The Seoul World Cup Stadium (Korean: 서울월드컵경기장), also known as Sangam Stadium, is a stadium used mostly for association football matches. The venue is located in 240, World Cup-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It was built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and opened on November 10, 2001. It is currently the second largest stadium in South Korea after Seoul Olympic Stadium, and is the 2nd largest rectangular stadium in Asia. It was designed to represent the image of a traditional Korean kite. The stadium has a capacity of 66,704 seats, including 816 seats for VIP, 754 seats for press and 75 private Sky Box rooms, each with a capacity for 12 to 29 persons. Due to table seats installation, capacity was reduced from 66,806 seats to 66,704 seats in February 2014. Since the World Cup it has been managed by the Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corporation (SMFMC). FC Seoul moved to the Seoul World Cup Stadium in 2004.
Miss Asia Pacific World is an annual beauty pageant held in South Korea. It has been subject to a number of controversies over rankings, bribes, and breast augmentation surgeries. In the 2014 Miss Asia Pacific World competition, May Myat Noe of Myanmar crowned on 31 May 2014, but dethroned three months later. This prompted the organization to conduct a new pageant in the following months. The title was won by Swetha Raj from India. In 2015, the pageant was renamed Miss Supertalent of the World.
For decades now, fashion in South Korea has evolved due to inspirations from Western culture in the past, from Korea's wealth, social media practices in Korea as well as the country's highly developed economy. This, with the rise of the Korean Wave has also made Korea highly influential in fashion trends worldwide due to the popularity of its modern pop culture.
Itaewon Global Village Festival is an annual cultural festival held in Itaewon, South Korea, since 2002. It is hosted by the Itaewon Tourism Zone Association and takes place in the fall, typically in October. The main objective of the festival is to heat up tourism in the Itaewon area, as well as attract foreign visitors.
Chyung Eun-ju is a South Korean TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder. Eun-Ju competed in multiple pageants, the most recent being Miss World Korea, where she was the second runner up. Through her placement in the competition, she served as a model for cosmetics company ISOI and represented Korea as Miss Korea in the Miss World 2015 competition.
Supertalent Group, originally known as the Supertalent of the World or Suta Group, headquartered in Seoul and Singapore, is a talent management and global events organizer. Miss Supertalent and Supertalent Fashion Week are the event and awards brands of Suta Group.
Mister World Korea is a national male beauty pageant responsible for selecting South Korea's representative to the Mister World pageant.
Jenny Kim is a South Korean model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Supranational 2017. She was previously appointed Miss Universe Korea 2016, and competed in Miss Universe 2016.
Maria Milett Figueroa born Maria Milett Figueroa Valcárcel is a multitalented Peruvian artist, model, celebrity participant on famous talent shows such as El Gran Show, which was also produced and filmed in Peru, and Bailando 2023 hosted by Marcelo Tinelli which was produced and filmed in Argentina and beauty pageant titleholder crowned as Miss Supertalent 2016 on December 3rd of 2016, in Seoul, South Korea, setting the record as the very first Miss Supertalent winner from Peru.
Miss India Worldwide 2014 was the 23rd edition of the Miss India Worldwide pageant, held on 20 June 2014. The event was held at Al Raha Beach Resort in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Ms. Hammurabi is a 2018 South Korean television series written by Moon Yoo-seok, the chief judge of Seoul Eastern District Court, and starring Go Ara, Kim Myung-soo, and Sung Dong-il. It is based on the screenwriter's own novel of the same name, which was first serialized in 2015 on The Hankyoreh and was later published in paperback form in 2016 by Munhakdongne Publishing Group. It aired on JTBC from May 21 to July 16, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.
Miss Queen Korea is a national beauty pageant responsible for selecting South Korea's representative to the Miss Universe and Miss World pageant.
Kim Hyo-jin, commonly known as Jin Hee, is a South Korean model who won Seoul Broadcasting System's Supermodel of the Korea title in 2000 at the age of 20.
Miss Monte-Cristo is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Lee So-yeon, Choi Yeo-jin, Kyung Sung-hwan and Lee Sang-bo. The series, directed by Park Ki-ho and written by Jeong Hye-won, revolves around Go Eun-jo a fashion designer. She vows revenge on all those friends who bring her downfall. The drama is loosely based on the famous French novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas hence the title.
Miss Grand Korea is a lower concept of Miss Grand International that is held annually as a national female beauty pageant in Korea since 2020. This pageant is to select the representative for Korea to Miss Grand International, which is a pageant promoting World Peace and is against all violent conflicts.
Mina Sue Choi is a South Korean beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth 2022. She is the first Korean to win Miss Earth and the first to win one of the Big Four beauty pageants. As of September 2024, Ryu Seo-byn of Busan is the contestant of Miss Earth that represents South Korea.
Miss Grand Korea 2020 was the fourth edition of the Miss Grand Korea beauty pageant, held on August 15, 2020, at Grand Walkerhill Hotel, Gwangjin, Seoul, where a twenty-five-year-old Hanyang University student from Seoul, Lee Hyun-young, was announced the winner. Hyun-young later represented the country at the Miss Grand International 2020 held in Thailand in March 2021, but she was unplaced.
Miss Grand Korea 2023 was the 6th edition of the Miss Grand Korea pageant, held at the Grand Walkerhill Seoul Hotel, Gwangjin, Seoul, on June 4, 2023. Eighteen candidates from different provinces and cities of South Korea competed for the title. The event featured a live performance by a Korean pop soprano singer, Lee So-ae (이소애), and was hosted by former Jeju MBC announcer, Kim Tae-hwan (김태환), and former 2021 Miss Teen Korea, Im Seon-Yeong (임선영).
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..
Beauty pageants of Korea is a national beauty pageant in South Korea.
