Why Yujin Seo Is the Next Korean Model Poised to Go Global
A new slew of Korean models dominated this Fashion Week circuit, so naturally, the hunt for the next stunner from Seoul is on. As the city’s Spring 2018 shows begin today, one particularly striking unknown is worth watching: Yujin Seo, the 17-year-old with the one-of-a-kind face that has taken the local fashion industry by storm. In a makeshift tent behind the DDP show venue, the Seoul-born and raised model sits down for a quick chat between fittings, wearing a white lace Gucci dress and cradling a bottle of green tea. She has the shy, sweet manner of a high school student (which she is) who has suddenly found herself in desperate demand. But no one forced her into the industry; Seo fell in love with it after watching Korea’s Next Top Model Season Five. “It just spoke to me,” she says. “I watched one season, and then I binged them all.” After that, she promptly enrolled in modeling classes and was selected by her agency ESteem’s management team a year later; now she juggles a ful