Harisu - Kpop's first transgender idol: Life has ups and downs, a 10-year marriage is also broken

Harisu is known as the first transgender K-pop idol, who took Asia by storm in the 2000s. After 20 years, she is now less visible in the entertainment industry, instead focusing on developing her business. business.

Harisu is considered one of the most beautiful transgender beauties in Korea and Asia. The beauty was born in 1975 and underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1995, at the age of 20.

Harisu is the second person in Korea to legally change her gender. After that, she worked in the Korean entertainment industry as a model, singer and then an actress.

Since 20 years ago, Harisu has been considered a pioneer character representing the LGBT community (transgender and bisexual community), not only in Korea but also throughout Asia.

Talking about gender reassignment surgery, Harisu confided, when she was young, she was a timid and self-deprecating child because of the lack of affection from her father. The transgender beauty could not forget her father's cruel scoldings and realized that he loved her sister more.

The reason why her father didn't love Harisu was because from a young age, she behaved like a girl and liked to make friends with friends of the opposite sex. Her father did not like femininity, so the relationship between father and son was quite strained.

When deciding to transgender, Harisu didn't even tell her father and after 5 years turning into a woman, the new famous star let her father know the truth. Whether hated or not cared for by her father, Harisu has never regretted her decision to be transgender because for her "being yourself is the best thing".

Although the surgery was painful, it was what Harisu wanted to do to be herself. "I'm a woman, I want to live like a real woman," she said.

Harisu has been active in the Korean entertainment industry since 1991, when she was still a male on paper. At that time, she played supporting roles in several television shows.

The turning point in her life came in 2001 when Harisu appeared in a cosmetics advertisement. The public is impressed by the model's beauty and is curious to know who this girl is. After just one night, Harisu's popularity skyrocketed, especially when the audience learned that the beautiful and attractive girl on screen was actually a transgender man.

Harisu capitalized on popularity, officially debuted as a K-pop idol singer and released her debut album titled Temptation. In 2002, she continued to release her second album called Liar. In 2003, she left the management company TTM Entertainment.

The decision to break up with the company pushed her into a long-running lawsuit, a dispute over the stage name Harisu. After a long pursuit, the court ruled that Harisu won the case and allowed her to continue working under this stage name.

Harisu's career continues to reach international levels. In particular, in Asian countries, the name Harisu is known by many people. In 2004, Harisu successfully released the album Foxy Lady and starred in the Taiwanese movie Hi! Honey.

She also participated in a number of Japanese projects and was loved in this country. In particular, the advertising campaign for a women's product brought Harisu a salary of up to 100 million won (1.8 billion VND).

"I've been modeling, recording shows in Korea and abroad since 2001 even without knowing any foreign languages. When all went well, I earned 100 million won (about 83,000 USD) a day. Now , I own a house more than 200 square meters. Besides, I have land in Yeoju," Harisu confided.

Thanks to her beautiful appearance and inspiring transgender status, Harisu was invited to act in movies, participate in TV shows in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia. She became a phenomenon of the Asian entertainment industry in the 2000s.

Harisu confided that at that time she was so busy that she had to move to many places in the same day. Even, the female singer recorded a talk show for KBS and immediately moved to SBS's headquarters.

The happy but short marriage with rapper Micky Jung

In 2007, she unexpectedly announced her marriage to rapper Micky Jung. Their wedding was celebrated and appeared on many major Korean newspapers.

Micky Jung is an unknown singer and is 6 years younger than Harisu. The two became the first transgender couple in Korea to hold a wedding. After the wedding, they made a reality TV show on Mnet channel to share their daily life and attract special attention from the public.

However, after 10 years of living together and many times expressing their desire to become parents, Harisu and Micky Jung suddenly confirmed their divorce in 2017. It is known that the reason was because Micky Jung's career was in trouble. . The economic crisis greatly affected their emotions. In addition, the different personalities also made the two decide to break up peacefully.

On the day of the divorce announcement, the transgender singer-actress gave respectful words to her ex-husband, "Me and Micky Jung used to love and cherish each other. I didn't come to him for money. Even though we broke up, , we will continue to support each other."

Harisu's quiet but still active life right now

After the divorce, Harisu returned to work. She participated in shows in China. Compared to 20 years ago, the current reputation of transgender beauties is no longer "hot". Her appearance also changed. The Korean transgender star does not deny plastic surgery to preserve her appearance.

At the age of 48 and after the breakdown of his marriage, Harisu is still single and satisfied with life even though he is no longer famous.

In 2019, Harisu opened a YouTube channel but stopped updating from 2021. She regularly livestreams and interacts with fans. Harisu's main job at the moment is to run the pet care product company she founded.

The Instagram account of the U50 beauty has nearly 32,000 followers. On it, Korean beauties posted many current pictures with dogs and friends. Many people commented that, at the age of 48, the transgender beauty still retains her sexy style and beautiful young appearance.

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