Justine Mae Biticon [#KCON18LA Special Guest]
Justine Mae Biticon is an LA based model who began her career at the age of 16. Most recently, she has fronted multiple Nike Women campaigns and signed with Ford Models. She strives to change the fashion and model industry by being a face of diversity.
Kathryn [#KCON18LA Special Guest]
Kathryn has been a hard-core fan of K-Dramas since 2009, when she stumbled across “You’re Beautiful” and marathoned everything she could get her hands on. She’s written about K-Pop and K-Dramas since 2010, and often spends hours staring dreamily at Lee Jong Suk’s face. After living in Japan and seeing Big Bang 3 times, Kathryn decided to dedicate herself to the fandom life. She now manages the social media accounts for Soompi and video streaming site Viki, and can be seen fangirling publicly on their Facebook and YouTube channel.
GoToe [#KCON18LA Special Guest]
GoToe is a Korean YouTuber making various videos all about K-Pop who thinks his room background is more famous than him.
Dramabeans – Sarah Chung, Jen Chung [#KCON18LA Special Guest]
Sarah is the creator of Dramabeans, a site she started in 2007 under the name “javabeans” in order to discuss her favorite K-dramas with other diehard fans, hoping there would be some. It turns out there were many more than she could ever imagine, and now, 11 years and over 5,000 recaps later, Dramabeans has grown into the K-drama fan’s go-to destination for recaps, analysis, and discussion over all things drama, from narrative deconstruction to shipping fandom OTPs. Jen, or “girlfriday,” is javabeans’ co-pilot and co-conspirator at Dramabeans, home to all things K-drama, where no plot hole, wrist-grab, or piggyback is left unturned. She’s happiest when watching dramas and discussing them with other addicts, and is proud of the inclusive, global community that Dramabeans has become over the years. Dramabeans is many things—recaps, news, reviews—but more importantly, it’s a home where all are welcome, as long as they wear their fan-love on their sleeves.
Edith Marie [#KCON18LA Special Guest]
Edith Marie is the ying to Q Park’s yang. As much of an introvert that she is, she braves Q Park’s public antics for their Q Squad. When she’s not filming, she’s busy cuddling Koya and eating churros.
[FAN CLUB MEETING]
NAME: CHUNGHA (Byulharang) TIME: Friday, August 10th from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503] NAME: Pentagon (Universe) TIME: Friday, August 10th from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503] NAME: Speed Friending Panel TIME: Friday, August 10th from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503] MODERATORS: Shelby Moses, Randy Padua NAME: TWICE (Once) TIME: Friday, August 10th from 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503] MODERATORS: Fresh Baon NAME:Dreamcatcher (InSomnia) TIME: Friday, August 10th from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503] MODERATORS: dreamcatcherUS_, ReacttotheK NAME:IN2IT (IN2U) TIME: Saturday, August 11th from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503] MODERATORS: Brianna, Fire-Raising NAME: Imfact (IF) TIME: Saturday, August 11th from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503] NAME: fromis_9 Fan Club Meeting TIME: Saturday, August 11th from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503] NAME: Wanna One (Wannable) TIME: Saturday, August 11th from 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503] NAME: Seventeen (Carat) TIME: Sunday, August 12th from 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503] NAME: Nu’est (LOVE) TIME: Sunday, August 12th from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503] NAME: Golden Child (Goldenness) TIME: Sunday, August 12th from 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM LOCATION: FAN CLUB MEETING [503]
Miock Ji [#KCON18LA Special Guest]
Director Miock Ji has over 30 years of experience in Korea and the United States. And for the past 16 years she has taught here in the US. She brings opportunity to her students by going beyond the studio and helping recognize her students with the Presidential Volunteer Award. Students are involved in volunteer activities like parades, festivals, and other performances. Some examples are the Hollywood Parade, Korean Cultural Festival held in Mexico, and many local community performances within the US.
whitneybae [#KCON18LA Special Guest]
Whitneybae is an African-American YouTuber living in South Korea. While speaking Korean fluently, she makes videos testing quirky Korean products, attempting Korean makeup and hair tutorials to no avail, eating unique Korean foods, and more! While her comedic personality has captured the attention of the Korean youth as well as a global audience, she has a deep passion for Korean language and culture, having studied both for over 10 years. She also shares about her daily life in Korea on her YouTube vlogging channel, ‘whitneybaeIRL.’
Trophy Cat [#KCON18LA Special Guest]
Hello everyone! Trophy Cat along with Edward Avila has crosssed over with KCON LA. They have upgraded music from last year and have high hopes for support. They are very excited to meet their fans!
Tamar [#KCON18LA Special Guest]
Tamar covers K-Pop and Asian entertainment as a columnist and contributor for Billboard and Forbes. Over the past few years, she’s interviewed heavy-hitting artists like BTS, Girls’ Generation, TVXQ!, BoA, SHINee, Red Velvet, Twice, and Psy, and has been featured on CBC Radio. She’s obsessed with social media’s affect on the global spread of K-Pop, so hit her up @TamarWrites on Twitter and Instagram.