In 2006, the year she turned 27, she began her competitive career by entering the women’s bodybuilding division of the Seongnam Mayor’s Cup for the first time.
From 2018, she worked as PCA Korea’s representative athlete and head judge of the Korean events. In 2019, she won the overall in women’s bodybuilding at the PCA European Championships in Birmingham, England. Hankyoreh writes that it was a first for Northeast Asia. In 2020, she appeared on Comedy Big League and arm wrestled Hwang Je-seong.
The breakthrough yearIn January 2023, the year she turned 44, Netflix Physical: 100 was released and her name became known. After a preview video of her death match with Park Hyung-geun drew controversy, she said she had competed fairly, and in February she said she would take legal action over online sexual harassment posts. That month she appeared on the YouTube channel Geunhwang Olympic, and in an MBC Entertainment interview she said offers for advertising and modeling and TV appearances had followed. In March, she appeared in a BBC News Korea interview and on I Can See Your Voice 10, in June on I’m a Body God season 2, and in November she was due to appear on Hong Kim Dongjeon.
In 2025, she was due to appear in a Gag Concert sketch, Sseongnan Saramdeul.
Chunri (born 1979) first entered women’s bodybuilding at the Seongnam Mayor’s Cup in 2006, the year she turned 27, and won the overall at the PCA European Championships in 2019, the year she turned 40. She became known on Jan 24, 2023, the year she turned 44, when Netflix Physical: 100 was released.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.