Formation | 1959 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Seoul |
Location | |
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]
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 traditionally competed at the Miss World between 1959 and 2010. In 2011 the new pageant comes Miss World Korea competition. [4]
In 2009, Hankook Ilbo sent first Mister World contestant who is represent Korea. The president of Miss and Mister World Korea is Park Jeong-ah.
Korea debuted at Miss World in 1959.
Year | Delegate | International Placement | Special Awards |
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1959 | Seo Jung-ae | Unplaced | |
1960 | Lee Young-hee | Top 10 | |
1961 | Hyun Chang-ae | Unplaced | |
1962 | Chung Tae-ja | Unplaced | |
1963 | Choi Keum-shil | Top 14 | |
1964 | Yoon Mi-hee | Unplaced | |
1965 | Lee Eun-ah | Top 16 | |
1966 | Chung Eul-sun | Unplaced | |
1967 | Chung Young-hwa | Unplaced | |
1968 | Lee Ji-eun | Unplaced | |
1969 | Kim Seung-hee | Unplaced | |
1970 | Lee Jung-hee | Unplaced | |
1971 | Lee Young-eun | Unplaced | |
1972 | Chung Keum-ok | Did not compete | |
1973 | An Soon-young | Unplaced | |
1974 | Shim Kyoung-sook | Unplaced | |
1975 | Lee Sung-hee | Unplaced | |
1976 | Shin Byoung-sook | Unplaced | |
1977 | Kim Soon-ae | Unplaced | |
1978 | Je Eun-jin | Unplaced | |
1979 | Hong Yeo-jin [5] | Unplaced | |
1980 | Chang Sun-ja | Unplaced | |
1981 | Lee Han-na | Unplaced | |
1982 | Choi Sung-yoon | Unplaced | |
1983 | Seo Min-sook | Unplaced | |
1984 | Lee Joo-hee | Unplaced | |
1985 | Park Eun-kyoung | Unplaced | |
1986 | An Jung-mi | Unplaced | |
1987 | Chung Myoung-sun | Unplaced | |
1988 | Choi Yeon-hee | 1st Runner-up |
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1989 | Kim Hye-ri [6] | Unplaced | |
1990 | Go Hyun-jung [7] | Unplaced | |
1991 | Kim Tae-hwa | Unplaced | |
1992 | Lee Mi-young | Unplaced | |
1993 | Lee Seung-yeon [8] | Top 10 | |
1994 | Chae Yeon-hee | Unplaced | |
1995 | Choi Yoon-young | Top 5 |
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1996 | Seol Soo-jin | Unplaced | |
1997 | Kim Jin-ah | Unplaced | |
1998 | Kim Kun-woo | Unplaced | |
1999 | Han Na-na | Unplaced | |
2000 | Shin Jung-sun | Unplaced | |
2001 | Seo Hyun-jin | Unplaced | |
2002 | Chang Yoo-kyoung | Withdrew | |
2003 | Park Ji-yea | Unplaced | |
2004 | Han Kyoung-jin | Unplaced | |
2005 | Oh Eun-young | Top 6 |
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2006 | Park Sharon | Unplaced |
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2007 | Cho Eun-ju | Unplaced | |
2008 | Choi Bo-in | Unplaced | |
2009 | Kim Joo-ri [9] | Top 16 |
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2010 | Kim Hye-young | Unplaced | |
2011 | Do Kyung-min [10] | Top 7 (5th Place) |
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2012 | Kim Sung-min | Unplaced | |
2013 | Park Min-ji | Unplaced | |
2014 | Song Hwa-young | Unplaced | |
2015 | Chyung Eun-ju | Unplaced | |
2016 | Wang Hyun | Top 11 | |
2017 | Kim Ha-eun | Top 10 |
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2018 | Cho Ah | Unplaced |
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2019 | Lim Ji-yeon | Unplaced | |
2021 | Tara Hong [11] | Unplaced |
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2023 | Kim Li-jin [12] | Unplaced |
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2025 | TBA | TBA |
Korea debuted at Mister World in 2010.
Year | Delegate | International Placement | Special Awards |
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2010 | Yoo Ji-kwang [13] | Top 15 |
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2014 | Lim Jae-yeon | Unplaced | |
2016 | Seo Young-suk [14] | Unplaced | |
2019 | Na Gi-wook [15] | Unplaced | |
2024 | TBA | TBA |
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