Starting with Sandara Park, few Koreans have also tried their luck in the entertainment industry in the Philippines. One of them is Jinri Park, a model who currently making a future for herself in the country.
Jinri Park was born in Incheon, but moved in the Philippines with her parents and sister when she was 6 years old where she grew up.
According to Koreaboo, Jinri, 28, finished high school in the Philippines and then flew back to Korea to study medicine. It was only after 2 years that she realized that he wanted to be a celebrity.
Jinri eventually flew back to the Philippines where she met a photographer. This was the beginning of Jinri Park's modeling career.
She struggled for 3 years to catch a break. But it was only when FHM Philippines asked Jinri to do a sexy photo shoot that things looked up for her.
Jinri also appeared in many other magazine covers in the Philippines, including Uno Magazine and Muse. Jinri even has a gravure photo book by FHM titled "The Jinri Experience", the first in the country.
"I think the sexy image is not really who I am. I see myself going a different direction, because now I'm doing more of acting and hosting," said Jinri in an interview with The Freeman. "I'm moving on from being sexy, because I'm also getting older."
She also became a co-host of a television show titled "KISPINOY". KISPINOY was a K-pop icon TV show in the country. Jinri also became a contestant in a reality TV show in the country titled "Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7". But she left the contest because of personal reasons.
Jinri currently has 140,000 followers on Twitter and an astounding 479,000 followers on Instagram. Do follow visit her Instagram account @jinri_88 to see more of her.
