↳ Soomin is one of the easiest member to read in my opinion, so you probably won’t get any startling revelations or shocking news about her, because in a lot of ways “what you see is what you get” with her. She’s simple. To Soomin, the world is very black and white. For her, I think there is good and there is bad and if you fall under her good side she will treat you with her incredibly inspiring goodness, but at the same time it should be also said that Soomin - while seeing the world at black and white colors - is not opposed to shades of gray and part of the reason she has grown so close to the other girls is that they have taught her about those sort of ‘gray areas’. She is always looking for ways to compromise, to meet in the middle. I get the sense that she is one of those people who see the positive side in everyone and you would never hear her bad mouthing friends or anything of that sorts. It’s very refreshing to know that when she’s being nice it’s not because she has to be, it’s because she is legitimately the sweet and caring person that we see on a daily basis. One of the most interesting things about Soomin is her friend choice. If we look at her two bestfriends, Jackson and Mirae, we can see they are often egocentric and ually suggestive. It’s not infrequent I see people talk about how Soomin is so naive and she misses all the ual innuendos or whatnot. Well I beg to differ. I’m certain she knows exactly what is going on, she just doesn’t choose to acknowledge it. They are different, indeed, but their friendship work pretty well because they can balance each other out. Jackson and Mirae seem quicker to judge people while Soomin (as I mentioned earlier) is more open to focusing on the good things, and friendships need that.
You must be thinking: why do I even need to know her friends personality? Well, I think it’s important to look at her friends when you talk about Soomin, because the people you surround yourself with says a lot about you. I also think this in one way accounts for the reasons she is the sober one at parties or ‘the serious one’ when it comes to certain things. In part it has to do with the her kidney issues, because when your health is threatened you suddenly treat your body a lot better than you would otherwise, but to a greater extent she is like that because she is looking out for her friends. She seems to be too concerned about her friends well being than focusing on her own enjoyment and I think one of the reasons she is the leader and mother of the band is because she’s always done it growing up with her younger brothers at home.
 

Out of all the members, she is the most concerned about the influence they have on fans. She makes the most effort to be a good role model for the fans and gets concerned about their schooling and if they are staying up really late and I think she genuinely worries if she thinks that is because of them,  that fans are affected. In the same way she often reiterates that she wants fans to be safe, and while she isn’t the only girl to do this, she’s often the one doing it the most frequent. On a negative side, she also seems to be the one who stresses the most over making sure everyone knows that they want to be out there to see the fans, and they want to come out to say hi. She always goes to her twitter and says something nice to the fans, apologizing for not being able to meet them because sometimes there’s too many people and it can create damage to the group’s safety. Also, if you know Soomin well enough, you know you can’t talk about her without mentioning Jeongmin, as even herself has said that “he makes her, her”. There is a maturity in their relationship that is admirable. They don’t really have a lot of moments in public, they rarely talk about each other in interviews, but there’s this Instagram account they share, full of pictures of both of them on their daily life, that shows how he really was made to be with her and vice versa. They love each other, indeed. Soomin is very protective, especially towards anyone who seems in need of protection. We see this in how she deals with young fans, always making sure people are safe and looked after, but we also see this in the way he deals with all the girls from UTOPIA, specially with the Maknae, there’s this innocence about her, she seems always so vulnerable, so you can often see Soomin with her arms around the maknae’s shoulder. However, Soomin can be very possessive of those she loves the most, refusing to accept that anyone but herself knows what is best for her friends. Believe me when I say that she is indeed, pretty calm and collected but once you start to make pressure on a certain bunch of nerves, she will be the worst you have ever seen, and she is not afraid to get into a physical fight if it means that she can protect her pride and protect her other half: family and friends. But in most cases, she wouldn’t say anything, she would hold all the emotions inside until it completely blew over. She is also very modest, sometimes even too much. She is obviously talented in a lot of ways, not only her singing. She was supposed to be an actress only - she admits how good she is in that area - but for a 20 year old to sing like that, SM needed to grab that talent. She is dedicated, ambitious, dreamer...her persistence in trying to really get into a entertainment company was also what made her what she is today, a fighter. She is not particularly intelligent, but in interviews she is the one that gives the best answers when the other members seem to have blank stares. By her personality you can clearly say that Soomin is the leader not only because of her age, but because of her caring and sincere personality, because all the members can see her as a mother figure and she carries all the problems on her shoulders, even if the weight is heavy enough to put her down.

