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Miss World Canada is a national Beauty pageant in Canada held annually in different incarnations since 1957 to select representative to the Miss World contest. In 2017 MTC-W Inc. obtained the exclusive rights to send the Canadian representative to Miss World, chaired since 2016 by former Miss World Canada 1996 Michelle Weswaldi. The annual pageant is held each summer in Toronto, Ontario, but in 2020 the national competition was held on November 7.
Mister Venezuela is an annual male pageant held in Venezuela. The winner and finalists from the contest go on to represent Venezuela in many international pageants. The Mister Venezuela pageant was started under the guardianship of Osmel Sousa and María Kallay with the intent of creating a male contest with the same discipline, quality and success as its female counterpart, Miss Venezuela.
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If You Wish Upon Me is a 2022 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Sung Dong-il, and Choi Soo-young. It aired on KBS2 from August 10 to September 29, 2022, airing every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:50 (KST) for 16 episodes. It is also available for streaming on Viu in the Middle East, South Africa, and selected regions in Asia, and on Viki in the Americas, Europe, and Oceania.
Miss Supranational 2023 was the 14th edition of the Miss Supranational pageant, held on 14 July 2023 at Strzelecki Park Amphitheater, Nowy Sącz, Małopolska, Poland.
Man of the World 2023 was the 5th edition of the Man of the World competition. It was held on 16 June 2023 at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati, Metro Manila, the Philippines. Aditya Khurana of India crowned Jin Wook Kim of South Korea at the end of the event.
Man of the World 2024 will be the 6th edition of the Man of the World pageant. It will be held in the Philippines. Jin Wook Kim of Korea will crown his successor at the end of the event.
This is a list of South Korea's representatives and their placements at the Big 6 international beauty pageants considered the most important in the world. has won in with a total of 56 placements and 2 victories:
Mister Korea is a national beauty pageant in South Korea.
Miss and Mister World Korea is a national beauty pageant responsible for selecting South Korea's representative to the Miss World and Mister World pageant..
Netherlands – Tjardo Vollema 
Ukraine – Vladimir Grand 
United States - Brandex Cruz
Puerto Rico – Reynaldo Amid Maldonado 
South Africa – Shiv Ramsander 
Philippines - Nadim El Zein
Spain – Francis Cervantes 
Vietnam - Nguyễn Hữu Anh
Malaysia – Aiman Minsi 
India - Aditya Khurana
South Korea – Chang Wook Woo 
Dominican Republic – Kenneth Castillo 
Czech Republic – Petr Kinský 
Chile - Rafael Muñoz
Iraq - Darya Kamil
China – Chen Xing 
Nigeria – Ekwealor Victor
South Korea
Ukraine
Dominican Republic
Vietnam
United States
South Africa
Malaysia
Czech Republic
Russia
Puerto Rico
India
Nigeria
Spain
Philippines
Netherlands
