem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas
Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-largest in the Southwestern United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had 641,903 residents in 2020, with a metropolitan population of 2,227,053, making it the 24th-most populous city in the United States. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. Most of these venues are located in downtown Las Vegas or on the Las Vegas Strip, which is outside city limits in the unincorporated towns of Paradise and Winchester. The Las Vegas Valley serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center in Nevada. Las Vegas was settled in 1905 and officially incorporated in 1911. At the close of the 20th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phuket (city)
Phuket ( ; or , ) is a city in the southeast of Phuket Island, Thailand, and the capital of Phuket province. the Thesaban, city municipality had a population of 71,284 and an Urban area, urban population of 252,515 in the entire district of Mueang Phuket district, Amphoe Mueang. When considering the broader metropolitan area, the population is approximately 400,000. Phuket is 862 km (535.6 mi) south of Bangkok. History Phuket is one of the oldest cities in Thailand. It was an important port on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula where Chinese immigrants first landed. Phuket Old Town is a quarter studded with heritage buildings in ten streets: Klang, Phang Nga, Rassada, Dee Buk, Krabi, Thep Kasattri, Phuket, Yaowarat, Satun, and Soi Rammanee. These older buildings show Phuket town's former prosperity. They were constructed when tin mining was an important industry on the island. Their architectural style is called "Sino-Portuguese architecture, Sino-Portuguese" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HoYeon Jung
Jung Ho-yeon (; born June 23, 1994) is a South Korean fashion model and actress. She began her career as a freelance model in 2010, walking in Fashion in Korea#Seoul Fashion Week, Seoul Fashion Week shows for two years. In 2013, she competed on the Korea's Next Top Model (season 4), fourth season of ''Korea's Next Top Model'' and placed as a runner-up. She became known for her "fiery" red hair after making her international runway debut during New York Fashion Week. She was a Louis Vuitton exclusive in 2016, and became a global ambassador for the brand in 2021. Jung made her acting debut in 2021, starring in Squid Game season 1, the first season of the Netflix series ''Squid Game'' as Kang Sae-byeok, which brought her worldwide attention and critical acclaim as the series' breakout star. For her role on the series, she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outsta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyun Ji Shin
Shin Hyun-ji (; born 15 March 1996) is a South Korean fashion model. After winning ''Korea's Next Top Model'', Shin appeared on the cover of international ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'' editions. She currently ranks on models.com's "Industry Icons" list. Career Shin's mother enrolled her in a modeling academy and she began her career on ''Korea's Next Top Model''; had she not become a model she would've considered a career as an architect. After winning the Korea's Next Top Model (season 4), fourth season of ''Korea's Next Top Model'', besting fellow model HoYeon Jung, she signed with IMG Models. Internationally, Shin began her career in Sydney, Australia, before walking for Coach New York, Coach at New York City's Hudson Yards (development), Hudson Yards building. She appeared in 30 fashion shows during her first season, such as Chanel, Prada, Jacquemus, Burberry, Dries van Noten, Miu Miu, Jil Sander, Isabel Marant, DKNY, 3.1 Philip Lim, Rodarte, and Marc Jacobs. Shin was selec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siem Reap
Siem Reap (, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap possesses French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter and around the Old Market. The city is a major hub for tourism in Cambodia due to its close proximity to the ancient temples of Angkor constructed during the Khmer Empire. In and around the city there are museums, traditional Apsara dance performances, a Cambodian cultural village, souvenir and handicraft shops, silk farms, rice paddies in the countryside, fishing villages and a bird sanctuary near Tonlé Sap, and a cosmopolitan drinking and dining scene. Siem Reap was named the ASEAN City of Culture for the period 2021–2022 at the 9th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA) organized on Oct 22, 2020. History The name "Siem Reap" can be translated to mean 'defeat of Siam' (''siem'' in Khmer) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Han-bit
Choi Han-bit () is a South Korean model, actress and singer. She was a member of the South-Korean girl group Mercury. She is a graduate of the School of Dance at the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul, where she majored in Korean traditional dance. With the support of her parents, Choi underwent male-to-female sex reassignment surgery in 2006. She changed her given name to Han-bit, and is legally recognized as female in South Korea. In an interview, Choi said that "living with the female body itself brought me the greatest feeling of euphoria", but also that she has "a fond memory of the past before the operation". Prior to her surgery, she had appeared on the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) television show ''Yoo Jae-suk's Jinsil Game'' in 2005. She was a contestant on '' Korea's Next Top Model season 3'', where she ended 10th. Career After transitioning, Choi began to pursue her lifelong ambition of becoming a model. In 2009, she was amongst more than 1,200 applica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
