Jang Yoon-jeong (Miss Korea)

Jang Yoon-jeong
Hangul 장윤정
Hanja 張允貞
Revised Romanization Jang Yun-jeong
McCune–Reischauer Chang Yunjŏng

Jang Yoon-jeong (born February 16, 1970) is a Korean actress, TV Host and beauty queen who was named Miss Korea in 1987. She represented South Korea and was the first runner-up of the Miss Universe 1988 beauty contest. Porntip Nakhirunkanok was the winner of the competition.[1]

Miss Universe 1988

After the preliminaries, Jang Yoon-jeong was the highest-placed Asian delegate who ranked third behind USA and Dominican Republic. During the actual pageant, she placed 1st runner-up behind Thailand's Bui Simon. At the time of the Miss Universe 1988 pageant, she was a high school student studying dance. Korea has never won Miss Universe. Jang is the closest a Korean woman has come to winning since debuting in 1954. It would not be until 18 years later that a Korean woman (Honey Lee) placed as 3rd Runner-up.

References

  1. ↑ Park Chung-a (3 June 2007). "Ex-Miss Korea Tops Internet News". Korea Times. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
Preceded by
Kim Ji-eun		 Miss Korea
1987		 Succeeded by
Kim Sung-ryung
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