Wendy 웬디 (Red Velvet)

Stage Name: Wendy (웬디)

English Name: Wendy Shon

Korean Name: Shon Seung Wan (손승완)

Birthday: February 21, 1994

Zodiac sign: Pisces

Height: 160 cm (5’3″) (Official) / 159 cm (5’3″) (Approx. real height)*

Weight: 47 kg (104 lbs)

Blood Type: O

Wendy was born as Son Seung-wan. Her family consists of her parents, an affluent couple, whose names haven't been revealed to the public and her sister, named Son Seung-hee who is three years her senior. Wendy spent most of her childhood years in Cheongju, South Korea.

Wendy aspired to become a singer from the age of only six and throughout her life trained to fulfill this goal, as well as learning to play the saxophone, piano, flute and guitar.

At the age of 12, Wendy and her sister, moved to live in the USA and later Canada. Whilst living in the North American continent, Wendy began using the name, Wendy Son and learnt to speak English, French and Spanish, alongside her native Korean. For her education in these countries, she attended Shattuck St Mary's School and Richmond Hill High School.

After graduating high school in 2012, she moved to South Korea to establish a professional singing career. Prior to this in 2010, she auditioned for the "Koreaboo: Cube Entertainment Global Auditions 2011" with an online audition and was picked from over 5,000 videos by Koreaboo and Cube Entertainment to continue to the final round in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. G.NA personally picked the 15 finalists with Koreaboo to open for her first solo showcase, held in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In 2012, she auditioned at the 'SM Global Audition' in Canada and was recognized for her musicality, being able to play several instruments, as well as having strong vocal skills.

She trained for less than two years before she was introduced as a member of SM Entertainment's pre-debut trainees team SM Rookies on March 14, 2014

As part of SM Rookies, Wendy released the song "Because I Love You" for the soundtrack of the Mnet drama Mimi, which was one of the soundtracks of the Mnet drama series, Mimi, which labelmate Changmin starred in, appearing in the music video as well. A clip of Wendy singing a cover of Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" was released on SM Entertainment's official Youtube channel.

In late-July 2014, Wendy was assigned to represent the color blue and chosen to be the main vocalist of Red Velvet, which debuted on August 1, 2014 with the single "Hapiness".

Wendy has also collaborated with rapper Yuk Ji-dam for the song "Return", one of the OSTs of KBS2's drama Who Are You: School 2015. The song was released on June 8, 2015 and debuted at #31 on the Gaon Singles Chart. She released another song "Let You Know" for the soundtrack of the JTBC drama D-Day on October 16. On January 9, 2016, she became a panelist on We Got Married. On King of Mask Singer (episode 43 aired on January 24, 2016), she participated as a contestant with the stage name "Space Beauty Maetel". Wendy released a collaboration single with Eric Nam titled "Spring Love" on March 4, 2016, as part of SM Entertainment's SM Station project.

Since her debut, Wendy has appeared on the variety shows, We Got Married, King of Masked Singer, Trick and True, Raid the Convenience Store and Battle Trip. She made a cameo in the series, Descendants of the Sun and made an appearance in the documentary, SMTown: The Stage.

Prior to joining SM Entertainment, Wendy used to upload music videos of her singing on YouTube.

She can play four musical instruments - piano, flute, saxophone and guitar.

Being raised in Canada and Minnesota for 7 years, she is the only member who can speak fluent English.

For that same reason, she can withstand the cold the best, which is the opposite of Irene.

She is reluctant to speak English in a Korean accent.

Her sister is a pharmacologist.

She is known as a "reaction queen".

She is also known as a chatterbox because once she starts talking, she won't stop. She also writes the longest letters and posts on Instagram.

The other members picked her as the healthiest member.

She loves Boba Milk Tea.

She also been chosen as the most forgetful member.

She possesses a 4-octave vocal range that spans from Eb3-Eb7.

She tried out for Cube Entertainment before making it as a trainee at SM Entertainment in 2012.

In 2012, she got 2nd in a Fantastic Baby cover song contest.

She was a member of the Richmond Hill HS Show Choir and participated as a soprano.

She trained for 1.5 years under SM Entertainment, being cast in 2012.

She can imitate Christina Confalonieri, Louis Armstrong and Lil' Wayne.

Her favorite number is 77, which is also her representative number.

She represents the color of blue.

Her designated animal is squirrel since Summer Magic era. Prior to that, it would be deer since her debut.

Her representative fruit is blue-flesh orange.

Her representative weapon is a pair of scissors.

Her representative drink is Blue Crush.

Her designated chess position is being a bishop

She used to share a room with Seulgi, but she now has her own room. Her room is the smallest in the new dorm.

She knew she wanted to become a singer since 5.

Her habit is moving her eyebrows around a lot.

Her zodiac sign is a Pisces, her Chinese zodiac sign is a Dog.

She was born the same year as Seulgi.

Everyone says she's one of the kindest person they know, and was given the nickname of Wenresa, a play on Wendy+ Mother Teresa, on Level Up Project.

She used to post/upload videos on Youtube, but had to delete her account after joining SM, but some videos of her singing have been re-uploaded by fans.

She said that the members helped her a lot when she was training and that they are her family.

She is close friend's with Gugudan's Sejeong.

Had she not pursued a career in entertainment or got scouted by SM, Wendy would like to be a dentist.

On December 25, 2019 Wendy fell off stage during rehearsals for 2019 SBS Gayo Daejeon.

She took a year off for recovery, as she suffered fractures in her pelvis and wrist, as well as facial injuries.

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