Sora Choi facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sora Choi
Sora Choi modeling for Swiss Perfection in 2021
Born	최소라 (1992-09-05) September 5, 1992 (age 32) Bucheon, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Occupation	Model
Years active	2012–present
Spouse(s)	Kove Lee ​ (m. 2019)​
Modeling information
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Agency	Gost (Seoul) The Lions (New York) Ford Models (Paris) Special Management (Milan)
Korean name
Hangul	최소라
Revised Romanization	Choe So-ra
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Sora

Sora Choi (Hangul: 최소라; born September 5, 1992) is a famous South Korean fashion model. She won the third season of the TV show Korea's Next Top Model. Today, she is known as one of the most popular models in the world. As of 2024, Sora Choi has walked in 537 fashion shows. She has also appeared on 17 Vogue magazine covers.

Early Life and Discovery

Sora Choi was born and grew up in Bucheon, South Korea. She studied modeling at Dongduk Women's University. This is one of the top schools for fashion in South Korea.

Sora was discovered when she was in high school. She went with a friend to a modeling audition. But the agency offered Sora a contract instead of her friend!

Modeling Career

Starting Out (2012-2017)

Sora Choi started her modeling career in Korea. In 2012, she won Korea's Next Top Model. This TV show helped her become very well known in Korea's fashion world. Her first magazine cover was for W Korea in the same year.

Her first international fashion show was in September 2013. She opened the Christopher Raeburn show. Sora mostly worked in Korea at first. Then, she got a special request from Louis Vuitton. She made her official international debut at their show in May 2014 in Monaco.

In 2015, she became the first South Korean model chosen by Louis Vuitton for Paris Fashion Week. The designer Nicolas Ghesquiere picked her himself. That season, she also walked for other big brands. These included Alexander Wang, Fendi, and Versace. She was also the first Asian model to walk for Calvin Klein. In October 2014, Models.com named her a "Top Newcomer."

In 2016, Sora was the first Asian model to walk for Hedi Slimane's Saint Laurent show. Vogue magazine called her "one of the most popular faces on the runways." She walked in over 50 shows that year. From 2016, she was a special model for Louis Vuitton for two years. She appeared in their ads six times. In 2017, she was on Models.com's "Top 50 models" list.

Becoming a Top Model (2018-Present)

Sora Choi has walked for many famous brands. These include Prada, Gucci, Miu Miu, Chanel, Hermès, Dior, and Burberry. In 2019, she walked in 89 shows. This was more than any other model that year.

She has also been in over 100 international ad campaigns. Some of these brands are Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent, Versace, and Prada.

Sora has appeared in many fashion magazines. These include different versions of Vogue, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar. She has also been on the covers of many of these magazines.

In December 2020, Sora Choi won the "Readers' Choice Model of the Year" award from Models.com. Since 2021, she has been called an "Industry Icon." In October 2021, she received a special award from the Korean government.

In October 2022, she joined "The BoF 500" list. This list includes people who are very important in the global fashion industry.

Sora Choi at the 2023 Met Gala

In January 2023, Sora appeared on her second Vogue Italia cover by herself. In April, she closed Louis Vuitton's first-ever pre-fall show in Seoul. The next month, she opened Gucci's first show in Asia. This show was held at the Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul. In September, she was in Victoria's Secret's The Tour ’23 fashion show. In 2023, she was in ad campaigns for brands like Fendi, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, and Gucci.

Personal Life

In August 2019, Sora Choi married Korean photographer Kove Lee. Their wedding was in Bali, Indonesia. Her black wedding dress was a gift from the designer Miuccia Prada.

Filmography