The life of Korean runner-up Go Hyun Jung at the age of 24 is the most brilliant, successful and powerful as well as the fairy tale “Cinderella”. In 1995, Go Hyun Jung got into a flower car with Jung Yong Jin. He is the son of the number one Korean tycoon family Samsung. The marriage makes the whole Asian entertainment industry admire, but many people think that Go Hyun Jung married because of greed for money. She decided to ignore all social prejudices and walked into the aisle with the Prince of her life. The idea that the runner-up has a beautiful ending like a love story, unexpectedly is the beginning of the hell on earth.
Korean runner-up smashes the stereotype of “mobile vases”
Go Hyun Jung was born in 1971, in a small area of Hwasun County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Since childhood, Go Hyun Jung has shown outstanding talent in the field of art, but the small countryside is not an ideal place for this beauty to develop her talent. Go Hyun Jung decided to go to Seoul to study. After many years of hard work with books, she earned a diploma in Performing Arts from Dongguk University – a large private university in Korea.
In 1989, Go Hyun Jung gained attention when she won the crown of 1st runner-up in the Miss Korea contest. This is also the first pedestal to help her enter the entertainment industry as an actress. At first, Go Hyun Jung was not appreciated. Because from the past until now, Miss or runner-up Korea has been evaluated by the public as a “mobile vase”, trying to cling to the name of an actor to find a rich husband.
But with natural talent, Go Hyun Jung smashed this prejudice. The drama “Hourglass” played by the runner-up became the movie that once achieved the highest rating record in Korean television history with 64.5%. She was recognized by the audience and professionals for her acting ability, transforming into the most sought-after star at that time.
Become a real-life Cinderella when you marry the grandson of the Samsung chairman
At the peak of his career, Go Hyun Jung announced his departure from the entertainment industry to marry Jung Yong Jin. Her is the Vice President of Korea’s most senior commercial group Shinsegae, also the grandson of the Chairman of Samsung. Jung Yong Jin’s mother, Mrs. Lee Myung Hee, assumes the position of the core President of Shinsegae.
At the time the couple got married, fiance Go Hyun Jung’s fortune was about $ 1.3 billion (more than 30 trillion dong) – a huge number that makes anyone overwhelmed. To the surprise of the public, Go Hyun Jung officially became the daughter-in-law of the richest and most powerful family in Korea, Samsung. In order to preserve the prestigious marriage, Go Hyun Jung gave up everything, including her peak career, to return to be a gentle wife, supporting a powerful husband.
Being a tycoon’s daughter-in-law is difficult, for someone like Go Hyun Jung who can’t take a golden spoon from her infancy, it’s even more miserable. Because not everyone can change to adapt to the lavish lifestyle of the super-rich.
Giving up the showbiz throne to take care of her family, Go Hyun Jung was despised by her husband’s family because of her low background. In the palace of the Shinsegae corporation, she was nothing more than a maid.
Remember before getting married, Go Hyun Jung and Jung Yong Jin met by chance during a visit to New York by the actress. Because of his bad English, Go Hyun Jung was unable to find his seat at the Winter Garden Theater. It was at this moment that Jung Yong Jin came to her rescue like a prince. Such a romantic story will also be revealed someday. After the two got married, Go Hyun Jung’s poor English became an effective tool for her husband’s family to suppress her every day.
Every day at home, the Jung family members all use English to communicate, and Go Hyun Jung can only sit there, looking at them with soulless eyes. She did not dare to start a conversation and was even more excluded from the family life. After determined to improve their English so as not to fall behind the family, the husband’s family deliberately switched to speaking in French. Between the proud family and the runner-up, there is an unbreakable wall. They looked at Go Hyun Jung with half their eyes, like someone who can never stand on the same level no matter how hard they try.
5 years after getting married, Go Hyun Jung gave birth to a son and a princess for the Samsung family. When the family had an heir, Go Hyun Jung was quickly forced to divorce. Jung Yong Jin shared with his bedmate 1.5 billion won (about 31 billion dong) – an amount like small coins in his huge fortune. Go Hyun Jung lost custody of her children, even meeting her children could not because the power of her husband’s family was too great.
“Many people say I married for money, but that’s not true. I used to love that man very much. At that time, he was a gentle and warm person. But maybe we decided to get married. kissing too fast and not thinking properly”, Go Hyun Jung reflected on his turbulent marriage.
