Tiffany Young
Tiffany Young |
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 황미영 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Hwang Mi-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Hwang Miyŏng |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 스테파니 황 |
Revised Romanization | Seutepani Hwang |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŭt'ep'ani Hwang |
Stage name | |
Hangul | 티파니 |
Revised Romanization | Tipani |
McCune–Reischauer | T'ip'ani |
Template:Contains Korean text Tiffany (born August 1, 1989), born Stephanie Hwang, is a Korean American singer and dancer of the Korean girl group Girls' Generation.
Biography
Tiffany was born in California, United States and grew up in Diamond Bar as the youngest of three siblings. She auditioned at the SM Starlight Casting System and joined the company in October 2004 in Los Angeles.[1][2] She was trained at SM for 3 years and 7 months.[citation needed] She graduated from Korea Kent Foreign School in April 2007, but Tiffany attended primary school in California in South Pointe Middle School (US) and Diamond Bar High School (US).
Career
Girls' Generation
Girls' Generation is one of South Korea's top female pop groups. The nine-member girl group is often referred to as SNSD, the acronym for their Korean name So Nyeo Shi Dae (소녀시대, or So Nyuh Shi Dae). Girls' Generation made their official debut in August 2007 with single "Into the New World".
Solo activities
In 2008, she released two singles with co-members Jessica and Seohyun — the first called "Oppa Nappa" (Template:Lang-ko)[3] and the second titled "Mabinogi (It's Fantastic!)", a theme song for a video game.[4]
Tiffany has also participated in the OST of SBS' drama Jamyeonggo with the song "나 혼자서" ("By Myself"),[5][6] and was featured in a duet with K.Will called "A Girl, Meets Love".[7]
She was also featured in "너만을 느끼며" ("Oh! My Love to You") by The Blue, alongside bandmate Sooyoung.[8]
Apart from all her solo works, Tiffany was the co-host of Mnet's Sonyeon Sonyeo Gayo Baekseo (Template:Lang-ko), along with Kim Hyesung from November 5, 2007 to June 13, 2008.[9] Furthermore, Tiffany, along with other Girls' Generation member Yuri, is currently the MC on MBC's Music Core.[10][11]
She also sang the song for Caribbean Bay with her fellow members Taeyeon, Seohyun, Jessica and Yuri and with boy group 2PM.
Discography
Awards
Year | Award | Result |
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2008 | Mnet 20's Choice Awards: Hot School Girl | Nominated |
2009 | Mnet Asian Music Awards: Best OST for "By Myself" | Nominated[12] |
References
- ^ Template:Ko icon Newsen.com: 소녀시대 티파니 "LA 축제서 캐스팅", August 1, 2007
- ^ Template:Ko icon Chosun.com: 홀로 숙소 지키는 티파니 "이제서야 외로움이 몰려와요". February 13, 2009
- ^ Template:Ko icon Kim Hyeong-wu. 소녀시대 티파니 “‘오빠나빠’ 활동 당시 성대결절 고생” (Girls' Generation's Tiffany: "'Bad Older Brother' Activities Were Difficult on Vocal Nodules"). JoongAng Ilbo/Newsen. February 16, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ^ Template:Ko icon 소녀시대 티파니 제시카 서현 게임 주제가 신곡 발표 (Girls' Generation's Tiffany/Jessica/Seohyun Announce Game Theme Song as New Single). IS Plus/Newsen. August 1, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ Template:Ko icon StarNews: 티파니, 서현 이어 솔로변신..'자명고' OST 참여, 김지연 기자. MoneyToday. March 25, 2009.
- ^ "티파니 싱글 - 나 혼자서". webpage (in Korean). Maniadb.com. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ Template:En icon The Korea Herald: Tiffany sings own without her members, March 30, 2010
- ^ Template:Ko icon 너만을 느끼며 (Feat. 티파니 & 수영), Cyworld
- ^ Template:Ko icon 카라 한승연, 티파니 후임으로 '소년소녀가요백서' 진행. International Business Times. June 25, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ Template:Ko icon spn.edaily.co.kr: 티파니·유리, '음악중심' 새 MC..."샤방샤방 즐거움 드릴게요", March 28, 2009
- ^ "소녀시대 티파니 유리, '쇼! 음악중심' 새 MC 발탁". webpage (in Korean). Media Daum.com. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
- ^ Template:Ko icon Mnet Asian Music Awards - official website