Cambodian princess affirms 1 sentence about Kpop, declaring 'from the face'?

Known for her beautiful looks, multilingual abilities, and talent for performing, Cambodian princess Jenna entered the entertainment industry at the age of six and has amassed nearly 3 million followers on TikTok and one million on YouTube.

Besides being loved in her hometown, Jenna also became famous in China after performing a Chinese song on CCTV at the end of 2023. Her Weibo account - which was opened in September - has attracted 220,000 fans.

Jenna was recently in the spotlight when Taiwanese (Chinese) media said her next move was to become a Kpop idol trainee. This news was widely reposted on Korean entertainment websites, with the headline "Talented royal princess from Southeast Asia likely to be the next Lisa (BlackPink)".

According to information posted on the princess's Weibo, the management team denied that Jenna was eyeing becoming a Kpop star, adding that she had received an invitation from a Korean entertainment company in 2023, but declined the offer. The post reads: "Jenna has not, is and will not become a K-pop trainee in Korea".

In the message, Jenna said she loves music and is working on her first Mandarin album. In addition to singing, she wants to focus on her studies and has no plans to become a K-pop trainee in Korea.

Born in 2012, Jenna is the great-granddaughter of the late Norodom Sihanouk, the former monarch of Cambodia. Her mother is Princess Norodom Bophary and her father is a French businessman. According to the South China Morning Post, Jenna studied opera at the School of Musical Arts in Phnom Penh and can speak French, Khmer, Thai, Chinese and English.

At the age of six, she made her debut in Cambodian showbiz, acting in a number of dramas. She won the Best New Actress award at the 2nd Cambodia-Asia Film Festival for the horror film The Night Curse Of Reatrei (2024). In 2022, Jenna signed a contract with K've Entertainment, a K-pop entertainment company in Cambodia.

Her cover songs Next Level (aespa) and Pretty Savage (BlackPink) have attracted half a million views on YouTube. In the same year, the princess performed her own Kpop-style song, The first day without you, at the Korean-Cambodian music festival.

"I like Kpop because it's modern and unique, bright and dynamic," she told South Korean media agency YTN in 2023.

Several videos of Jenna singing in various languages have also gone viral on YouTube. Jenna's 2022 cover of At my worst has racked up 23 million views. Another cover in Chinese, You exist in my lip, brought her nearly 300,000 views.

On her personal page, the princess expressed her desire to introduce national culture to many audiences. In mid-October, some sources said that Norodom Jenna was going to South Korea to work as an intern at an entertainment company, on Weibo, a representative of the princess's crew said that Jenna had never had that intention. She is passionate about music, but first of all, she wants to study and improve her knowledge in many fields.

Little Princess Jenna Norodom was born in 2011 in Paris, France. Norodom Jenna's mother is Princess Norodom Bupphary, the daughter of Prince Norodom Chakrapong and her great-great-grandfather is the late King Norodom Sihanouk.

Since childhood, the princess has been beautiful because she was lucky to inherit both her mother's gentle Asian beauty and the charisma of her father of French descent. Jenna Norodom possesses an attractive hybrid beauty with a delicate face, big round eyes.

After living in France for 4 years, the little princess and her family returned to Cambodia. Raised in the best conditions of the Cambodian Royal Family, Princess Jenna Norodom exudes the aura of a beauty. She pursues a feminine, pure but still noble image.

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