Hwang Jung Eum was once Hwang Fei Hong?

Hwang Jung Eum, the new CF queen, revealed that she used to look like Wong Fei Hong before. She was interviewed on the set of her photoshoot for a CF endorsement by KBS2TV Entertainment Relay. During the interview, her debut picture was shown to her. But it wasn't a picture of her on stage or in a magazine, it was a picture of her from a textbook. Yes, Hwang Jung Eum debuted as a model for a textbook. She said, "In that picture, I looked like Hwang Fei Hong (spin-off of Wong Fei Hong, a Chinese folk hero). I was pretty young back then and was shocked at how I looked. I thought to myself, 'Do I look like this?'" She also showed her ID photo and got complimented for it. Though she gets about 15 CFs these days, there was only 15000 won (~$13 USD) in her wallet then. Hwang Jung Eum was recently chosen as the "celebrity that wouldn't be afraid of alien invasion." She commented, "I do get scared easily but if it's cute, I would take it home and have fun with it." She sure lives in her own little world.