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 Burma was 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.
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.
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 Miss World 2015.
Mister World Korea is a national male beauty pageant responsible for selecting South Korea's representative to the Mister World pageant.
Cho Se-whee, also spelled Cho Se-hui, is a South Korean model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Korea for 2017. Cho represented South Korea at Miss Universe 2017.
The Supertalent World is a twice-yearly global television & media event founded by Thomas Zilliacus and Lawrence Choi, former Regional Head of Nokia Asia Pacific Rim. It has been held since 2011, showcasing fashion and talent. It has been held in Paris, Milan, Rome, Cannes, the Ferrari museum in Italy, and Seoul. Notable past contestants include Meriam George, Milett Figueroa, Anna Lundh, Diana Arno, Chloe Veitch, Maria Sten, Dipna Patel, Malina Joshi and Lada Akimova.
Lada Akimova is a Russian model, singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth Fire in 2017 and Miss Supertalent 2019 on May 10, 2019, in Seoul, South Korea. She is the first Miss Supertalent winner from Russia.
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.
Jurate Stasiunaite is a Lithuanian model, businesswoman, interior designer and beauty pageant title holder who was crowned Miss Grand Lithuania 2018 and represented Lithuania at Miss Grand International 2018 beauty pageant held in Yangon, Myanmar. The next year, she was crowned Miss Supranational Lithuania 2019 and represented Lithuania at Miss Supranational 2019 beauty pageant held in Silesia province, Poland.
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.
Mister International Korea is an annual national male beauty pageant responsible for selecting South Korea's representatives to the Mister International, Mister Global, Mister Supranational and Man of the World pageant.
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.
Miss Grand Korea 2021 was the fifth edition of the Miss Grand Korea beauty pageant, held on October 1, 2021, at the Daejeon Convention Center, Yuseong, Daejeon, where a twenty-five-year-old Dankook University graduate student from Seoul, Lee Ji-ho, was announced the winner. Ji-ho later represented the country at the Miss Grand International 2021 held in Thailand on December 2, but she was unplaced.
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.
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 Supranational Korea is a national beauty pageant responsible for selecting South Korea's representative to the Miss Supranational and Mister Supranational pageant.
Beauty pageants of Korea is a national beauty pageant in South Korea.