The strong woman finds the “throne” so that her children can see her mother
The marriage failed, Go Hyun Jung found her way back to the entertainment industry. However, she could not appear on television because of pressure from her husband’s family. Her ex-mother-in-law also announced that she forbade her from doing advertisements or appearing on any products or projects of Samsung and Shinsegae corporations. Alone with no power, no place, no husband and children, the runner-up was almost completely devastated. Of course, at this time, the public is still unaware of the tragedy behind the lavish marriage of Go Hyun Jung and the grandson of Samsung Chairman.
During the years of struggling to find his way back to the entertainment industry, Go Hyun Jung had to fight a lot with the oppressive forces behind the curtain of showbiz. She rarely appears in advertising campaigns or official events, nor does she participate in hit movies. Instead, the actress completely changed her image and even cut her salary to try more academic works.
In 2009, Go Hyun Jung became the most expensive actress on the Korean screen thanks to the blockbuster “Queen Seondeok”. She regained her footing with a series of prestigious awards such as the Daesang at the MBC Drama Awards and the Baeksang Arts Awards, the Best Actress award at a series of domestic awards ceremonies, becoming the highest-paid actress in history. Korean television history.
In 2010, Go Hyun Jung continued to break the Korean screen, and with his brother founded his own empire – the entertainment company IOK Company, and then published books, produced movies, started a fashion business, and challenged with newcomers. new position as MC, professor of Dongguk University… The scepter returned to the queen after many difficulties. Go Hyun Jung is also very different now, no longer the resigned woman behind the gilded apron that her husband’s family arbitrarily threw to her.
In 2009, Go Hyun Jung decided to expose the hellish married life on television, creating a huge earthquake. Now she has everything in hand, except for a family home. Her ex-husband has married a new wife, her son and daughter have also entered university. They have never been able to meet their mother once because of the great influence of the Jung Yong Jin family. Talking about her 15-year-long journey to regain the glory, Go Hyun Jung said that she decided to act again just for the purpose of letting her children see their mother on the screen. The old separation wall still exists, the reality of social class stratification is still there, Go Hyun Jung no matter how powerful he is, he still has to succumb to the mighty Samsung empire.
Netflix has unveiled new stills of its highly anticipated upcoming drama “Mask Girl”!
“Mask Girl” is led by Go Hyun Jung, Nana, Ahn Jae Hong, Yeom Hye Ran, and Choi Daniel, and tells the story of an ordinary office worker who becomes a masked girl at night.
Kim Mo Mi [Nana/ Go Hyun Jung/a 3rd rookie actress] is a plain office worker who lacks confidence in her appearance and gets involved in various mishaps while working as a masked internet broadcaster. Joo Oh Nam [Ahn Jae Hong] is a colleague of Kim Mo Mi’s and secretly admires her. He also suffers from low self-esteem and finds solace in watching internet broadcasts. He becomes caught up in an unexpected situation with Kim Mo Mi.
The drama has attracted attention from the start due to its unconventional casting of challenging three actors to portray the character of Kim Mo Mi, who undergoes extreme changes in the whirlpool of fate. The revealed stills capture the attention with the three different faces of Kim Mo Mi, each in the identities of an internet broadcast BJ, a showgirl, and a prisoner, each with ambiguous identities and statuses.
Firstly, the appearance of Kim Mo Mi, a company employee with appearance complexes, draws attention. Although she dreamt of becoming an entertainer, she couldn’t fulfill her dream due to her looks. As the internet broadcast BJ ‘Mask Girl,’ she dances seductively while wearing a mask and radiates an irresistible charm. However, her brief moment of happiness, being loved by many, is interrupted when she gets involved in an unavoidable confrontation with someone with ill intentions, leading her to cross a point of no return.
The curiosity of the prospective viewers about the rookie actress who plays the first Kim Mo Mi is growing as the veil over her character remains. Director Kim Yong-hoon expressed, “After seeing numerous auditions and meeting many actors, I felt destined to meet her. Her strong desire to act resonated deeply with Kim Mo Mi’s emotions.”
Nana portrays Kim Mo Mi, who gains the appearance she dreamt of after an unexpected event. Hiding her true identity, she starts working as a showgirl under the name of Areum, receiving enthusiastic applause once again under the glamorous spotlight.
Lastly, after a series of incidents, the imprisoned Mask Girl, also known as ‘Mask Girl murder case’ protagonist or ‘Prisoner Number 1047,’ is portrayed by Go Hyun Jung. Director Kim Yong-hoon expressed, “It is an honor to work with Go Hyun Jung, whom I have been a big fan of,” showing his affection for her.
