Choi Yeon-cheong reveals her glamorous family background and reason for entering the Chinese market on 'Knowing Bros': "Acknowledging the objective reality"

Choi Yeon-cheong appeared on JTBC’s variety show ″Knowing Bros″ and talked about her family and activities in China. The episode aired on the 8th featured guests Hong Jin-ho, Park Ji-min, Heo Seong-beom, and Choi Yeon-cheong, who were active in ″Blood Game X.″ On the show, Kim Shin-young revealed about Choi Yeon-cheong’s family, ″Her father was a judge, and her husband is also a current judge. There are legal professionals, media company representatives, and members of the National Assembly in her family,″ to which Choi Yeon-cheong agreed. Choi Yeon-cheong explained that her real name is Choi Gyuri, and her nickname is ″Gyulyang.″ She said, ″Because my real name is Gyuri, my friends have called me Gyulyang since I was young.″ She also gained great popularity on TikTok with the ″Gyulyang Challenge,″ running two channels with 3 million and 3.5 million followers respectively, totaling 6.5 million followers. She revealed that the ″Gyulyang Challenge,″ which uses a candy gun, became popular among many celebrities as well. Regarding her entry into the Chinese market, Choi Yeon-cheong said, ″Things didn’t go well in Korea, so I went there.″ She added, ″I was a child actress and appeared in Super Junior music videos as an adult, but after repeatedly failing auditions without practicing acting, I got my act together and went to China.″ Born in 1993, Choi Yeon-cheong debuted as a child actress and was the Jeonbuk representative in Miss Korea 2013. She also played the role of the young Chunhyang, studied Korean traditional music, and debuted as a model. Later, she signed an exclusive contract with a major Chinese agency and was active there. She experienced a hiatus of about two years due to thyroid cancer treatment in 2020 but married her current judge husband in June 2023 and has a son.