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Miss Korea
미스코리아Formation 1957 Type Beauty Pageant Location 
South KoreaOfficial languages Korean Website misskorea.hankooki.com
Miss Korea (Korean: 미스코리아) is an annual national beauty pageant responsible for selecting Korea's representative to the Miss Universe pageant.The current titleholder is Lee Seong-hye. She won the title on August 3, 2011 in Seoul.
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History
The first Miss Korea competition took place in 1957 and was sponsored by the Korean newspaper HanKook Daily News. Each year, approximately fifty women compete in Seoul, South Korea, and seven are selected by a panel of judges. The 1st place winner "Jin"(진) is crowned the official Miss Korea and competes in Miss Universe. Additionally, there are two "Sun"(선) finalists: first runner up goes to Miss International, and second runner up goes to Miss Earth. Lastly, four "Mi" (미) finalists (equivalent to semi-finalists) are chosen.
On March 16 2011, the president of 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. The woman chosen in this new competition will represent Korea at Miss World 2011.[1]
Representatives to Miss Universe
Korea debuted at Miss Universe in 1954.
Year Winner Awards 1954 Kae Sun-hae 1955 Kim Mee-jong 1956 Dong Kim-mom 1957 Park Hyun-ok 1958 Oh Geum-sun 1959 Oh Hyun-ju Semi-finalist 1960 Son Mi-hee-ja Semi-finalist 1961 Seo Yang-hee Semi-finalist 1962 Seo Bun-ju Semi-finalist 1963 Kim Myoung-ja 4th runner-up 1964 Shin Jung-hyun 1965 Kim Eun-ji 1966 Yoon Gui-young 1967 Hong Joung-ae 1968 Kim Yoon-jung 1969 Lim Hyun-jung 1970 Yoo Young-ae 1971 Noh Mi-ae 1972 Park Yeon-joo 1973 Kim Young-ju 1974 Kim Jae-kyu Best National Costume 1975 Seo Young-ok 1976 Chung Kwang-Hyun 1977 Kim Sung-hee Best National Costume 1978 Son Jung-eun 1979 Seo Jae-hwa 1980 Kim Eun-jung Top 12 1981 Lee Eun-jung 1982 Park Sun-hee 1983 Kim Jong-Jung Best National Costume 1984 Lim Mi-sook 1985 Choi Young-ok 1986 Bae Young-ran 1987 Kim Ji-eun 1988 Jang Yoon-jeong[2] 1st runner-up 1989 Kim Sung-young 1990 Oh Hyun-kyoung 1991 Seo Jung-min 1992 Lee Young-hyun 1993 Yoo Ha-young 1994 Gong Sun-young 1995 Han Sung-ju 1996 Kim Yun-jung 1997 Lee Eun-hee 1998 Kim Ji-yeon 1999 Choi Ji-hyun 2000 Kim Young-ju 2001 Kim Sa-rang Best National Costume 2002 Kim Min-Kyoung 2003 Geum Na-na 2004 Choi Yun-yong 2005 Kim So-young 2006 Kim Ju-hee 2007 Lee Ha-nui[2] 3rd runner-up 2008 Lee Ji-sun 2009 Rina 2010 Kim Joo-ri 2011 Jung So-ra[3] 2012 Lee Seong-hye Representatives to Miss International
Korea debuted at Miss International in 1960.
Years Winners Awards 1960 Kim Jung-ja 1968 Hee Ja-kim Top 15 2000 Son Tae-young 1st runner-up 2001 Baek Myoung-hee Semi-finalist & Best National Costume 2002 Gi Yun-ju Top 12 & Best National Costume 2003 Shin Ji-Su Top 12 2004 Kim In-ha Top 15 2005 Lee Kyoung-eun 2006 Jang Yun-seo 2nd runner-up 2007 Park Ka-on Top 15 2008 Kim Min-jeong 2009 Seo Eun-mi 1st Runner-up 2010 Ko Hyeon-yeong Top 15 Representatives to Miss Earth
Korea debuted at Miss Earth in 2002.
Years Winners Awards 2002 Lee Jin-ah Best National Costume 2003 Oh Yoo-mi 2004 Cho Hye-jin 2005 Yoo Hye-mi Top 16 & Best National Costume 2006 Park Hee-jung 2007 Yoo Ji-eun 2008 Seo Seol-hee Top 16 2009 Park Ye-ju Top 16 2010 Lee Gui-joo Representatives to Miss World
Korea debuted at Miss World in 1959.
Year Winner Awards 1959 Seo Jung-ae 1960 Lee Young-hee Semi-finalist 1961 Hyun Chang-ae 1962 Chung Tae-ja 1963 Choi Keum-shil Semi-finalist 1964 Yoon Mi-hee 1965 Lee Eun-ah Semi-finalist 1966 Chung Eul-sun 1967 Chung Young-hwa 1968 Lee Ji-eun 1969 Kim Seung-hee 1970 Lee Jung-hee 1971 Lee Young-eun 1972 Chung Keum-ok (did not compete) 1973 An Soon-young 1974 Shim Kyoung-sook 1975 Lee Sung-hee 1976 Shim Byoung-sook 1977 Kim Soon-ae 1978 Je Eun-jin 1979 Hong Yeo-jin 1980 Chang Sun-ja 1981 Lee Han-na 1982 Choi Sung-yoon 1983 Seo Min-sook 1984 Lee Joo-hee 1985 Park Eun-kyoung 1986 An Jung-mi 1987 Chung Myoung-sun 1988 Choi Yeon-hee 1st runner-up 1989 Kim Hye-ree 1990 Ko Hyeon-jeong 1991 Kim Tae-hwa 1992 Lee Mi-young 1993 Lee Seung-yeon Semi-finalist 1994 Chae Yeon-hee 1995 Choi Yoon-young Finalist 1996 Seol Soo-jin 1997 Kim Jin-ah 1998 Kim Kun-woo 1999 Han Na-na 2000 Shin Jung-sun 2001 Seo Hyun-jin Best Evening Gown 2002 Chang Yoo-kyoung (withdrew) 2003 Park Ji-yea 2004 Han Kyoung-jin 2005 Oh Eun-young Top 6 2006 Sharon Park 2007 Cho Eun-ju Best Evening Gown 2008 Choi Bo-in 2009 Kim Joo-ri Top 16
Beauty Queen of Asia & Oceania2010 Kim Hye-young References
- ^ "Korea launched Miss World 2011". mediainnews.com. March 17, 2011. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ko&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmediainnews.com%2Fdefault%2Findex_view_page.php%3Fboard_data%3DaWR4JTNENTc3MzklMjZzdGFydFBhZ2UlM0QlMjZsaXN0Tm8lM0QlMjZ0b3RhbExpc3QlM0Q%3D%7C. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Ex-Miss Korea Tops Internet News". The Korea Times. June 3, 2007. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/07/135_4079.html. Retrieved 10-10-2010.
- ^ "Miss Korea 2010". news.mk.co.kr. July 26, 2010. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ko&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.mk.co.kr%2Fv3%2Fview.php%3Fyear%3D2010%26no%3D393156. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
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Miss World Korea
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