Park Ji-yeon

Park Ji-yeon (born 7 June 1993; Hangul: 박지연; Hanja: 朴芝妍), better known simply as Jiyeon, is a South Korean singer, actress and model. She is best known for being the visual, main dancer and the youngest member of K-pop girl group T-ara.

Biography

1993–2015: Early life

Ji-yeon was born in Seoul, South Korea on 7 June 1993, from a Korean family. She briefly attended School of Performing Arts Seoul, Hyehwa Girls' High School and Lila Art High School, graduating from Lila Art High School in 2012.

2008–2012: Early work, T-ara and career debut

She and Eunjung are the only two members of T-ara to be trained in acting. Instead, the two switched over to singing despite their original intentions.

Ji-yeon has expressed an interest in modeling. In 2008, when she was 15 years old, Ji-yeon was featured in several pictorials and advertisements for clothing company Smart with Korean boy band SHINee. She collaborated with Davichi and SeeYa on the digital single "Female Generation/Forever Love", which was released in May 2009, making her the first member of T-ara to appear in public. She appeared in SG Wannabe's music videos "Saranghae" and "My Love is Crying" from their 2009 album, Gift from SG Wannabe. Early on, the Korean media dubbed Ji-yeon "Little Kim Tae-hee" due to her close resemblance to Kim.