SANDARA PARK: What You Didn't Know...
SANDARA PARK: WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW
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By: SpiderLiliez
Many people ask and wonder if Sandara Park is Filipina (a female of 100% Philippine descent) or part Filipina, because people have been reading that she was from the Philippines.
The answer is NO she is not Filipina. She and her family moved to the Philippines from Korea in 1995, probably for her and her siblings (brother and sister) to study since it is known that studying in the Philippines is cheaper than studying in Korea or elsewhere, plus you get to learn and master English because Filipinos have English as their 2nd language.
She joined "Star Circle Quest" because she wants to be a star. I remember my sister's friend telling me, that her high school classmate (Neri Naig) also an aspiring actress that time was in SCQ and that a Korean girl is winning against the other Filipino contestants. Many were questioning at first why people were voting for Sandara when she doesn't seem talented.
It was obvious though at that time that Filipinos were hooked on the "Korean-Mania" sweeping the nation at that time. Sandara was really lucky because of that as people enthusiastically voted for her. She was very popular during her stardom and Filipinos affectionately nicknamed her "Krung-Krung" aside from her other nickname, Sandy.
For Sandara her celebrity profession became her family's bread and butter. Sandara became the breadwinner of her family, it was something that almost everyone in the Philippines know about her. Her problem with her father was widely known as well.
For some reason during the height of her career, she left for Korea (which was a bad decision at that time, reportedly because she wanted to study in Korea). When she came back to the Philippines the "Sandara-Mania" had died down, and a new set of starlets had taken her place, which was sad. She stayed on for the entertainment business for a while and had a few projects, but not enough reason to stay anymore. It was a big blow for her fans, cos finally in August 1, 2007 she decided to come back to Korea for good with her family.
And in Korea, since some people in the entertainment industry took notice of her previous works in the Philippines she was taken in by YG Entertainment and started her training. And now it looks like YG is indeed ready to make her a star. Let's wait and see...
Hopefully she has improved with her acting and singing if she intents to really become a singer in Korea. Cos to be honest, she's not that good when I saw her before. Or maybe she is better acting and singing in Korean since it is her native tongue and I bet she's more comfortable there. Well, I hope to hear more news on what she's been doing in Korea. I can only say good luck to her.
Sandara Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandara_Park
Sandara Park Photos
http://gallery.asianfanatics.net/index.php?act=thumbs&aid=2593
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