Motto | Confidently Beautiful |
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Formation | 2016 |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Seoul |
Location | |
Membership
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Miss Universe |
Official language
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Korean |
President
|
Park Jeong-ah |
Parent organization
|
PJP |
Website | http://www.missuniversekorea.co.kr |
Miss Universe Korea (Korean: 미스 유니버스 코리아) is a national Beauty pageant responsible for selecting South Korea's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. The very first Miss Universe Korea pageant was held on October 23, 2016.
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.
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.
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.