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Miss Korea

Miss Korea

National beauty pageant in Korea


Miss Korea (Korean: 미스코리아) is a national beauty pageant in South Korea.

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The reigning Miss Korea is Choi Chae-won who was crowned on October 10, 2023.

History

The first Miss Korea competition took place in 1957 and was sponsored by the Korean newspaper Hankook Ilbo. Each year, approximately fifty women compete in Seoul, South Korea, and seven are selected by a panel of judges. The winner "Jin" (진) is crowned as the official Miss Korea. Additionally, there are two "Sun" (선) finalists (equivalent to 1st runners-up), who go on to compete in Miss International or Miss Earth. Lastly, four "Mi" (미) finalists (equivalent to semi-finalists) are chosen.

On March 16, 2011, the president of the Miss World Organization, Julia Morley, announced the newly launched Miss World Korea pageant. Until 2010, Miss Korea would also select the representative to Miss World, but starting with Miss World 2011, a separate competition has been held to choose the contestant who will represent Korea.[2]

In 2015, Hanju E&M took over Miss Korea Organization. Since 2016, Miss Korea organization no longer send South Korea's representative to Miss Universe.

In 2022, Mina Sue Choi represented Korea at the 22nd Miss Earth pageant, which was held in Parañaque, Philippines on November 29, 2022, and eventually won the crown, making Korea's first ever victory on any of the big four international beauty pageants.[3]

International crowns

  • OneMiss Earth winner: Mina Sue Choi (2022)
  • ThreeMiss Asia Pacific International winner: Seo Won-Kyoung (1969) • Yoon Mi-jung (1995) • Kim So-yoon (2002)
  • One — Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International winner: Ha Hyun-jung (2010)
  • One — Miss Asia Contest winner: Choi In-ja (1963)

Titleholders

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  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as top 5/8 qualification
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  •   Ended as special awards

Miss International

Korea debuted at Miss International in 1960.[6] One of the two 1st runner-ups (Sun) of Miss Korea represents her country at Miss International. On occasion, when the candidate doesn't qualify for any reason for the contest, another girl is sent. Traditionally, 1st runner-up competed at Miss World but since 2011, the 1st runner-up of Miss Korea represents her country at Miss International.

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Miss Earth

Korea debuted at Miss Earth in 2002.[8] One of the two 1st runner-ups (Sun) of Miss Korea represents her country at Miss Earth. On occasion, when the candidate doesn't qualify for any reason for the contest, another girl is sent

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Former titles

Miss Universe

Korea debuted at Miss Universe in 1954, three years before the first Miss Korea pageant. Since 2016, Korean representatives at Miss Universe have been chosen in a separate pageant, Miss Universe Korea, and the Miss Korea Organization no longer sends South Korea's representative to Miss Universe.

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Miss World

Korea debuted at Miss World in 1959. The 1st Runner-up of Miss Korea represented the nation at Miss World. Since 2011, Korean representatives at the Miss World are chosen in a separate pageant Miss World Korea, that separate contest is to only focus on Miss World.

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Miss Supranational

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Miss Intercontinental

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Miss Asia Pacific International

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Miss Asia Contest

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Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International

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Miss Young International

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Queen Of The Pacific

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Miss Wonderland

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Miss International Pacific Pearl

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Miss Flower Queen

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Miss All Nations

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Miss International Blueberry

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Miss International Beauty

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See also


References

  1. Lee, Cory (October 31, 2013). "Lee Yeon-hee, Lee Sun-kyun to Pair Up for New MBC Series". TenAsia. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  2. "Korea launched Miss World 2011". mediainnews.com. March 17, 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  3. Adina, Armin (November 29, 2022). "Mina Sue Choi from South Korea is Miss Earth 2022". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  4. "Ex-Miss Korea Tops Internet News". The Korea Times. June 3, 2007. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  5. "Miss Korea 2010". news.mk.co.kr. July 26, 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  6. Blanco, Eunice (2013). "Alyz Henrich of Venezuela is Miss Earth 2013". Philippine Star. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  7. Adina, Armin (November 29, 2022). "Mina Sue Choi from South Korea is Miss Earth 2022". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  8. Bracamonte, Earl D.C. (December 3, 2022). "Who is Mina Sue Choi, first Korean Miss Earth 2022 winner?". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  9. "Miss World Nigeria boycott spreads". BBC News. 6 September 2002. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  10. Archived May 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
Preceded by
Miss Korea
(Hankook Ilbo)
1954–2015
Miss Universe franchise holder of Korea Succeeded by
Miss Universe Korea
(PJP)
2016–present
Preceded by
Miss Korea
(Hankook Ilbo)
1959–2010
Miss World franchise holder of Korea Succeeded by
Miss Queen Korea
2011–present

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