Exclusive: Soo Joo Park on Breaking Beauty Barriers and Learning to “Own” Her Look
While inking a major beauty contract is a big deal for any model, Soo Joo Park has managed to snap up two in the past year—Redken and now L’Oréal Paris. In the words of the great fictitious fashion designer Mugatu, Park “is so hot right now.” Getting her start at 26, the platinum-haired Californian may have been late to the game (in an occupation where rookies tend to be teenagers), but in the few short years she’s been in the industry, her career path has been akin to a rocket ship taking off. But while Park may have reached the modeling stratosphere, she is still incredibly down to earth. Over a leisurely lunch, Park dished on how she felt about being L’Oréal Paris’ first Asian-American spokesmodel, what she misses most about California, and how Britney Spears was her first beauty muse.
