The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of brand awareness according to the image-congruence in Kim, Yuna and her advertising brands, sport involvement and gender. The Match-up hypothesis was used as the theoretical framework for this study. A total of 400 questionnaires were surveyed and 390 were analyzed. In results, the first research hypothesis was partially accepted. In other words, the congruence between Kim Yuna’s image and her advertising brand images had positive influence on the brand awareness. The second and third research hypotheses were also partially accepted. Considering the advertisement practice of casting a sport-star for advertising models, it suggests that the selection of a model who has images that matches images of advertised brands is very important in order to improve the advertising effects.