Liz is often mistaken as a foreign member in Theqoo and other online communities. Except for Kong-soonie Rei (Japanese), all five members of IVE are Korean.
Liz's real name is Kim Jiwon, born in Jeju Island
제주감귤소녀 진짜 귤수저야 pic.twitter.com/SHpYrPEY1s
— 퓨즈 (@flowerzluv) May 4, 2024
Liz and the movie staff talked about queen of tears, when he talked about “kim jiwon”, liz told him her real name is kim jiwon too, and he was shocked and thought liz is her real name and she was foreigner GERMAN LIZ IS REAL 😭 pic.twitter.com/3Q7rJJ4VKU
— 안녕zz♡ | 𝗛𝗘𝗬𝗔 ☀️🐯 (@anyujinsss) May 9, 2024
In addition, International fans also often ask whether she's foreign or half-Korean. I don't know how it became a meme, but there's this joke about Liz being a German (German Liz)
International fans are calling her 'Liz German' as a joke, right? They keep saying she's German...ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Our Jiwon is a Tangerine Princess who has a tangerine farm...!
She was born in Nohyung-dong, Jeju City. I guess they call her that because she has distinctive facial features and Western-ish looksㅋㅋㅋㅋ
It seems like the reason she's often misunderstood as a foreign member is because she has distinctive facial features and Western-ish looks + her name is Lizㅋㅋ
-Wow, I thought she was half-Korean until nowㅋㅋㅋ
-The other members all have Korean names, so I also initially thought she was a foreigner because her stage name is Lizㅋㅋ
-Kim Jiwon was born in Jeju City, Nohyeong-dong, at the Jeju Future Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic.
-Oh, I've heard about the meme made by international fans, saying that Liz's real name is Elizabeth Helga Müllerㅋㅋ
-Wow, I also thought IVE had two foreign members...
-She kinda reminds me of Jeon Somi, so I thought maybe one of her parents is a foreignerㅋㅋㅋ
-She's sooo prettyㅋㅋ
-Liz is gorgeous.
-Why Germany out of all places, though?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-In her graduation photo, she looks Korean, but when she dyes her hair, she really looks half-Korean... So beautiful~~
-The stage name 'Liz' suits her really well...
-I think she looks like she's from Uzbekistan.
-I think it's because she looks like she's of German descent...
-How can her graduation photo look like that? She's so beautiful.
-The German Liz meme started because of her outfit in the "Eleven" music video; it looked like traditional German attire.
