Winter

Winter Profile

• Birth Name: 김민정 (Kim Minjung)
• Stage Name: Winter
• Nationality: South korean
• Date of Birth: 2001.01.01
• Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
• Chinese Zodiac: Dragon
• Height: 165 cm (5’4”)
• Weight: N/A
• Blood Type: A
• Personal Social Media: N/A

Winter Facts & TMI

• Winter was born in Busan and grew up in Yangsan.
• Her family consists of mother, father, and an older brother (born 1999).
• Winter is the lead vocalist, dancer, and visual of the group.
• She dropped out of Yangsan Girls High School and took High School GED.
• In 2021 Winter became a member of SM’s project girl group GOT the Beat.
• In aespa, her symbol is ⭐ while her “power” is armamenter.
• Winter is also considered as the main dancer of aespa alongside Karina.
• Winter is said to be the fastest member to memorize choreography according to the members.
• She has dimples on her left cheek.
• Winter is the second tallest member in the group after Karina.
• She is dubbed as the mood maker of the team.
• Before aespa’s debut, many misunderstood Winter as a quiet and chic member, turned out she is the biggest jokester in the group.
• Winter’s nicknames are Mindoongie, Kim Winter, Maltese, Win-Ging, Jjung-ie, Win My Mel (Winter + My Melody), WinDdoPpi, Kim Ottoke, Yeppi, Baby rabbit, etc.
• A lot of fans think she resembles rabbit ot My Melody (a Sanrio character).
• She was trained for 4 years.
• Her symbol color is white.
• SM decided to use “Winter” as her stage name because she had a clear and clean image. Other names that were nominated for her stage names were Millie, Youngwon, and Moa.
• She has been aspiring to be an idol since middle school, so she started joining the school dance club.
• Winter had a lot of family members and relatives who were former soldiers, so she grew up being interested to be a soldier since she was young.
• Originally, she revealed that her dream before becoming a singer was to become a soldier.
• She learned fencing for a long time.
• Her “special skill” is tongue twister.
• Giselle expected Winter’s first impression to be very calm and quiet, but mentioned in ‘TMI Daejeon’ that it was not.
• Her favorite animals are desert foxes, Arctic foxes, dogs, cats, Siberian husky, and polar bears.
• Her favorite colors are ivory, light green, yellow.
• Winter’s favorite foods are chocolate, snacks, jelly, taro smoothie, bean-soup noodles, lasagna, cake, bread, cookies, milk, LA galbi, sweet and sour pork.
• Her favorite season is autumn.
• Her favorite movies are American Sniper and Tenet.
• She hates snakes.
• She’s the type that drinks iced Americano even during winter.
• She likes mint-choco and Hawaiian pizza.
• Karina praised Winter for her good cooking skills.
• She can play the guitar.
• She is using an iPhone 13 Pro Sierra Blue.
• Because she grew up and resided in Yangsan since she was a child, she can speak in Gyeongsangnam-do dialect.
• She really loves eating snacks.
• My favorite Christmas carol song is EXO’s ‘First Snow’.
• Winter believed in Santa’s existence until he was in kindergarten.
• She’s quite quick to catch on.
• Winter mentioned Hyoyeon of Girls’ Generation, as a singer that she respects.
• Winter is an EXO-L. She also mentioned Baekhyun as the singer she wanted to collaborate with.
• Her role models are Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Harry Styles, and Tori Kelly.
• She doesn’t really drink often because her face turns red easily when she’s drunk.
• She shared that the first celebrity she saw in her life was Lee Hong Ki at a concert.
• Karina saved Winter as Kim Mindong; Giselle saved her as Kim Tofu; while Ning Ning saved her as Jin Dung Tien on their phones.
• She likes to play bowling.
• She tends to use body lotion rather than perfume. The body lotion she uses is Victoria Secret’s Amber Romance.
• She loves seafood.
• Winter is a baseball fan.
• She likes taking mirror selfies.
• Winter confessed that she’s a homebody.
• Her MBTI personality is ISTP.