"Korea University Students Who Released 'Momjjang Calendar'... 'Donating All Proceeds'"

Students from Korea University became ‘body perfect’ models again last year. Not only students but also professors from Korea University, including alumni from the classes of ’67 and ’91 who are now working professionals and parents, stood in front of the camera.

According to the Dong-A Ilbo on the 14th, they revealed their toned bodies by taking off their shirts for the ‘Korea University Body Perfect Charity Calendar.’ At the bottom of the calendar, a silver inscription reads, “All proceeds from the charity calendar will be fully returned to society.” On the back, the names of people who generously ‘donated’ their talents are densely printed.

Footage from January 2023.
[Photo courtesy of Korea University Charity Calendar Production Association]

Previously, Korea University students also produced a ‘Body Perfect Calendar’ last year to support young people preparing for independence. At that time, about 30 participants included current students, alumni of Korea University, and models with disabilities.

This charity calendar is known as a special project started by Korea University students who wanted to do something beyond just donating as young people.

The planner behind this is Park Seong-geun, a 27-year-old student from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, who leads the Korea University Student Council and the Charity Calendar Production Committee. He began making the calendar in 2022 when he was the head of the sports division of the Korea University Club Federation. At that time, Park started the project to uplift the spirits of sports clubs that had been depressed due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019).

Afterwards, to create a good calendar, 50 students from eight sports clubs in the sports division worked hard all summer to build their bodies.

In May, which includes Family Day (May 15), a Korea University graduate and a professor from the Department of Physical Education participated as models.
[Photo by Korea University Charity Calendar Production Association]

Among them, 6 to 7 students formed the ‘Korea University Charity Calendar Production Committee.’ It is known that students directly participated in everything from brainstorming ideas, recruiting production staff and models, shooting, creating promotional materials, to sales and donations.

During this process, students made various efforts such as going to the gym every day for more than two hours and carefully checking nutritional components like carbohydrates and proteins when eating.

The difference between the 2023 calendar and last year’s is that twelve themes matching each month were selected, such as National Foundation Day (January 27) and the Day of Remembrance for the Japanese Military ‘Comfort Women’ Victims (August 14).

2022 Korea University 'Momjjang Calendar' photos themed on Hangul. [Photo courtesy of Korea University College of Engineering Student Council]

In the East Sea, which has territorial dispute significance, swimming club students became models. At the site remembering the ‘Comfort Women,’ Korea University general students dressed beautifully in hanbok became models. For the Health Day theme (April 7), medical and nursing students from Korea University were featured. In December, which includes International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3), a hearing-impaired person became a model.

The proceeds from calendar sales were used for children suffering from food insecurity in 2022 and donated to children aging out of care this year.

All of this was done through ‘talent donation’ by students and alumni. Not only models and photographers but also makeup artists did not receive any payment.

Park and the Korea University Charity Calendar Production Committee are known to continue steadily with their ‘healthy body perfect good deeds’ in the future.

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