-Full Name: Gong Min Ji 공민지
-Stage Name: Minzy
-Position: Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist, Lead Rapper, Maknae
-DOB: January 18, 1994
-Height: 161cm
-Blood Type: O
-Minzy's grandmother is Gong Okjin, a famous South Korean dancer who was well known for her legendary hunchback dance.
-Minzy also has an uncle, Gong Myeong Gyu, who is a contemporary dancer, and also has a long list of honours in his name. Mrs Gong Ok Jin is his aunt.
-Minzy's grandmother calls her by the nickname, 'Puppy'
-Minzy was scouted by YG himself. A video of her at a dancing contest was posted up by a fan on YG's homepage where YG saw it, was impressed, and contacted Minzy to join the company. This was when she was in 5th grade.
- She eventually joined YG Entertainment when she was in 6th grade
-Minzy's hometown (born in) is Seoul, but she lived in Gwangju with her family for a period of time.
-Minzy has won several dance awards prior to her debut at various dance competitions.
-She went to the same dance school [Millyohrae Joy Dance Academy & Plug in
Music Academy] as Seungri (Big Bang) , Hara (KARA) , and Yunho (DBSK)
-She was supposed to debut in Japan as a duo with May Doni (former label mate).
-Before she debuted, Minji was known as "the child that G-Dragon adores even more than Seungri" (aka GD's pet)
-Minji was once unconfident of her husky voice.
-When Minji had been in YG Entertainment for 6 months, because her voice was naturally very powerful sounding that there was only one or two songs that she couldn't reach, Minji sung those songs till she hurt her throat and it landed her in a difficult position. At that time, she wanted to give up, but she received medical attention, practiced speaking again and was able to recover
-She is a huge fan of Usher . She fell in love with Usher when she saw him perform live. "When I saw him, I was thinking to myself, how can a guy be so sexy" - Minzy
-Michael Jackson is her idol. She has been
spotted with Michael Jackson apparels quite a number of times and has always been naming him as her role model.
-She is also a fan of Black Eyed Peas. She covered Fergie in one of her pre-debut videos before
-Minzy loves rock music - Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Queen, Oasis, Snow Patrol etc.
-Minzy is affectionately known by fans as Ero-Minzy because of her provocative dancing. She has said before that she personally likes the name.
-Minzy is a very deep thinker and is said to be mature for her age
-She is a member of 문미엔 (Moonmien), which stands for "Christian meeting for culture media entertainment workers". It has small scale worships and prayer meetings. Siwon (Super Junior), Tiffany, Yoona, Hyoyeon (SNSD), Amber , Luna(f(x)), Jungjoon, Kim Junghwa, Yang Donggeun, Kim Soohyun and Ryu Won are also members of 문미엔.
-Minji sometimes keeps in contact with IU
-Minji is good friends with the YG Dancers - HITECH & CRAZY
-Minji has a Gundam collection. Some of the models she owns are: 1/144 HG Destiny Gundam, 1/144 MBF-02 Strike Rouge+IWSP , Master Grade Hyaku Shiki, Robot Spirits MSN-06S Sinanju, Robot Damashii (Side MS) Wing Gundam Zero, Robot Damashii: UC Unicorn and a Robot Damashii-V Gundam.
