Sin Il-hong

Sin Il-hong (born July 17th, 1982) is a retired fashion model, best known for being a main judge in Sims3MovieNetwork's second generation of Sims' Next Top Model, and host of the Korean television show Model Files.

Early Life
Il-hong was born in Chongqing, China of two parents of Korean descent. Her mother, Choi Doo-hee, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, which led to the family moving to America to recieve better treatment. (On February 23rd, 2009, Doo-hee was diagnosed as cancer free). Her father, Sin Kyung-ju, and her mother divorced in 2003, in which her father and her younger brother, Sin So-hong, both moved back to China. Both are still close to Il-hong.

Il-hong was discovered by a model scout during a school trip to New York City when Il-hong was in the 12th grade. Her career thus took off.

Career
At the beginning stages of Il-hong's modelling career, she modelled for small, local companies, however during after being chosen in an open casting for models to be on a Calvin Klein perfume ad, her career exponentially grew. She got signed to high end agencies, and eventually graced the covers of Vogue China, ELLE France, and i-D Magazine.

She was on numerous runways, numerous ad campaigns, and countless magazine covers. After 12 years of being a model, Il-hong decided that she had enough, and retired from modelling.

After 4 years of being retired, Il-hong announced she would be taking over the job as the main host of a new show Model Files, as the show was adopted into Korean television. After the cancellation of the show, she became a judge on Sims' Next Top Model by Sims3MovieNetwork, as well as other Top Model franchizes throughout the community.

Love Life
Il-hong has never been married, nor engaged for that matter. She has dated a few men over her life. Sin states, "At this point, I would like to settle down, however in brutal honesty I don't really believe in marriage. I'd like to love somebody and know they love me back."

On June 29th, 2016, Il-hong announced that she was dating Jeon Hyuk-soo, previous member of the retired KPOP group Wild, however they broke things off on March 10th, 2017.