Miss Korea 2006 Lee Honey is now an actress as well as a traditional musician. Her latest outing is as one of several stars cast to play Elle, the Reese Witherspoon part in the musical version of “Legally Blonde.”
“I’m really enjoying the musical,” she says. “I’ve loved being on stage since I was a child. I started playing the gayageum at the age of four, and I’ve been on stage for nearly 20 years now. I also learned singing Korean traditional songs so I can show variety of skills on stage. Then I got to do musical, where I can interact with the audience through dance, singing and acting.”
Lee finished fourth in the Miss Universe pageant in 2007. “I entered the Miss Korea pageant because my mother suggested it,” she recalls. “My mom says she didn’t think I would have an ordinary life, so told me to show the world how far I could go with confidence.” Lee’s mother, Moon Jae-sook, is professor of Korean traditional music at Ewha Womans University, and is also a nationally recognized “intangible cultural asset” as a gayageum player.
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