Background : 
↳ Jo Soomin was born in South Korea, Seoul, into a typical Korean family. Her parents both had successful jobs so money never was a problem for them. Growing up, Soomin had a fairly normal childhood. She is the oldest in the family, having three younger brothers, two of them are twins, known as 'The Jo Twins' from the group Boyfriend. Soomin reportedly learned guitar in the eighth grade. In her last year of junior high, Soomin learned both classic guitar and how to play the piano. She graduated from Seoul of Performing Arts majoring in Singing in 2013. Soomin was a Superstar K2 contestant, finishing in second place. During her time on the show, she wrote two songs "I'll Write You a Letter" and "Instinctively", and she was pretty popular for her vocals skills and talent to compose. After initial success with Superstar K2, CEO Yang Hyun Suk signed Soomin to YG Entertainment on January 12, 2010. She was enrolled in dance and acting classes, including modeling classes as well. Her journey as an artist was already big before debut, and it became even bigger with her role in the drama "I Hear Your Voice" where the young girl plays the role of a young version of Hyesung, the main character. Soomin also appeared in Dream High!, a Korean television series, portraying the role of Go Hyemi. In 2013, she was casted as Lee Bo-na in the Heirs and also appeared in a episode of 'You Who Came From the Stars' as a cameo.  After a year of training under YG Entertainment, she moved to SM where she finally debuted with UTOPIA in 2014.
 

casual ) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
formal )  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
practice ) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
home / sleep ) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

↳ There's a reason why Soomin is known as 'Unique Fashionista', she has indeed a very glamorous style that screams 'beauty' everytime you look at her. Without knowing or caring much about it, the girl has a famous fashion sense among her group of friends. She likes to choose different style of clothes as join them all. The result could come out as odd, but in fact, it looks really good on her. She doesn't like to dress very dark clothes, she prefers the white, baby blue, pink and so one, kind of bubbly style. She is very girly and you will see it in the paterns she normally choses: flowers, butterflies, bows. When people look at Soomin, they can clearly see that she looks comfortable with her clothes, because even when she dresses formaly, she can put a pair of converses and still look fabulous. In her casual style, she is the typical teenager girl. Skinny jeans, t-shirts, converses...nothing too fancy. When she is in home, she will wear hoddies, big size hoddies, so she can freely move inside them. She loves shoes and purses and has a huge collection of them.

Fanclub name : Fashionista(s)
Fanclub colours : #66ffff + Turquoise
Training years : 4 years
Singing twin : Uji
Dancing twin : Tiffany
Rapping twin : none

Social Network(s) : twitter: RealSoomin / instagram: Melomiin

Trivia : 
↳ she believes in God
↳ if she could be an animal for a day, she would be a fly to spy on others without being seen
↳ her favourite movie is 'The Day After Tomorrow' she knows all the lines
↳ her celebrity crush is Leonardo Dicaprio
↳ she is also a big fan of Jennifer Lawrence
↳ Shinhwa are her role models
↳ she had braces for 5 years
↳ allergic to watermelon
↳ she appeared in Boyfriend's 'Janus' and 'I YAH' MV
↳ former YG Entertainment trainee
↳ was supposed to debut as an actress only
↳ she wants to work with Daniel Henney in the future
↳ if possible she wants to go to Tomorrowland with her band members someday
↳ says that was really hard for her to keep a straight face while filming 'Janus' because she needed to act like the twins lover and she was very embarrassed because they are her younger brothers.
↳ still doesn't understand why fans call her 'Unique Fashionista'
↳ on the day of UTOPIA's showcase, Soomin was so nervous that she threw up
↳ her ideal type is Bi Rain
↳ she was a student under Seoul of Performing Arts
↳ she has a princess attitude sometimes, and her members say that it's because she's the only girl in the family.
 

- - - -

Love Interest + Backup : Lee Jeong Min + Im Jaebum
Nickname(s) : Mirror Prince
Group : Boyfriend
Personality : You know how vanilla ice cream is sweet and simple yet popular enough that everyone likes it? That’s how you can describe Jeongmin. He likes to keep to himself and when people try talking to him he occasionally will shy away from them because he had built a shell around himself, although he has a shy personality he does have the occasional times where he’d have the soft burst of confidence and he’ll go up to someone and introduce himself to get to know them and make friends. His social skills aren’t the best and occasionally he might just seem so meek it’s a bit off putting and annoying which he doesn’t try to be, he just has her fear of someone trying to hurt him that he’s scared of the most. When he is on stage, his personality changes drastically, he becomes y, not afraid to follow the music. Jeongmin is also very funny, sometimes maybe too much, he likes to make lame jokes. People will eventually laugh even if the jokes are not funny at all.

How they met : Jeongmin and Soomin met in the most normal way possible: through someone else. In their case, it was through the Jo Twins that both of them started to see each other. Let's just say that Kwangmin thought that his older sister would look good with his favourite hyung and that's how everything started. Nothing fancy, nothing worth of a romantic story in a drama, but something normal, yeah. They know each other since almost forever, before Boyfriend's debut, Jeongmin and Soomin were already walking around the streets of Seoul, fingers intertwined and smiles on their faces, no they never dated before, but he was her first kiss and vice versa. Yes, they do like each other very much, but they can't afford losing their dream job because of love, maybe in the future, who knows.
Status : Crushing

- - - -

Comments : I hope you like her ((:
Suggestions : Sistar: Loving U; 2NE1: Comeback Home; Stellar: Marionette; Apink: Secret Garden; Miss A: Hush; SNSD: Mr.Mr.
Scene requests : The girls could go to Immortal Songs and win at least a round ((:
Are you okay with angst/drama? Yes, I love it!
Scandals? Soomin and Bi Rain are seen together! Fans think they have an affair, but they are just filming a drama together.
Password: paradise