Model and influencer Heo Sung-beom, who appeared on ‘Radio Star’, tells the story of how he met GD (G-Dragon), who became a professor at KAIST. Currently a student at KAIST Graduate School, he is raising curiosity by saying that he will speak out regarding GD‘s appointment as a visiting professor.

The MBC ‘Radio Star’ (planned by Kang Young-sun/directed by Kim Myung-yeop and Hwang Yoon-sang) to be aired on Wednesday the 26th will feature a special episode of ‘Survival People, Bloody Players’ featuring Jang Dong-min, Hong Jin-ho, Pani Bottle, and Heo Sung-beom.

Heo Sung-beom is called ‘KAIST’s new face’. Having made a name for himself as a model and capturing the hearts of women, he graduated from the Department of Computer Science and is currently enrolled in graduate school in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Recently, he appeared on the survival program ‘Blood Game 3’ and became known as ‘Jang Dong-min‘s Calculator’.



Heo Sung-beom participated as a panelist at a talk concert held when GD was appointed as a visiting professor at KAIST, and revealed an anecdote about having a meal with him before the appointment ceremony. He revealed the reason why he was ‘happy’ at GD’s single word, piqued everyone‘s curiosity. Heo Sung-beom raised curiosity by saying that he ‘expressed his convictions’ while sharing what he saw and felt regarding GD becoming a KAIST professor.

On the other hand, Heo Sung-beom revealed that he felt his popularity had changed after appearing on ‘Blood Game 3’. He revealed that he met around 200 fans holding pickets and waiting for him at the Indonesian airport. Also, everyone was surprised by his popularity both domestically and internationally, saying that he is active in various ways as an advertisement model for a famous domestic laptop brand and a study cafe.

In particular, he surprised everyone by revealing an anecdote about how he took the gifted education exam in elementary school without any special preparation and yet was in the top 1%. After that, he shyly confessed that he was a ‘born rich kid’, going on to a gifted high school and KAIST.

What would the ‘new face of KAIST’ Heo Sung-beom think of KAIST professor GD? His warm-hearted appearance can be seen on ‘Radio Star’, which will be broadcast on Wednesday the 26th at 10:30 PM.

Reporter Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.com

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