'The popularity of actresses is incredible': Three of the top five in the Star Ranking are female volleyball stars; Park Jeong-a holds the top spot for 16 consecutive weeks... Kim Hee-jin and Lee Da-hyun also included

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Women's professional volleyball has demonstrated immense popularity. Among them, Park Jeong-a (33, Korea Expressway Corporation) has secured the number one position in the Star Sports women's category of the Star Ranking for 16 consecutive weeks.

Park Jeong-a received 44,960 votes in the 50th Star Ranking Star Sports women's vote, which was tallied from 3:01 p.m. on the 4th to 3:00 p.m. on the 11th, placing her at the top. This marks her 16th consecutive week at the summit, starting from the 35th vote.

Another women's volleyball star, Kim Hee-jin (35, Hyundai Construction), received 3,727 votes and secured the second position.

'Badminton Empress' Ahn Se-young (24, Samsung Life) and table tennis star Shin Yu-bin (22, Korean Air) also attempted to catch up, but they could not surpass the popularity of the women's volleyball stars in this vote. Ahn Se-young recorded 2,899 votes for third place, while Shin Yu-bin recorded 1,491 votes for fourth place.

Lee Da-hyun (25, Heungkuk Life) took fifth place with 667 votes. As a result, three of the top five spots were filled by women's volleyball stars.

Meanwhile, starting from the 49th vote, the number of candidates increased from the previous 15 to 20, making the competition even fiercer.

Retired volleyball player Yang Hyo-jin was removed from the candidate list, while Go Ye-rim and Choi Jeong-min, Choi Seo-hyun (all volleyball), Heo Ye-eun and Park So-hee (both basketball), and Kim Gil-li (short track) were newly added as candidates.

Including these individuals, a total of 20 candidates competed: Park Jeong-a, Kim Hee-jin, Lee Da-hyun, and Kang So-hwi (all volleyball); Ahn Se-young (badminton); Shin Yu-bin (table tennis); Kim Dan-bi, Shin Ji-hyun, Kang Lee-seul, and Shin Lee-seul (all basketball); and Yoon In-a, Go Jin-young, Park Sung-hyun, and Park Hyun-kyung (all golf).

The 51st vote for the Star Ranking women's sports category will be conducted from 3:01 p.m. on the 11th until 3:00 p.m. on the 18th.

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