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Zhou Jieqiong Profile and Facts

Name: Zhou Jieqiong (Kyulkyung)
Chinese Name: 周洁琼
English Name: Pinky Zhou
Korean Name: Joo Kyulkyung
Nicknames: Pinky, Little Fox, Xiao Zhou (小周), qiongqiong (琼琼), juju, chinese dancing machine & Empress Zhou
Nationality: Chinese
Gender: Female
Birthday: 16th December, 1998
Place Of Birth: Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
Blood Type: O
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
Height: 167cm (5’6”)
Weight: 47kg
Occupation: Singer, Dancer & Actress
Instruments: Pipa, piano, guitar & drums
Former Positions: Main dancer, vocalist, visual, centre & face of the group
Agency: (Formerly YMC/Swing & Pledis Ent), Zhou Jieqiong Studio
Associated Acts: IOI, Pristin, Pristin V

Family and siblings: Her family includes her mom, dad, younger sister and brother
Pets: 2 cats lulu & mumu and 1 dog; qiqi
She became well-known in the c-ent industry in 2018 after her decision to participate as an idol mentor in the chinese survival show ‘idol producer’
Favourite colour: purple
Musical Instruments: She learnt how to play the pipa at Shanghai Conservatory of Music
She learned pipa strictly ever since she was a child and use to receive praises from all teachers for her positive learning attitude
High school: She graduated from School of Performing Arts in Seoul
Skills: songwriting, composing & a variety of dances
She was street casted in Shanghai by Pledis Ent. at the age of 11 and moved to Korea alone after her parents came with her to sign the contract
Became a trainee in 2010 (6th grade) and trained for nearly 6 years
Languages Spoken: She can fluently speak in Korean and Chinese and was considered very outstanding in variety shows
Debuted in 2016 through the survival program Produce 101 as the 6th member of IOI
She was chosen as #1 Visual and #1 Trainee by other trainees on Produce 101
After IOI disbanded, she debuted in Pristin in 2017 and then the sub-unit Pristin V in 2018
Jieqiong made her solo debut in China in 2018 with the digital single “WHY”, which she helped write, choose the concept for and choreograph
Made her acting debut in February 2020 as the main lead of the historical medical drama Miss Truth
The drama was very successful despite it being her debut, it was one of the finalists for the 5th Weibo Drama Awards.
“Miss Truth” also topped the romance, suspense & costume drama ranking lists on all major video platforms (more of its achievements here)
Her debut drama Miss Truth also successfully aired on TV in South Korea, Japan and Thailand.
Favourite groups: Girls Generation, Blackpink, F(x), Red Velvet and After School
Role model: After School’s Nana (Im Jinah)
Her idols: Blackpink’s Jennie, Exid Hani and Krystal Jung.
She is known to quickly adapt to her surroundings
Work Ethic: She is a perfectionist when it comes to her work
She is very strict with herself when it comes to working and training as that is the type of environment she grew up in
Jieqiong is very extroverted and easy going according to her castmates, she has many close friends in the industry and is also close to the Chinese idols in Kpop
Friends with Meng Meiqi, Wu Xuanyi, Cheng Xiao, Liu Xiening/Sally, Elkie, Svt’s Jun and The8, Momoland’s Nayun, Gfriend’s SinB, Twice’s Dahyun & Sana, WayV and many more.
Good friends: Xu Jiaqi/Kiki (SNH48/THE9) as they have uploaded dance covers together
Close friends with Esther Yu from THE9 as she called for fans to support her during Esther’s youth with you finale showcase
She is also close with actors/actress’s BaiLu, Zhao Yaoke, Shi Qingyan, Ju Jingyi, LinYun & Chen Ruoxuan
Characteristic: She is very competitive, really cares for the people around her and never fails to show support to her buddies.
She has a good sense of fashion and loves fashion.
Hobbies: She loves shopping, trying new foods and meeting up with her friends
Aspirations: She wants to try playing the role of a serious modern day doctor or a villainous character in the future

Official Social Media Accounts

Weibo: 周洁琼_OFFICIAL
Studio Weibo: 周洁琼工作室官微
XHS: 周洁琼
Bilibili: 周洁琼
Instagram: zhou_jieqiong1216
Oasis: 周洁琼_OFFICIAL
Douyin: 周洁琼

Fandom Facts

Name of fandom: Cherryπ (Cherry pi/pie)
Weibo Fanclub account: PINKer_周洁琼中文首站

Ideal Type

– Someone who is cool when working with and also a person she learn a lot from them
– When asked if she was a guy what kind of girls she would like and her answer was all kinds of girls

Jieqiong Album/Singles/OST
WHY (debut single)| 2018
Hi!Housemate ft. Hi!Housemate cast | 2018
Write you a poem ft. Silence Wang | 2018
看你看我 ft. Wang Ziyi (Love Timing OST)| 2019
Leave it to brother (I got you ost) | 2019
小窃喜 (Little chuckle; Valentine’s Day Special) – Miss Truth ost| 2020
天籁 (The Music of Heaven) – Miss Truth ost | 2020
Chime of the Dawn Bell (Chinese ver. composed by ???????????????? ????????????????????????) | 2020

Songwriting Credits

WHY – solo (lyrics)
Over n over – Pristin (lyrics)
Glass shoes – fromis_9 (composing)

TV Dramas

Be My Princess (Ming Wei) | 2022
To Be With you 约定 – 往GO (Teacher Li) | 2021
Miss Truth 大唐女法医 (Ran Yan) | 2020
Legend of Fei 有翡 (Li Yan) | 2020

Movies

Sunny Sisters 阳光姐妹淘 (Li Youran) | 2021

Variety Show/Guest Appearances

Endorsements and Campaigns

Avajar
Mint Health
Teenmix
Ribecs
Carslan
Jessyline
Taizhou tourism & artefacts
Gucci
Burberry
CRD
Armani Beauty
Estée Lauder
Mac
Shiseido
Tory Burch
Ralph Lauren
Elemis UK

Full list of endorsements & photoshoots

Zhou Jieqiong Latest Stage

https://youtu.be/sgTX-EpZunQ

Awards and Nominations (Solo)

TC Candler #99 most beautiful face in the world | 2017
TCC Asia #48 most beautiful face (Asia Pacific region) | 2018
TCC Asia #33 most beautiful face (Asia Pacific region) | 2019
TCC Asia #79 most beautiful face (Asia Pacific region) | 2020
Sina Fashion Awards Charm Artist of the Year | 2020

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