Hyun Ji Shin

In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.

Hyun Ji Shin
Shin in October 2024
Born	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28) Seoul, South Korea
Modeling information
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Agency	IMG Models (worldwide) Gost Agency (Seoul)[1]
Korean name
Hangul	신현지
Revised Romanization	Sin Hyeon-ji
McCune–Reischauer	Sin Hyŏnchi
IPA	[ɕʰin çjʌ̹n.t̟͡ɕi]

Shin Hyun-ji (Korean: 신현지; born 15 March 1996) is a South Korean fashion model. After winning Korea's Next Top Model, Shin appeared on the cover of international Vogue editions.^[2] She currently ranks on models.com's "Industry Icons" list.

Career

Shin (left) with Madison Stubbington backstage at Anna Sui's Fall/Winter 2017 show

Shin's mother enrolled her in a modeling academy and she began her career on Korea's Next Top Model; had she not become a model she would've considered a career as an architect.^[3]

After winning the fourth season of Korea's Next Top Model, besting fellow model HoYeon Jung, she signed with IMG Models.^[4] Internationally, Shin began her career in Sydney, Australia,^[5] before walking for Coach at New York City's Hudson Yards building.^[6] She appeared in 30 fashion shows during her first season, such as Chanel, Prada, Jacquemus, Burberry, Dries van Noten, Miu Miu, Jil Sander, Isabel Marant, DKNY, 3.1 Philip Lim, Rodarte, and Marc Jacobs.^[3][4] Shin was selected as a "Top Newcomer" by Models.com for the Spring Summer 2016 season.^[7]

Shin was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld shortly before his death, for what would ultimately become his final Chanel campaign.^[6] She also appeared in Chanel's Fall Winter 2019 fashion show, which was a tribute to Lagerfeld. Her other career highlights with Chanel include closing the Fall Winter 2020 show alongside American model Gigi Hadid and Danish model Mona Tougaard.^[8] In 2020, she walked more than 20 different shows for designers including Salvatore Ferragamo, Tory Burch, Louis Vuitton, and Yves Saint Laurent.^[9]

Shin has appeared on the cover of CR Fashion Book,^[10] and Asian editions of W and Vogue among others.^[2] She has also been featured in Zara's summer advertisement.^[9]

Shin ranked on models.com's "Top 50" list,^[11] and was nominated as a "Breakout Star" for their 2018 Model of the Year Awards.^[12] Shin says her ultimate goal is to model for decades and she would like to have the longevity of models like Kate Moss, Lauren Hutton, and Cindy Crawford.^[6]

In July 2023, Shin closed the Chanel Haute Couture Fall 2023 Show. The second Asian model to do this after Devon Aoki.^[13]

References

1. "Hyunji Shin – Model".
2. Okwodu, Janelle (1 October 2015). "Hyun Ji Shin Is Having a Very Big Season". Vogue. Condé Nast.
3. McCluskie, Megan; Hart, Alice (30 January 2017). "Watch This Face: Hyun Ji Shin". Harper's Bazaar UK. Hearst UK.
4. Petrarca, Emilia (22 March 2016). "Korea's Next Top Model Winner Hyun Ji Shin Strikes a Pose". W. W Media.
5. Kim, Monica (October 31, 2016). "Korean Model Hyun Ji Shin Shares the Secrets to Her Flawless Skin". Vogue. Condé Nast.
6. Moskovic, Stephen. "The Graduates Hyun Ji Shin". Models.com MDX.
7. "Top Newcomers S/S 2016". models.com.
8. Newbold, Alice (3 March 2020). "Gigi Hadid Is The Ring Leader Of Chanel's New Girl Gang – And We Want In". British Vogue.
9. Holzman, Sarah (23 June 2020). "The Generation of Models to Watch Right Now". Marie Claire.
10. Lin, Summer (21 February 2019). "CYNTHIA ERIVO, SONOYA MIZUNO, ANOK YAI, AND HYUNJI SHIN COVER CR FASHION BOOK ISSUE 14". CR Fashion Book. Hearst Digital Media.
11. "Top 50 Models". models.com.
12. "Model of the Year Awards 2018". models.com. December 19, 2018.
13. "Chanel Haute Couture Fall 2023 Show". Models.com. July 4, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.