Saturday, July 28, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Honey Lee Likely to Become 1st Hallyu Miss Korea
Honey Lee, who finished fourth at the 2007 Miss Universe beauty pageant, has recently drawn attention from Singapore's The Electric New Paper.It was the first time the daily introduced a beauty contestant, not a celebrity. It wrote that Lee, who holds a third degree black belt in taekwondo, "once played 'bodyguard' to actress Kim Tae-hee" when she was in college, because she is 10 centimeters taller than Kim and has excellent taekwondo skills. The daily wrote, "The two beauties have been good friends since joining the same ski club while studying at Korea's prestigious Seoul National University in 2004."
Lee currently hosts a weekly entertainment show along with emcee Seo Kyung-seok, but she denies that she has made an official debut in showbiz. The Singaporean daily quoted Lee's agency as saying that Lee "wants to represent traditional Korean beauty and culture to the world. And this is the first step toward fulfilling her goal."
The Electronic New Paper showed great interest in Lee, adding that she received a traditional red Mexican doll from the First Lady of Mexico at the Miss Universe competition back in May.
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Monday, July 23, 2007
She strikes the right notes
LOOKING at the lovely Miss Korea Honey Lee, you'd think she needs to be protected against unwanted male attention. But this sassy girl can fend them off herself, thank you very much.
Honey Lee holds a black belt in Taekwondo.
She holds a third degree black belt in taekwondo, and once played 'bodyguard' to petite actress Kim Tae Hee (Love Story In Harvard).
Honey, 24, told JoongAng Daily: 'I'm taller so I said I'd be Tae Hee Onni's [Kim Tae Hee] (Onni = Korean for older sister) bodyguard.'
Standing at 1.73m, she is a good 10cm taller than Tae Hee, 27. The two beauties have been good friends since joining the same ski club while studying at Korea's prestigious Seoul National University in 2004.
It was also through her pal that Honey, whose Korean name is Lee Ha Neui, got to 'spy' on her favourite male actor Jung Woo Sung (Daisy).
When Tae Hee was in China filming the movie with Woo Sung last year, Honey said she would always call her to ask what he was doing and joke that she wanted to fly over to meet him.
But now, it seems that Honey may get to meet the hunk herself.
From last Wednesday, she has started co-hosting the showbiz news programme Real Time TV Entertainment, aired on Seoul Broadcasting System.
Her showbiz debut registered a reasonably good rating of 8.8, but her agency said it does not mean she plans to pursue a career in entertainment.
A spokesman said: 'She wants to represent traditional Korean beauty and culture to the world. And this is the first step toward fulfilling her goal.'
After all, Honey already got the world to notice her when she emerged third runner-up at the Miss Universe contest held in Mexico in May.
She also won the Best National Costume for an 'exquisite' hanbok.
Born to an intelligence official father and university professor mother, Honey has mastered the musical instrument, the kayageum (Korean zither) and has been named a prodigy by a prestigious musical foundation in Korea.
MUSICALLY GIFTED
She is now a post-graduate student at the Seoul National University, after earning an honours degree in traditional music.
The musically-gifted beauty not only plays the violin, piano and flute, but has a sporty side too.
She said on the official Miss Universe website: 'I grew up in Seoul. Unlike other girls, I loved to go out and play all sorts of sports.
'When I was not at school studying or at practice hall playing the kayageum,
I usually went outside to ski, learn taekwondo, or swim.'
Returning home from Mexico early last month, she said she did her best at the competition and 'feel proud of myself for getting into the top five'.
She brought home a souvenir - a red doll given to her by the First Lady of Mexico.
'I brought it back because I heard that it can mark my (future) husband's face if he cheats on me,' she told The Chosun Ilbo with a coy smile.
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Today was Honey's first day at Real time TV Entertainment!
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