Kong Seung-yeon, Jeong Yeon of TWICE hit it big... "I had no money for rent" Confesses struggle with living costs [You Quiz on the Block] [★Night TV]

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Actress Kong Seung-yeon recalled her past struggles with financial hardship.

On the 20th, Kong Seung-yeon, who reached her prime 15 years after her debut, appeared on tvN's variety program 'You Quiz on the Block' and reflected on her acting career.

That day, Kong Seung-yeon revealed that she participated in a gayageum competition at age 13, was cast as the number one in looks, and began a seven-year trainee life at SM Entertainment.

She laughed, saying, "I never got a chance to debut. It was because I wasn't good enough. There were far more talented friends, and if I had debuted, it would have been a disaster."

After giving up her dream of becoming a singer and switching to acting, she auditioned for anything she could find, but the results were not promising. After failing auditions, she focused on studying for TOEIC and Chinese as a backup plan to become an airline flight attendant.

After making her mark with the drama 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine', Kong Seung-yeon also appeared on variety shows, but for a while, no new projects came in, leading to anxious times. She confessed, "I earned money in my early 20s, so I thought I could keep earning like this in the future. But I had no money for rent, nor for health insurance or pension premiums. I had to move out and go back to my parents' house, and from then on, I worked hard to sharpen my skills."

She added, "I told the company I would work hard and asked them to arrange meeting opportunities. At that time, I auditioned for so many roles. I even begged to be cast and wrote letters. I struggled desperately to get noticed."

When the youngest of the three sisters, Jeong Yeon, became a huge success with TWICE, Kong Seung-yeon confessed, "I was happy that my younger sister did well, but as the eldest, I felt I should have done better. My mother also wished that the eldest would help lift up the younger sisters. There were times when I felt like a sister who wasn't as good as her younger sibling," evoking sympathy.

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