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Posted by Hannah-Lee Wednesday, June 16, 2021

K-Pop idols who were child models

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While being an idol takes a great amount of hard work and dedication, some lucky idols were born with talent. Even before their trainee period, these male and female artists were in front of the camera! Check out some of the most adorable former child-model idols below. 

Stray Kids' Bang Chan

Although he's now the leader of an extremely talented global group, Stray Kids' Bang Chan was once the model for Australian beef!

TOMORROW X TOGETHER's Taehyun

TOMORROW X TOGETHER's Taehyun had the same big eyes and adorable appearance when he was younger!

NCT's Jeno

It's hard not to fall in love with Jeno's cute and refreshing commercial from when he used to be a child model. 

TREASURE's Junkyu

Fans have fallen head over heels for baby Junkyu after seeing pictures of him from his modeling days. 


MOMOLAND's Nancy and SEVENTEEN's Vernon

Even before meeting each other as debuted idols, MOMOLAND's Nancy and SEVENTEEN's Vernon modeled together when they were younger. 

SF9's Chani

SF9's Chani is known as an all-rounder — he can sing, dance, rap, act, and even model!

iKON's Chanwoo

Before joining iKON, Chanwoo was not only a child actor, but also an adorable model!


GFriend's SinB

It's hard to believe how talented and adorable SinB was as a child model!


ASTRO's Moonbin

ASTRO's Moonbin stole hearts since day one as a child model.

  1. Moonbin
  2. SinB
  3. Chanwoo
  4. Nancy
  5. Jeno
  6. Vernon
  7. Chani
  8. Bang Chan
  9. TREASURE
  10. Taehyun
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And three of them were in the DBSK Ballons music video haha

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Diamond_White536 pts Wednesday, June 16, 2021 0
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Why didn’t they include the then and now photos… Would have made the article more interesting.

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