Mina was born in Seoul, Korea, but moved with her family to Sao Paulo, Brazil when she was 2 years old and spent most of her childhood there. She went back to Korea with her family during her teen years and graduated from college there. After college, she spent a year in Moscow to sharpen her Russian, which was her major. After returning to Seoul, she started her career in haute couture at the Hermes headquarters in Seoul and quickly learned how ...