Tuesday, May 29, 2012

[Profile' 12] SNSD Yoona


Im Yoona is a South Korea idol singer, dancer, actress, and promotional model. She was born on May 30, 1990. She is a member and the visual of SNSD (Girl Generation). She was born in Seoul, South Korea. She was cast in 2002 SM Entertainment Saturday Open Casting Audition and began to train with the other trainees under SM Entertainment in the areas of acting, singing, and dancing. She has trained with SME fro 5 years, after which she joined and debuted under SNSD. 

Yoona joined SM Saturday Open Casting Audition in 2002, in which she sane WAX's "Please", danced Britney Spears' "Oops...! I did it agian" and BoA' "Valenti". Later, she began to train under SM Entertainment in carious areas. In 2007, she was chosen as a member of the group Girls' Generation. The 9-member girl group debuted on August 5, 2007.  

Yoona made her debut as an actress in 2007 with the drama "9 Ends, 2 Outs". In 2008, she acted in the drama "Woman of Matchless Beauty" before her first leading role in the daily drama "You Are My Destiny" which she won her important recognitions in acting. Yoona filmed her 2009 drama "Cinderella Man" alongside with Kwon Sang Woo. In 2011, Yoona was cast in a lead role with Jang Geun Suk in the drama entitled "Love Rain". The drama begin broadcast in 2012 on KBS2. "Love Rain" is a fantasy drama about fate and how the offspring of a previous ill-fated couple who met in the 1970s, also manage to fall in love with each other. "Love Rain" will be directed by Yoon Suk Ho with the script by Oh Su Yeon, a pair that also created "Autumn in My Heart" and "Winter Sonata", the latter of which "Love Rain" is being compared too. 

The entertainer was a guest on SBS TV "Family Outing" which ended February 14, 2010, and a permanent cast member on "Family Outing Season 2" with Yoon Sang-hyun, Kim Won-hee, Ji Sang-ryeol, Shin Bong-seon, Jang Dong-min, Super Junior's Kim Heechul, 2AM's Jo Kwon, and 2PM's Ok Taecyeon. The program ended its run on July 11, 2010 after 5 months. On December 24, 2011 she was an MC for 2011 KBS Entertainment Awards together with Shin Dong Yeob and Lee Ji Ae. She was also an MC for 2011 SBS Gayo Daejun together with Song Ji Hyo and Lee Seung Gi. 

Before her debut with Girls' Generation, Yoona bad been well known in the entertainment industry as she began to film commercials and model for various magazines when she was a trainee with SM Entertainment. Apart from Girls' Generation's commericals, she is currently a model for "Clean & Clear", "YeJiMin Pad", "Innisfree Cosmetics", "S-Oil" and "Eider". In May 2008, she with fellow members Tiffany, Jessica, and TVXQ members had a TV ad for Haptic Motion. Along with her fellow member Sooyoung, she modeled for the '08-09 F/W SFAA Seoul Collection - Lee Joo Young Fashion Show' at Seoul Hakyohul Exhibition Hall on March 20, 2008. In April 2010, with fellow members Yuri and Seohyun, along with 2PM members Nichkhun, Chansung, and Taecyeon, she filmed a commercial for Everland's Caribbean Bay. The commercial was released in mid-May and is accompanied by the song "Cabi Song", which was sung by fellow members Tiffany, Jessica, Taeyeon, Sunny, Seohyun, and 2PM members Taecyeon, Junsu, and Chansung. Yoona was chosen along with Korean celevrities such as Rain, Kim Hee Seon, Ji Jin Hee, Ha Ji Won, Son Ye Jin, Kim Hyun Joong, and Yunho to be the model of Cartier's LOVE collections. Proceeds from the sale of the cracelets will go to the international organization International Vaccine Institute. Yoona released her first solo song "Innisfree Day" on August 30, 2010 for the Eco Handkerchief's promotion of Innisfree Cosmetics. 


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