Miss Queen Korea () is a national beauty pageant responsible for selecting South Korea's representative to the Miss Universe and Miss World pageant.
History 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. The winner of Miss Korea traditionally competed at the Miss Universe between 1957 and 2015, 1st runner-up of Miss Korea competed Miss World between 1959 and 2010. In 2011 the new pageant comes from Park Jeong-ah pageant and holds a pageant, Miss World Korea competition, later Park launched Miss Universe Korea pageant in 2016, Miss Supranational franchise in 2017. The first edition of "Miss Queen Korea", three titles go to Grand slam pageants: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Supranational. Began 2022 the Miss Queen Korea took over the Miss Universe and Miss World only.
International crowns
One – Miss Supranational winner: Jenny Kim (2017)
Placements at international pageants Current licenses Miss Universe. The highest result is Jenny Kim as Miss Congeniality of Miss Universe 2016. 3 placements at Miss World. The highest result is Do Kyung-min as Top 7 of Miss World 2011.
Past licenses 1 placements at Miss Supranational. The highest result is Jenny Kim as Miss Supranational 2017.
Titles Number of wins from Miss Queen Korea (past licenses) Pageant Wins Female international beauty pageants: Miss Supranational 1 Queen of International Tourism 0
Number of wins from Miss Queen Korea (current licenses) Pageant Wins Female international beauty pageants: Miss Universe 0 Miss World 0 Male international beauty pageants:Mister World 0 Note that the year designates the time Miss Queen Korea has acquired that particular pageant franchise.
Current Miss Universe (2016–present) Miss World (2011–present) Mister World (2014–present)
Past Miss Supranational (2014, 2017–2021) Queen of International Tourism (2024)
Titleholders YearMiss Universe Korea WinnerRunners Up & Sponsor AwardSpecial Awards, Final Participant 2016 Cho Se-whee (1st) Yoo Da-hyeon (2nd) Jiyu Park, Songyeon Kwon (3rd) Dahee Park, Kim Daun, Lee Ji-eun Sein Park, Yang Gyu-won, Park Go-eun 2021 Jisu Kim (1st) Kim Hanna (2nd) Seok Yu-jin, Song Yu-jin (3rd) Noseong Kim, Byun Hyo-jeong Kim No-seong 2023 Kim So-yun (1st) Kim Seo-young, Yoo Jeong-yeon (2nd) Choi Eun-gang, Park So-li, Park Se-yeon (Sponsor Award) Nari Kim, Yang Seon-ah, Choi Yun-hee Jeong Yun-jeong, Kang So-myeong, Jinah Lee, Song Yeonji, Yeji Kim, Eunji Lee, Jeong Myeong-moon, Kim Hee-kyung 2024 Han Ariel (1st) Park Se-hee, Lee Yu-jeong (2nd) Lee Eun-bi, Shin Eun-young, Lee Hye-bin Choi Soon-hwa, Lee Na-kyung, Choi Ji-an, Park Joo-hee, Lee Ji-won, Kim Yu-rim, Hong Jeong-yoon, Jeong So-ra, Chaehee Jang 2025 (Jin) Lee Soo-yeon (1st Seon) Bae Ji-yoon, Lee Chae-rin (2nd Mi) Choi Hye-eun, Seok Min-ah, Yoon Baek-yeon Lee Si-heon, Kim Ji-yoon, Yoon Chae-won, Park