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Meet Kim Bum's Cousin, Maeng Gina

Posted by sweetitude1 pt Thursday, March 5, 2009

Maeng Gina has been revealed to be the cousin of Boys Over Flower's star Kim Bum. Currently she is a 4th year student at Korea University majoring in International Studies & Communication (for those of you who don't know, it's part of SKY aka Ivy league of Korea). In 2001, she appeared on "(JYP) Park Jin Young's Talented Voice Project 99% Challenge" and was chosen to join JYP Entertainment, under JYP she trained for 5 years to become a singer. In April of 2006 she released a digital single to which Kim Bum wrote on his cyworld encouragingly, "You're a senior to me in life and in the entertainment business, you're family and a friend and we can share the same struggles, my older cousin Gina! This time you really prepared a lot to debut as a singer." In addition, it has been revealed she has sung in the Cain & Abel OST. Unfortunately for her she didn't have much success in the singing business. Image However, she has become a subject of interest because she is one of 2 Koreans that made the first cut of the 50 people chosen (out of several million applicants) in the global project "Dream Career" (Island Caretaker). It's for a newly created position in Queensland Island in Australia as Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. It's a 6 month long position with a salary of $140,000, so there's stiff competition. You can watch her video application here: Her English is surprisingly decent but her pictures and video make her seem like a totally different person. Image

  1. KIM BUM
  2. BOYS BEFORE FLOWERS
  3. BOYS OVER FLOWERS
  4. MAENG GINA
  5. AUSTRIAL
  6. GREAT BARRIER REEF
  7. DREAM CAREER
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