Miss Universe Korea

Miss Universe Korea
미스 유니버스 코리아
Motto Confidently Beautiful
Formation 2016
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Seoul
Location
Membership
Miss Universe
Official language
Korean
President
 Park Jeong-ah
Parent organization
 PJP
Website http://www.missuniversekorea.co.kr

Miss Universe Korea (Korean: 미스 유니버스 코리아) is a national beauty pageant responsible for selecting South Korea's representative to the Miss Universe pageant.[1] The very first Miss Universe Korea pageant was held on October 23, 2016.

History

In 1957 the first Miss Korea competition took place in 1957 and was sponsored by the Korean newspaper Hankook Ilbo. The winner of Miss Korea traditionally competed at the Miss Universe between 1957 and 2015. In 2016 the new pageant comes from Park jeong-ah pageant and holds a pageant, Miss Universe Korea competition.

Purposes

Miss Universe Korea expects to hold a pageant with confidently beautiful motto. The main sponsor is coming from Park Jeong-ah management (PJP). Miss Universe Korea starts in 2016 will select the winner to Miss Universe per year.

Titleholders

YearMiss Queen KoreaProvinceHistory
2016 Cho Se-whee Gyeonggi New era began; Miss Universe Korea pageant was held on October 23, 2016, under Park Jeong-ah
2018 Baek Ji-hyun Daegu Second edition of Miss Universe Korea called as "Miss Queen Korea", three titles go to Grand slam pageants; the main winner goes to Miss Universe

Miss Universe Korea (2016–present)

Color key
  •      Declared as Winner
  •      Ended as Runner-up
  •      Ended as Semi-Finalists

The winner of Miss Universe Korea represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

YearMiss Universe KoreaProvincePlacementSpecial AwardsNotes
1954 - 2015 List of Representative for Miss Universe
2016 Jenny Kim Seoul Unplaced Miss Congeniality[2] Appointed from Miss World Korea by Park Jeong-ah, national director of Miss Universe and Miss World Korea. Next she was promoted to Miss Supranational 2017 in Poland on December 2,2017
2017 Cho Se-whee Gyeonggi Unplaced Miss Universe Korea 2016; Cho was competing at the Miss Korea 2014, representing Gyeonggi. She was also first runner-up of Miss Gyeonggi in 2014
2018 Baek Ji-hyun Daegu TBD TBD Miss Queen Korea 2018

References

  1. ↑ http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2016062218063095245
  2. ↑ Domingo, Katrina (January 30, 2017). "Who won Miss Congeniality, Miss Photogenic in Miss Universe pageant?". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
Preceded by
Miss Korea
(Hanju E&M)
1954–2015		 Miss Universe franchise holder for Korea
Miss Universe Korea
(PJP)
2016–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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