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Choi Han-bit
South Korean model (born 1987)
Choi Han-bit (Korean: 최한빛) is a South Korean model, actress and singer. She was a member of the South-Korean girl group Mercury.[3][4] She is a graduate of the School of Dance at the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul, where she majored in Korean traditional dance.[2][5][nb 1] With the support of her parents, Choi underwent male-to-female sex reassignment surgery in 2006.[5][8][nb 1] She changed her given name to Han-bit, and is legally recognized as female in South Korea.[6][9] In an interview, Choi said that "living with the female body itself brought me the greatest feeling of euphoria", but also that she has "a fond memory of the past before the operation".[2] Prior to her surgery, she had appeared on the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) television show Yoo Jae-suk's Jinsil Game in 2005.[7] She was a contestant on Korea's Next Top Model, Cycle 3, where she ended 10th.