Miss Universe Korea

Not to be confused with Miss Korea or Miss World Korea.

Miss Universe Korea
미스 유니버스 코리아
Motto	Confidently Beautiful
Formation	2016
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Seoul
Location	Korea
Membership	Miss Universe
Official language	Korean
President	Park Jeong-ah
Website	http://www.missuniversekorea.co.kr

Miss Universe Korea (Korean: 미스 유니버스 코리아) is an annual national beauty pageant responsible for selecting South Korea's representative to the Miss Universe pageant.^[1] The very first Miss Universe Korea 2016 pageant held at October 23, 2016.

History

Main article: Miss Korea

In 1957 the first Miss Korea competition took place in 1957 and was sponsored by the Korean newspaper Hankook Ilbo. The winner of Miss Korea traditionally competed at the Miss Universe between 1957 and 2015. In 2016 the new pageant comes from Park jeong-ah pageant and holds a pageant, Miss Universe Korea competition.

Purposes

Miss Universe Korea expects to hold a pageant with confidently beautiful motto. The main sponsor is coming from Park Jeong-ah management (PJP). Miss Universe Korea starts in 2016 will select the winner to Miss Universe per year.

Titleholders

The winner of Miss Universe Korea represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

Year	Miss Universe Korea	Notes
2016	Cho Se-whee	Cho was competing at the Miss Korea 2014, representing Gyeonggi. She was also first runner-up of Miss Gyeonggi in 2014

Miss Universe Korea 2016-Present

Color key

Declared as Winner
Ended as Runner-up
Ended as Semi-Finalists

1954 - 2015 List of Representative for Miss Universe
Year	Miss Universe Korea	Placement	Special Awards	Notes
2016	Jenny Kim	TBA	TBA	Appointed from Miss World Korea by Park Jeong-ah, national director of Miss Universe and Miss World Korea
2017	Cho Se-whee	TBA	TBA	Miss Universe Korea 2016 pageant winner, Miss Universe Korea 2017

Preceded by Miss Korea (Hanju E&M) 1954–2015	Miss Universe Korea Miss Universe franchise holder of Korea 2016–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

References

↑ http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2016062218063095245

External links

Miss Universe participant countries and territories

Active
(1952–present)

Inactive since 2013

Inactive territories and dependencies
(1952–2000)

Region of China	Hong Kong (1952–2000)

Constituent country of Denmark	Greenland (1987–1990)

Overseas regions of France	French Guiana (1977–1984) Guadeloupe (1977–1984) Martinique (1957–1984) New Caledonia (1982) Réunion (1977–1986) Tahiti (1962–1985)

Part of United Kingdom	England (1955–1990) Scotland (1961–1990) Wales (1961-1990)

Part of Japan	Okinawa (1963-1968)

Bantustans of South Africa	Bophuthatswana (1979) Transkei (1979-1983)

Territories of United States	Alaska (1952-1958) Hawaii (1952-1959)

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