Hye-rim Park
Hye-rim Park, also known as Hye Park, is a South Korean-born American model. She was born January 17, 1985, in Seoul and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah as a teen. She was discovered in 2004 at an open casting call while attending the University of Utah. She is about 5 ft 9.5 in tall, with black hair and brown eyes.
Her runway debut was in the Fall/Winter 2005 season. Her big break came when photographer Steven Meisel shot her for Italian Vogue before the shows began. She walked for Marc Jacobs and Anna Sui in New York, and later for Prada and Miu Miu in Milan. She became the first non-white model to walk Prada since Naomi Campbell in 1997 and the first Asian model to model for Prada.
Her success led to many opportunities in Paris with Balenciaga, Chloe, Lanvin, and Rochas, and runs for Dior, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Max Azria, Alexander McQueen, and Burberry. She has appeared in fashion editorials for Vogue (multiple editions), Allure, Numero, and Harpers Bazaar, among others, and has shot campaigns for brands such as Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana, H&M, MAC, GAP, Tiffany & Co, and MaxMara. She has been the face of Korean brands H&T and KeraSys and speaks English and Korean.
In 2011, during Paris Fashion Week, she became the first ethnic Asian model to walk for Balmain and Isabel Marant. Park married in June 2008.
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