Miss and Mister World Korea

Miss and Mister World Korea
미스앤미스터 월드 코리아

Formation	1959 / 2010
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Seoul
Location	South Korea
Membership	Miss World, Mister World
Official language	Korean
President	Park Jeong-ah
Website	missworldkorea.com

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.. ^[1]

Miss and Mister World Korea 2015 took place on 20 November at the Alpensia Resort in Pyeongchang. ^{[2] [3]}

History

In 1957 the first Miss Korea competition took place in 1957 and was sponsored by the Korean newspaper Hankook Ilbo. In 1959, Hankook Ilbo sent first Miss World contestant who represents Korea. Miss Korea competed at the Miss World between 1959 and 2010. In 2011 the new pageant comes Miss World Korea competition. ^[4]

In 2010, Hankook Ilbo sent first Mister World contestant who is represent Korea. Miss and Mister World Korea Organization sent to Mister World in 2014. The president of Miss and Mister World Korea is Park Jeong-ah.

Representatives to international beauty pageants

Miss World Korea licensee

Color key

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as Runner-up
•   : Ended as one of the Finalists
•   : Ended as one of the Semi-finalists
•   : Ended as special awards

Miss World

Korea debuted at Miss World in 1959.

Year	Delegate	International Placement & Performance
		Placements	Special award(s)
Did not compete between 1951 and 1958
Miss Korea — a franchise to Miss World from 1959
1959	Seo Jung-ae	Non-Finalist
1960	Lee Young-hee	Top 10
1961	Hyun Chang-ae	Non-Finalist
1962	Chung Tae-ja	Non-Finalist
1963	Choi Keum-shil	Top 14
1964	Yoon Mi-hee	Non-Finalist
1965	Lee Eun-ah	Top 16
1966	Chung Eul-sun	Non-Finalist
1967	Chung Young-hwa	Non-Finalist
1968	Lee Ji-eun	Non-Finalist
1969	Kim Seung-hee	Non-Finalist
1970	Lee Jung-hee	Non-Finalist
1971	Lee Young-eun	Non-Finalist
1972	Chung Keum-ok	Did not compete
1973	An Soon-young	Non-Finalist
1974	Shim Kyoung-sook	Non-Finalist
1975	Lee Sung-hee	Non-Finalist
1976	Shin Byoung-sook	Non-Finalist
1977	Kim Soon-ae	Non-Finalist
1978	Je Eun-jin	Non-Finalist
1979	Hong Yeo-jin [5]	Non-Finalist
1980	Chang Sun-ja	Non-Finalist
1981	Lee Han-na	Non-Finalist
1982	Choi Sung-yoon	Non-Finalist
1983	Seo Min-sook	Non-Finalist
1984	Lee Joo-hee	Non-Finalist
1985	Park Eun-kyoung	Non-Finalist
1986	An Jung-mi	Non-Finalist
1987	Chung Myoung-sun	Non-Finalist
1988	Choi Yeon-hee [6]	1st Runner-up	Beauty Queen of Asia
1989	Kim Hye-ri [7]	Non-Finalist
1990	Go Hyun-jung [8]	Non-Finalist
1991	Kim Tae-hwa	Non-Finalist
1992	Lee Mi-young	Non-Finalist
1993	Lee Seung-yeon [9]	Top 10
1994	Chae Yeon-hee	Non-Finalist
1995	Choi Yoon-young [10]	Top 5 (4th Runner-up)	Beauty Queen of Asia & Oceania
1996	Seol Soo-jin	Non-Finalist
1997	Kim Jin-ah	Non-Finalist
1998	Kim Kun-woo	Non-Finalist
1999	Han Na-na	Non-Finalist
2000	Shin Jung-sun	Non-Finalist
2001	Seo Hyun-jin	Non-Finalist	Best Dress Design Award
2002	Chang Yoo-kyoung	Withdrew
2003	Park Ji-yea	Non-Finalist	Talent Show Top 21
2004	Han Kyoung-jin	Non-Finalist	Talent Show Top 25
2005	Oh Eun-young [11]	Top 6 (3rd Runner-up)	Beauty Queen of Asia Pacific Beauty With A Purpose Talent Show Top 16 (Best Original Performance Second Place)
2006	Park Sharon	Non-Finalist	Miss World Sports Top 24
2007	Cho Eun-ju	Non-Finalist	Best Dress Design Award Beach Beauty Top 21
2008	Choi Bo-in	Non-Finalist
2009	Kim Joo-ri [12]	Top 16	Beauty Queen of Asia & Oceania Runner Up 1 - Talent Show Best Dress Design Award Top 12 Beach Beauty Top 20
2010	Kim Hye-young	Non-Finalist	Talent Show Top 10
Miss World Korea — a franchise to Miss World from 2011
2011	Do Kyung-min [13]	Top 7 (4th Runner-up)	Miss World Top Model (Top 10) Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 20)
2012	Kim Sung-min	Non-Finalist
2013	Park Min-ji	Non-Finalist
2014	Song Hwa-young	Non-Finalist
2015	Chyung Eun-ju	Non-Finalist
2016	Wang Hyun [14]	Top 11
2017	Kim Ha-eun	Top 10	Beauty Queen of Asia Miss World Top Model (Top 30)
2018	Cho Ah	Non-Finalist	Miss World Top Model (3rd Runner-up)
2019	Lim Ji-yeon	Non-Finalist
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held
2021	Tara Hong [15]	Non-Finalist	Best Dress Design Award Miss World Talent (Top 27) Miss World Sport (Top 32)
2022	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held
2023	Kim Li-jin [16]	Non-Finalist	Miss World Sport (Top 32)
2024	No competition held
2025	Min Jung	Did not compete (Injury)

