Xiyeon
South Korean singer, actress and model
Park Jung-hyun (Korean: 박정현, born November 14, 2000), known professionally as Park Xi-yeon, is a South Korean actress. A former child actress, singer and model, she trained under Pledis Entertainment for nine years before making her official debut as a member of the girl group Pristin in 2017. From April 2017 to January 2018, she hosted the South Korean music program Show! Music Core with Cha Eun-woo.
Early life
Xiyeon was born on November 14, 2000, in Anyang, South Korea. As a child, she appeared in several commercials for various companies and products, and most notably, a safety video for Korean Air. She also had small roles in a few dramas and the films, Father and Son: The Story of Mencius (2004) and The Cut (2007). She auditioned for Pledis Entertainment and trained for nine years under the company. As one of their trainees, she was featured in music videos of her label mates such as After School and Orange Caramel.
Career
2016–2019: Produce 101, debut with Pristin, and group disbandment
Under the name Park Si-yeon, she, along with six other female trainees of her company, joined the Mnet survival program Produce 101 which aimed to create an eleven-member girl group from a pool of 101 female trainees from various entertainment companies in South Korea that will promote for a year under YMC Entertainment.
“Xiyeon” enters the record as south Korean singer, actress and model. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Xiyeon, South and Korean can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27953988. VIAF identifies the subject as 30155103999876202050. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2000, 2017, 2018 and 2004.
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