Karina 카리나

She was born in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

She’s the tallest member.

She made an appearance in Taemin‘s MV “Want”.

In 2020, she appeared with Kai from EXO in the collaboration of the virtual showcase between Hyundai Motor Company and SM Entertainment.

She trained for 4 years.

Nickname: Karomi

She is a former ulzzang.

Karina has a sister who is 5 years older than her.

Education: Seongnam Shingi Elementary School, Jeongja Middle School, Hansol High School.

She got an offer from SM Entertainment staff through Instagram Direct Message.

Karina's audition song into SM was Taeyeon's 11:11

She is Catholic and her Christian (baptismal) name is Katarina.

Her stage name is inspired by her Christian name.

Wooa, Jasmine, Zion were her stage name candidates.

She loves “Red Light” by f(x).

Her favorite female artists are f(x), Taeyeon, IU and Park Soojin.

Her favorite songs by Beenzino are “How do I look”, “Boogie On & On”, “Nike Shoes” and “If I Die Tomorrow”.

Her foot size is 235-240mm.

She wants to visit Croatia.

She likes green tea and barley tea.

She attended a piano academy and even won a prize.

She covered BLACKPINK‘s “Boombayah” and HyunA‘s “Bubble Pop” at Hansol Festival in 2016. She covered Jennie’s parts in the “Boombayah” cover.

Her special talent is catching stuff with her feet.

Her favorite words are cute, bbuing, uing.

Her favorite color is blue.

Her favorite season is spring.

Her favorite animals are cats, dogs, tigers, crocodiles and sharks.

Her favorite foods are tonkatsu, carbonated drinks and jelly

Her favorite movies are Rapunzel and Frozen.

Her first impression about Ningning: She thought Ningning was older so she used honorifics for 3 weeks.

Her first impression about Winter: She saw her squatting/sitting in practice room and was like “woah she's so small.”

Her first impression about Giselle: She saw her in the powder room and her skin was so nice and smooth its like a baby's butt (lmao) and she wants to touch it.

She chose “Ice Americano” over hot Americano in winter.

She chose dipping sauce over puring sauce for ttangsuyuk.

She likes mint choco.

She like pineapple pizza.

She choose migraine over teeth pain forever.

She chose AC in winter over heater in summer.

She chose jelly kimchi stew over chocolate bibimbap.

She chose melted ice cream over carbonated drink without bubbles.

Her favorite snacks are jellies and Pink Pringles.

She also enjoys eating Pink Pringles with Blue Pringles.

Karina cracks her knuckles a lot.

Karina likes playing mobile games a lot.

She is into PUBG, but Winter and Ningning both think she is bad at it.

When she is home she tends to watch reruns of variety shows.

On important days she always makes sure to wear her rosary ring.

The last things she does before sleeping is to wear a sleeping mask and then put vaseline on her lips.

The emoji she uses the most often is the crying face. (🥺)

She relieves stress by eating good food and shopping.

She likes to read in a quiet place.

She thinks her strength is caring for those around her and being quick witted.

Karina thinks that her weakness is that she tends to be very shy and she has a bad memory.

Her favorite item is lipsticks.

Karina has a lot of pink and red lipsticks.

Giselle says that when you open her drawer, it has all lipsticks.

She also likes giving lipsticks as birthday gifts as well.

She wants to learn to cook, makeup, how to be a producer, and how to compose songs.

She wants MY to create nicknames for her because currently she doesn’t have any.

Winter says that she can’t ride roller coasters.

Both she and Giselle think that carousels are the best ride at amusement parks.