Representatives to international beauty pageants

Mister World Korea licensee

Color key

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as Runner-up
•   : Ended as one of the Finalists
•   : Ended as one of the Semi-finalists
•   : Ended as special awards

Mister World

Korea debuted at Mister World in 2010.

Year	Delegate	International Placement & Performance
		Placements	Special award(s)
Did not compete between 1996 and 2007
Hankook Ilbo — a franchise to Mister World from 2010
2010	Yoo Ji-kwang [17]	Top 15 (7th Place)	Mister World Talent Top 20 – Mister World Top Model
2012	Did not compete in 2012
Mister World Korea — a franchise to Mister World from 2014
2014	Lim Jae-yeon	Non-Finalist
2016	Seo Young-suk [18]	Non-Finalist
2019	Na Gi-wook [19]	Non-Finalist
Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held
2024	Did not compete in 2024

See also

• Miss World
• Mister World
• Miss Queen Korea
• Mister World Korea
• Miss Korea
• Miss Grand Korea
• Mister International Korea
• Miss Universe Korea Representative
• Miss and Mister Supranational Korea

References

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12. Archived 25 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
13. "'미스월드코리아' 도경민 "2011 미스월드 입상 노린다"". Kyeongin Ilbo (in Korean). Suwon. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
14. "Former Miss Korea USA wins Miss World Korea 2015 – The Korea Times". December 1, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
15. "2021 미스 유니버스 코리아·미스 월드 코리아, 세계 최초 메타버스 공간에서 진행". 뉴스락 (in Korean). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
16. @missworldkoreas (5 August 2022). "Miss World Korea 2022. We had interview session with all Miss Universe and World Korea winners of 2021. Hyu Jung Byun is selected as Miss World Korea 2022" . Retrieved 22 January 2023– via Instagram.
17. "꽃미남 완소남 섹시남 훈남 다 모였네". Sports Hankook (in Korean). Seoul. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
18. "2014 미스&미스터월드 코리아 수상자". missworldkorea.com (in Korean). Miss World and Mr. World Korea. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
19. "Giwook Na represents Korea!". Miss World. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Miss World Korea Organization on Facebook

Preceded by Miss Korea (Hankook Ilbo) 1959–2010	Miss World franchise holder of Korea	Succeeded by Miss Queen Korea (PJP) 2011–present

Preceded by Mister World Korea (Hankook Ilbo) 2010	Mister World franchise holder of Korea	Succeeded by Mister World Korea (PJP) 2014–present