Miss Universe Korea () is a national beauty pageant in South Korea.
History Korea debuted at Miss Universe in 1954. In 1957 the first Miss Korea competition took place in 1957 and was sponsored by the Korean newspaper Hankook Ilbo. In 1957, Hankook Ilbo sent Miss Universe contestant who represents Korea. Since 2016, Korean representatives at Miss Universe have been chosen in a separate pageant, Miss Universe Korea, and the Miss Korea Organization no longer sends South Korea's representative to Miss Universe.
International beauty pageants
Color key
Miss Universe
Year Delegate International Placement & Performance Placements 1952 colspan=3 Joongang Ilbo — a franchise to Miss Universe from 1953 1953 Kang Gui-hee colspan="1" 1954 Kye Sun-hee Non-Finalist 1955 Kim Mee-chong Non-Finalist 1956 colspan="3" Miss Korea — a franchise to Miss Universe from 1957 1957 Park Hyun-ok Non-Finalist 1958 Oh Geum-sun Non-Finalist 1959 Oh Hyun-ju Top 15 (6th Place)Most popular girl Speech Award Sportsmanship Award Honorable Mention Award Best Dress Award (LA Designers Association) 1960 Son Mi-hee-ja Top 15 1961 Seo Yang-hee Top 15 1962 Seo Bum-ju Top 15 Best National Costume (Top 5) 1963 Kim Myoung-ja 4th Runner-up 1964 Shin Jung-hyun Non-Finalist 1965 Kim Eun-ji Non-Finalist 1966 Yoon Gui-hyun Non-Finalist 1967 Hong Joung-ae Non-Finalist 1968 Kim Yoon-jung Non-Finalist 1969 Lim Hyun-jung Non-Finalist 1970 Yoo Young-ae Non-Finalist 1971 Noh Mi-ae Non-Finalist 1972 Park Yeon-joo Non-Finalist 1973 Kim Young-ju Non-Finalist 1974 Kim Eun-jung Non-Finalist Best National Costume 1975 Seo Ji-hye Non-Finalist 1976 Chung Kwang-hyun Non-Finalist 1977 Kim Sung-hee Non-Finalist Best National Costume 1978 Son Jung-eun Non-Finalist Best National Costume (1st Runner-up) 1979 Seo Jae-hwa Non-Finalist 1980 Kim Eun-jung Top 12 1981 Lee Eun-jung Non-Finalist Best National Costume (2nd Runner-up) 1982 Park Sun-hee Non-Finalist 1983 Kim Jong-jung Non-FinalistBest National Costume 1984 Lim Mi-sook Non-Finalist 1985 Choi Young-ok Non-Finalist 1986 Bae Young-ran Non-Finalist 1987 Kim Ji-eun Non-Finalist 1988 Jang Yoon-jeong 1st Runner-up 1989 Kim Sung-ryung Non-Finalist 1990 Oh Hyun-kyung Non-Finalist 1991 Seo Jung-min Non-Finalist 1992 Lee Young-hyun Non-Finalist 1993 Yoo Ha-young Non-Finalist 1994 Goong Sun-young Non-Finalist Special Diplomas 1995 Han Sung-ju Non-Finalist 1996 Kim Yun-jung Non-Finalist 1997 Lee Eun-hee Non-Finalist 1998 Kim Ji-yeon Non-Finalist 1999 Choi Ji-hyun Non-Finalist 2000 Kim Yeon-ju Non-Finalist 2001 Kim Sa-rang Non-FinalistBest National Costume 2002 Kim Min-kyoung Non-Finalist 2003 Keum Na-na Non-Finalist 2004 Choi Yun-young Non-Finalist 2005 Kim So-young Non-Finalist 2006 Kim Joo-hee Non-Finalist 2007 Lee Ha-nui 3rd Runner-up 2008 Lee Ji-sun Non-Finalist 2009 Na Ry Non-Finalist 2010 Kim Joo-ri Non-Finalist 2011 Chong So-ra Non-Finalist 2012 Lee Sung-hye Non-Finalist 2013 Kim Yu-mi Non-Finalist 2014 Yoo Ye-bin Non-Finalist 2015 Kim Seo-yeon Non-FinalistMiss Universe Korea — a franchise to Miss Universe from 2016 2016 Jenny Kim Non-Finalist Miss Congeniality 2017 Cho Se-whee Non-Finalist 2018 Baek Ji-hyun Non-Finalist 2019 Lee Yeon-joo Non-Finalist 2020 Park Ha-ri Non-Finalist 2021 Kim Ji-su Non-Finalist 2022 Kim Hanna Non-Finalist 2023 Kim So-yun Non-Finalist 2024 Han Ariel Non-Finalist 2025Soo-yeon Lee Non-Finalist 2026Yurim KimTBA
See also Miss Universe Miss Queen Korea Miss Korea Miss Grand Korea Miss International Korea Miss Earth Korea Mister World Korea Mister International Korea Miss and Mister World Korea Miss and Mister Supranational Korea
References
External links Miss Korea official website