The beauty queen with a lackluster acting career
Son Tae Young was born in 1990, entered showbiz thanks to the crown of the Miss Daegu contest, then became even more famous when she won the second runner-up position at the Miss Korea contest in 2000. Not stopping there, the beauty named Son continued to conquer beauty contests when she participated in Miss International and won the first runner-up crown and the Miss Photogenic award. Continually conquering beauty contests, even winning big in the international arena, has made Son Tae Young praised and praised as the pride of Korea for a long time.
After the beauty pageants, Son Tae Young successfully entered the entertainment industry as an actress. In 2001, she had a supporting role in Pure Heart, and just one year later, she was promoted to the female lead in Remember. Her beautiful appearance and natural acting helped Son Tae Young attract the attention of many filmmakers. She also quickly had her first movies and received some attention from the audience.
Working hard as an actress, her acting is not bad, but in fact, Son Tae Young is more noticed for her impressive fashion style. She is also famous for being the MC of many fashion and beauty shows. Talking about the beauty queen’s acting career, the audience will probably find it difficult to mention her life’s work.
Scandalous personal life, changed life thanks to marrying a super rich star
Although her acting career was not very successful, in the early years of her career, Son Tae Young was constantly mentioned in the newspapers because of her scandalous personal life. In 2001, not long after being crowned Miss Runner-up, Son Tae Young was involved in scandals with two stars over 30 years old, singer Joo Young Hoon and actor Shin Hyun Joon. Originally, the beauty named Son was dating Joo Young Hoon but she developed feelings for Shin Hyun Joon when the two filmed a music video together. During the time after that, she was constantly mentioned in love scandals when she dated famous or extremely powerful people such as Cool K and actor Yoon Tae Young – the only son of the former Vice President of Samsung Group. The long list of lovers made Son Tae Young receive a lot of criticism from the audience, many people called her a scandalous Miss Runner-up or even more harshly, a promiscuous beauty.
Son Tae Young is known for her tumultuous love affairs
In 2008, Son Tae Young caused a stir when she publicly dated Kwon Sang Woo – a famous actor known as the “king of tears”. Their relationship was met with strong opposition from the audience. Kwon Sang Woo was even turned away by fans and a series of brands because of his involvement with a controversial star. However, they still decided to stay together and immediately got married in 2008.
Marrying Kwon Sang Woo was probably the best choice of Son Tae Young’s life. The scandals surrounding her have officially ended, replaced by a dream life. She and her husband currently live in a villa in the US. When she showed off this villa, the Korean media exploded, many people even discovered that her family raised… deer in the garden, showing the wealth of this family. It is known that Kwon Sang Woo is also a big shot in the real estate industry, owning a series of properties worth up to 70 billion won (about 1,294 billion VND). In addition, Kwon Sang Woo also invests in real estate abroad and it was revealed that he bought a penthouse in Australia’s Gold Coast.
Thanks to her husband’s successful business, Son Tae Young has a very happy life even though she has not acted in a movie for 7 years. Currently at the age of 44, she also has a youthful appearance, even looking like she has aged backwards compared to 10 years ago.