Find out why Nam Joo Hyuk was getting ridiculed back in high school.
Nam Joo Hyuk, Start-Up Series actor and model recently appeared on tvN’s ‘Suddenly The Boss’ where the actor shared his experience of wanting to become a fashion model.
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High school seniors paid a visit to the restaurant during
their lunchtime and revealed their dreams and aspirations in life.
That’s when Nam Joo Hyuk unveiled how he felt back in
his high school days.
By the time I was in high school, I knew I wasn’t cut out for studying. I originally played basketball, but when I quit and tried to study, it just didn’t work out.
— Nam Joo Hyuk
Although Nam Joo Hyuk’s original dream was to become a
professional basketball player, but he recalled he wanted to become a fashion
or ramp model as well.
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Unfortunately, back then when he shared about his aspirations of becoming a fashion model, he was mocked by his high school friends for having such a dream of becoming a fashion model.
When we shared our dreams as freshmen in high school, I said, ‘I’m going to become a model.’ But my friends laughed at me.
However, Nam Joo Hyuk had a strong conviction that he
will attain this dream of becoming a professional model.
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I told them, ‘Just you wait. I’m going to be a model in 3 years.’
— Nam Joo Hyuk
Nam Joo Hyuk said, in an interview, that he used his
friends’ mockery and doubt as a motivating factor which eventually helped him
attained his goal at the end.
I really became a model in 3 years. I was able to chase after it once I had a goal…
— Nam Joo Hyuk
Well, Nam Joo Hyuk proved them all wrong…no one can
stop you if you believe in yourself!