Gwangju Girls' Commercial High School Unveils Statue of Student-Made Mascot Yugyeongsim

Gwangju Girls' Commercial High School unveiled a statue of its school mascot, Yugyeongsim, in September 2023. Yugyeongsim was created in 2023 by a promotional innovation team made up of students.

Yugyeongsim serves as the school's ambassador. With the statue, the character created by students can now be seen in physical form. The statue turns the drawn character into a three-dimensional figure. Both the creation of the character and the unveiling of the statue took place within 2023.

Yugyeongsim's activities did not stop at the statue. The school featured Yugyeongsim on YouTube and Instagram and also made Yugyeongsim merchandise. The videos, photos and souvenirs promoting the school all used the character the students made.

Students both created the mascot and handled the promotion. The student team in charge of promoting the school designed the character itself, and that character became the school's ambassador. The unveiling was recorded as the moment the students' work became an official symbol of the school.

News of the unveiling was reported by Cheonji Ilbo on September 21, 2023.