ChoA, ex-Crayon Pop member, reveals cancer diagnosis

It is always shocking news when a celebrity reveals that they have been struggling with an illness, and this time, it is the k-pop star ChoA, who revealed that she had been struggling with cancer.

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ChoA is a K-pop star who is best known for also being a member of the K-pop girl group, Crayon Pop, which is managed by Chrome Entertainment.

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Born Heo Min-jin on July 12, 1990, in Seoul, South Korea, ChoA also has an identical twin sister, Way, who is also in the K-pop industry.

ChoA and Way also happen to both be members of the K-pop girl group ‘Crayon Pop’. They together have also formed a sub-unit that comprises only of the twin sisters ‘ChoA & Way’.

Going further back, did you know that ChoA entered into the K-pop industry thanks to her sister? This was revealed in an episode of MBC’s ‘Close Friends’, that ChoA got into ‘Crayon Pop’ on recommendation by her sister.

Crayon Pop initially faced a lackluster debut, reports The Korea Herald. Other than it being commercially unsuccessful, it was also revealed by Chrome Entertainment’s CEO that the unsuccessful debut had even almost bankrupted the company.

Thankfully, Crayon Pop had managed to bounce back on their feet when they caught the attention of Kangin and Shindong of one of South Korea’s top K-pop boy bands, Super Junior, in 2015, reports StarN, and this subsequently helped the group gain much attention.

As part of Crayon Pop, ChoA was involved in songs such as ‘Bar Bar Bar’, ‘Saturday Night’, ‘Bing Bing’ and others.

Crayon Pop became rather successful as a group, as they were even able to have collaborated with international pop acts such as the Norwegian music duo Ylvis and also in touring with Lady Gaga!

Despite the success of Crayon Pop, things fizzled out in 2017 when members decided not to renew their contracts, which included ChoA herself, reports Naver.

Since then, Crayon Pop has officially been declared on hiatus. In the meantime, ChoA has occasionally appeared in K-entertainment and last appeared in KBS2’s ‘The Return of Superman’, reports Allkpop.

Other than being known as a K-pop star, ChoA has also ventured into the acting world. According to Soompi, she had joined up with ParkWith Entertainment and began acting under her given name, Heo Min-jin.

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In her personal life, ChoA is also married. Soompi reports that in 2021, she had gotten married to a non-celebrity in December.

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KBIzoom reports that in October 2024, ChoA had posted an update on her life, and this time it was an unpleasant one. The star revealed her cervical cancer diagnosis and the struggles she had faced with managing it.

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The circumstances in which ChoA had discovered that she had cancer were tragic. According to Allkpop, ChoA had gone to doctors for a prenatal checkup in preparation to have children. It was then that doctors detected that she had cervical cancer.

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The report from Allkpop continues with stating that ChoA was found with a tumor and that it could compromise her fertility. ChoA had worked hard under her doctor’s instruction in preparation for her surgery, and thankfully after, it was declared that she was able to preserve her fertility for now.

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