Mary-Jane Kang

| BASICS |

TRAINEE FULL NAME | Kang Minseo

OTHER NAMES | Mary-Jane Kang (Most people call her Mary-Jane because that is what she introduces herself as first and then introduces her Korean name.)

AGE
27

BIRTHDAY
23rd August 1992

BIRTHPLACE
London, UK

HOMETOWN
London, UK

NATIONALITY
Korean-English

HEIGHT
165cm

WEIGHT
56kg

| PERSONALITY & BACKGROUND |

POSITIVE PERSONALITY
+ Leader; she is a very responsible person and knows how to take control of situations and how to lead people.
+ Helpful; she is always willing to help the younger artists and trainees when they are struggling.
+ Sentimental; she has always put family before herself and she truly cherishes what she has with her. She doesn't like taking things for granted, even though she sometimes unknowingly does.
+ Relentless; she works hard tirelssly but not everyone knows this because she usually does this when nobody is around. This is one of the reasons why she is always stressed out.
+ Humorous; she has a very good sense of humour when she is in a good mood. She has a lot of mum jokes up her sleeve.
+ Versatile; she is known for being very adaptable to different types of concepts whether it is a sexy concept, a dark concept or a cute concept.
+ Open; unless it is something that she doesn't want people to know such as who she is dating, she lets her fans known a lot more about her life than most idols and that is one of the reasons that people like her.

NEGATIVE PERSONALITY
+ Cold-hearted; when people have put her in a bad mood, she will make sure that you know and is not one to be passive about it.
+ Straight-forward; she likes to address issues head on instead of just beating about the bush or trying to put it off. Also if she has a problem with something her fans are doing, she will tell them to stop, not in a rude way but she will tell them. This can be viewed as a bit negative though as some people may find her insensitive.
+ Sharp-tongued; she knows how to hit back at haters with witty but snappy responses that can quickly shut people down.
+ Opinionated; she tends to voice her opinions on things that are on her mind. This can be goodbut this can also be bad. People like her because of how real she is, however she doesn't go out of her way to be bitchy.

BACKGROUND
Minseo grew up in London, UK with her parents Maddox Kang and Kang Hari. In school, she showed a lot of interest in  gymnastics and acting and so she joined the drama club and her local gymnastics team. She excelled in both activities. She and her gymnastics team entered into a national and regional competitions. She won a lot of these competitions quickly worked her way to being one of the best junior gymnasts in the country. When she turned 19, she had a sudden change of heart though. She gained a sudden interest in music. She started getting singing lessons and rap lessons from a private music teacher. After a year of lessons, she decided she would audition for YG Entertainment as it was one of the most successful entertainments. The audition was a success and she got into the company. However, 2 years later, she left the company due to the poor treatment of her health and safety from the CEO and the staff.

FAMILY
Kang Hari | Mother | Neurosurgeon | 10/10
Maddox / Matthew Kang | Father | Tailor | 10/10

LIKES
+ Late night walks
+ Sunsets
+ Working out
+ Helping people
+ Decorating
+ Listening to her favourite groups on repeat
+ Listening to piano covers of songs whilst closing her eyes and relaxing
+ Sponge cake and ginger cake

DISLIKES
+ Unecessary hatred towards people
+ Chocolate (especially hot chocolate)
+ When people have no respect
+ Cheese
+ Snow
+ Rain

TRIVIA
+ She doesn't like acting or being cute but if she has to, she will.
+ She is a pretty strong person.
+ She is allergic to cat hair.
+ She is allergic to sesame.
+ She is really flexible because she used to do gymnastics. She is also good at tumbling.
+ She knows Japanese, Mandarin and Korean because she loves learning new languages. She is now learning Spanish.
+ Minseo has a really good memory and can memorise things in a short space of time.
+ She loves dramas and her dream is to get into acting.

| FACE CLAIM |

MAIN FACE CLAIM
Lee Yuna (Brave Girls)

BACKUP FACE CLAIM
Solar (Mamamoo)

BACKUP BACKUP FACE CLAIM
Heize (Soloist)

| TRAINEE LIFE |

STAGE NAME
Mary-Jane

CELEBRITY RELATIONS
Jessi, Tiffany Hwang, Daesung, Park Seo Joon & Jay Park

IF MALE TRAINEE, WHEN SHOULD HE GO TO THE ARMY?
n/a

| LOVE LIFE |

LOVE INTEREST
Choi Minho (Shinee)

BACKUP LOVE INTEREST
Changmin (TVXQ)

HOW THEY MET
They were doing a hosting job together and back stage, they got to talking and exchanged phone numbers.

HOW THEY GOT TOGETHER
They met again at a club while celebrating a mutual friends birthday and they got really close, dancing together the whole night and just enjoying each other's company. They even ended up kissing but that was the alcohol in their system. The next day he asked to meet up and asked her to be his girlfriend.

HOW THEY CONFIRM DATING
They were actually caught kissing while on what people believe is a date while they were walking hand in hand.

DO THEY BREAK UP?
No, they dont.

IF YES TO ABOVE, AFTER HOW LONG OF DATING?
n/a

DO THEY GET BACK TOGETHER?
n/a

WILL THEY GET ENGAGED, MARRIED AND HAVE KIDS?
They get engaged for 8 months and then get married. They have 2 kids, a girl and a boy.

| SKILLS |

SPECIALITY
Vocal

AUDITION - VOCAL/RAP
Gogobebe (Mamamoo) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9tlyoXQpAo

AUDITION - DANCE
Lip & Hip (Hyuna) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbbYy-7E2-4

ARTISTS THEY ARE BASED ON
Ailee | BoA | Sunmi | Hyuna