#1
Hong Jin-kyung 홍진경
180 cm
Hong Jin-kyung entered entertainment as a high-school student, taking the best-pose prize at SBS's 2nd Supermodel contest in 1993. She became better known as a comedian and variety host, and has also acted, worked as a DJ and sung with the group Unnies (언니쓰).43
In 2004 she founded a food company, starting with kimchi, and in 2021 she launched the YouTube channel Gongbuwang Jjincheonjae (공부왕 찐천재).4
#1
Song Kyung-a 송경아
180 cm
Song Kyung-a, born in 1979, has modelled for Korean and overseas editions of Vogue and walked for Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Giorgio Armani, among others.5
She hosted Mnet's model-competition show I Am a Model in 2006 and wrote the 2006 book Fashion Model Song Kyung-a Steals New York (패션모델 송경아, 뉴욕을 훔치다).5
LPG leader Hanyoung, the tallest female idol in DabPop's tallest female K-pop idols ranking, is the only idol among the nine people listed at 179 cm or more. Idols make up 44 of the 139 rows.61
Sora Choi won Korea's Next Top Model season 3 in 2012 and made her international debut at Louis Vuitton's 2014 cruise show in Monaco. She became the first Asian model in a Calvin Klein main-line show.7
In 2019 she walked 89 shows, the most of any model that year, according to her Korean Wikipedia article.7
#3
Lee Hye-jung 이혜정
179 cm
Lee Hye-jung played basketball for Woori Bank Wibee before becoming a fashion model. She has since acted in dramas including tvN's Vincenzo (빈센조) and played in SBS's women's football show Kick a Goal (골때리는 그녀들).8
#3
Four more models at 179 cm
179 cm
Kang So-yeong won the 13th Supermodel contest in 2004 and sang in the group Asian Love from 2005 to 2006. Seo Seol-hui won a Miss Korea Mi (미) title in 2008. Lee Seon-jeong and Yoon So-jeong are both signed to the agency ESteem.9101112
Models make up 76 of the 139 rows, the largest group in the table, and 18 people share 10th place at 178 cm.12