all about vernon

Stage Name: Vernon (버논) (バーノン)
Real Name: Hansol Vernon Chwe (최한솔)
Nickname: Mr. Headphones, Peacekeeper, 4D
Team: Hip Hop
Birthdate: February 18, 1998 Hometown: New York  Height: 175cmWeight: 65kgBlood Type: A Shoe size: 280mm
Specialty: Rap
Hobbies: Webtoon, watching movies, reading
Training Period: 3 years and 3 months

• He’s from New York but moved to Korea when he was 5 years old.
• He likes to play the guitar and he learned it from his father.
• He has a little sister named Sofia.
• He’s extremely ticklish.
• His favorite rappers are Drake, T.I, J.Cole and Kendrick Lamar.
• He loves Nicki Minaj as well as the other members too.
• He shares rooms with Seung Gwan the most.
• His favorite music genres are Rap, R&B and Hip Hop. He also likes Jazz too.
• His favorite Seasons are Summer and Fall.
• He likes cats & has his own pet cat. His cats name is ‘Dodam’. The name of the cat was picked by his cousin.
• He wishes he could have good speaking skills like Seung Gwan does. 
• His favorite food is chocolate. 
• He likes chocolate cakes & cheese cakes & loves cheeseburgers. 
• He likes plums.    
• He loves to watch movies. 
• His role models are his parents and his teachers. 
• He was voted by the other members as the shyest member. 
• He’s slow at reacting to things. 
• His ideal type is a girl who has pretty legs. 
• His favorite animals are dogs. 
• His family lives in Hongdae but he lives in Gangnam since Seventeen’s dorm is located there. 
• His parents are his role models. 
• He likes the movie Fight Club. 
• He likes the actors Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio & Johnny Depp. 
• His favorite korean actor is Lee Byung Han.
• He likes the korean drama, IRIS.   
• He loves English/British accents and he likes Australian accents. 
• He’s one of the members that gets scared the easiest. 
• If he could be born as an animal, he would like to be a dragon. 
• If he had to serenade a girl, he would sing John Legend’s ‘Stay With You’. 
• He doesn’t have a favorite girl group. 
• His favorite movie is Cloud Atlas. 
• He would choose music over food. 
• If he could introduce a member to his family, he would choose Soonyoung. 
• He has an interest for fashion and he owns a lot of hats. 
• If he could have a super power, he would choose Telepathy as his power. 
• He likes the month December. 
• He was nicknamed ‘Twix’ since he had a lot of Twix in their practice room. 
• He prefers watching movies over reading.
• He watches webtoons. 
• He was voted by the members for acting most cute around girl groups. He says he smiles with his eyes around girls and not around his members. 
• He likes singing but he’s not good at it. He copies Seungkwan’s adlibs sometimes. 
• Between morning or night, he prefers night.   
• He views himself as a really free person. 
• The meaning behind his stage name is that it’s his middle name and also his mother’s surname.  
• He says Korea is more comfortable for him compared to America. 
• He got casted at a station in front of his middle school. The more he practices, the more his dream of becoming a singer became official. 
• His role model is American rapper J Cole. He wants to be a great artist like him. He wants to be an improving artist who climbs the steps til the final aim. 

• He was a contestant on ‘JTBC Made in U’
• He was part of ‘Kids Explore Life’ 
• He appeared in Hello Venus ‘Venus’ MV     
• Appeared in Seventeen TV from 2013-2014. 
• Performed at Like Seventeen Shows 1, 2, 3 and 4. 
• Performed at Wapop Concert from August- September 2014. 
• Performed at SBS Awards Festival in December 2014.  
• Appeared in MBC’s ‘Hello Stranger’ in 2015.

by: http://pledis17.com/vernon