K-Plus

YGKPlus
Native name
주식회사 키이스트
Industry Fashion
Founded 2008
Founder Go Eun-kyung
Headquarters Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Key people
Ko Eun-kyung
Parent YG Entertainment
Website YGKPlus

K-Plus (Korean: 케이플러스) is a model management company established by fashion model-turned-CEO Go Eun Kyung.

History

K-Plus was established in 2008 by Ko Eun Kyung, fashion model-turned-CEO, who has nurtured hundreds of top models including Cha Seung-won and Park Dool Sun for the past 20 years. She is also famous as a planner for events at New York Carnegie Hall and in Pyeongyang, as well as for Seoul Fashion Week. K-Plus is Korea’s leading model agency that has been doing planning for professional fashion shows, model arrangement for TV, magazine, and advertisement, model management including models’ entrance into overseas markets, and nurturing of professional fashion models. The company now manages 170 models including Jang Ki Yong who appeared in the music video of IU’s “The Red Shoes”, Choi Sora who is the final winner of cable channel OnStyle’s “Korea’s Next Top Model Season 3” show, Stephanie Lee who has drawn attention with her appearance in “Neutrogena”’s CF, as well as Park Hyung Sup and Lee Sung Kyung.[1]

On February 2014, K-Plus has signed a contract for strategic partnership and share investment with talent agency YG Entertainment and finalized the merger with a new name called "YG KPLUS" in September.[2] YG actor Cha Seung-won will be training K-Plus models to become future actors.[3]

On September 2014, Top model Kang Seung-hyun signed a contract with YGKPlus.[4]

Models

  • Byun Woo-seok
  • Choi So-ra
  • Choi Ara
  • Hong Hyo
  • Hwang So-hee
  • Jang Ki-yong
  • Jeong Yongsoo
  • Ji ESuu
  • Joo Woo-jae
  • Jung Sung-joon
  • Jung Yoo-jin
  • Kang Chul-woong
  • Kang Hui
  • Kang Seung-hyun
  • Kim Han-byul
  • Kim Ki-bum
  • Kim Ye-rim
  • Lee Joo-hyung
  • Lee Ha-eun
  • Lee Seung-mee
  • Lee Sung-kyung
  • Nam Joo-hyuk
  • Park Byung-min
  • Park Hyeong-seop
  • Shin Hye Jin
  • Park Sun Ha
  • Yoon Seo Na
  • Shin Ha Young
  • Shin Jae-hyuk
  • Stephanie Lee
  • Um Ye-jin

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