Han Hyun-min (Korean: 한현민; born 19 May 2001) is a South Korean-Nigerian model and actor, who gained national recognition by becoming the first Korean model of African descent to walk the catwalks in South Korea and internationally.
Early life
Han was born in 2001 to a Nigerian father and a Korean mother from the Cheongju Han clan. He was raised in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, where many foreigners in South Korea reside.[1] Growing up in Seoul, Han faced racial discrimination as a biracial child and has publicly spoken up about his experiences.[2]
Career
A modeling agency discovered Han via his Instagram at age 15 while he was still in school. They arranged a meeting and met at a coffee shop where they asked him to walk and signed him on the spot. He quickly became one of Korea's most in-demand models and was named one of TIME Magazine’s 30 most influential teens.[2]
In June 2022, Han signed a contract with Sublime.[3]
^Woo Da-bin (9 June 2022). "김진경·한현민, 써브라임과 전속계약…송강호와 한솥밥" [Kim Jin-kyung and Han Hyun-min signed an exclusive contract with Sublime... Song Kang-ho and Hansotbap] (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved 11 June 2022 – via Naver.
^Kim Hyun-rok (31 December 2021). "특송', 2022 여는 쾌속 범죄오락액션…첫 공개부터 '후끈" ['Special Delivery', a high-speed crime entertainment action that opens in 2022... 'Hot' from the first release] (in Korean). SPOTV News. Retrieved 31 December 2021 – via Naver.
^넷플릭스 오리지널 ‘지구망’ 제작 돌입…최영재-민니 등 출연 [공식] [Netflix original'global network' production begins Choi Youngjae-Minni and others appeared [Official]author=Jeong Hee-yeon]. Sports Donga. 25 September 2020.