Nam-hee, Choi Hye-yoon, Na Hyun-jung, Lee Chae-rin Season 2 (Ms.) (Jin) Lee Seo-hyun (1st Seon) Lee Soo-jin, Seo Yoon-hee (2nd Mi) Jeon Seo-eun, Choi Hye-yoon, Park Jeong-hyeon, Kim Ji-woon Choi Soo-ji, Hwang So-yoon, Lee Soo-jung, Ahn Gyeong-ju, Choi Mi-hyeon, Kim Seon-ju, Ko In-hyeong Season 2 (Classic) (Jin) Lee Ji-young (1st Seon) Jeong Ji-hyeon, Park So-da-mi(2nd Mi) Lee Ji-ah, Park Soo-kyung Kang Min-joo, Lee Seo-won, Hyun Yoon-ji, Park So-da-mi 2026 (Jin) Yurim Kim (1st Seon) Woo Hye-min, Lee Hwa-in (2nd Mi) Seon Eun-ji, Ju A-rin, Choi Seo-hee, Park Nam-hee Kim Ga-young, Seok Da-yun, Choi Eun-bin, Kim Myung-kyung, Elsa, Shin Yu-jeong, Kim Dong-young, Lee Jin-i, Young Seol-hwa, Kim Ji-yu, Lee Do-yun, Park In-seo, Jihee Cha
YearMiss World Korea WinnerRunners Up & Sponsor AwardSpecial Awards, Final Participant 2011 Do Kyung-min (1st) Kim Sung-min (2nd) Park Min-ji (3rd) Aeyoung Yoon (4th) Hyewon Kim (5th) Park Hye-yoon (6th) Yoo Ji-hee 2014 Song Hwa-young (1st) Kim Min-ji (2nd) Chyung Eun-ju, Mina Jeong (3rd) Tak Hee-jeong, Hong U-ri, Sumin Kim Yumin Jeong, Park Hong-hee, Hyona Park, Ra ji-young, Soyeon Park 2015 Wang Hyun (1st) Jenny Kim (2nd) Baek Ye-rim, Lee Do-won (3rd) Elena Lee, Go Min-jeong, Ahn Jeong-yoon Jo Eun-ha-neul, Park Chan-ah, Hong Da-in, Go A-ra, Jo Hyeon-jeong, Won Ok, Choi Ah-hyun 2016 Kim Ha-eun (1st) Jeon Se-hwi (2nd) Chaehyung Lee, Sun Gyeong-i(3rd) Lee Won-kyung, Jooyoung Choi, Boyoung Choi Hyein Kang, Kim Ji-won 2021 Tara Hong (1st) Jinhee Park (2nd) Baek Ga-hyeon, Noh Eun (3rd) Jeon Ga-eun, Kim Song-i Kim No-seong 2023 Lijin Kim (1st) Min Jung, Bae Song-bin (2nd) Jeon Eul-hye, Sa Ha-hyeon, Hwang Ha-je Oh Yoo-jeong, Lee Chae-bin 2026 (Jin) Cha Minseo (1st Seon) Choi Seo-woo, Hwang Yoon-ji (2nd Mi) Choi Ga-yeon, Lee Joo-hyang, Kim Ji-woo (2nd Global Mi) Mari Hwang Yoon-ji, Lalita, Lee Si-heon, Shim Soo-hyun, Christina, Laura, Yoon Seung-hee, Kim Ri-won, Shin Ha-rim, Kim Na-kyung, Kim Joo-ah
YearMiss Queen Korea WinnerRunners Up & Sponsor AwardSpecial Awards, Final Participant 2018 Miss Universe Korea Baek Ji-hyunMiss World KoreaCho AhMiss Supranational KoreaLee Eun-bi (1st) Elena Lee (2nd) Seonyoung Kook, Kwon Whee (3rd) Harim Goo, Taeyoung Kim, Lee Yeon-joo Chaerin Jang, Bin Ji-young, Lee Na-hyeon 2019 Miss Universe Korea Lee Yeon-joo (1st) Park Ha-ri (2nd) Seunghyun Kim (3rd) Ha Seo-bin Yejin Lim, Lee Hwa-young, Seunghyun Kim, Park Ha-ri, Hwajin Lee, Kwon Whee Miss World KoreaLim Ji-yeon (1st) Jijeong Park (2nd) Hwajin Lee (3rd) Noh Gyu-oh Miss Supranational KoreaKwon Whee (1st) Hyesoo Jeon (2nd) Hwang Chae-won (3rd) Sujeong Yoo 2020Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Competition will not be held in 2020.
YearMister World Korea WinnerRunners Up Special Awards 2014 Seo Young-suk (1st) Kim Seong-eon (2nd) Im Hyun-woo, Kim Dae-young (3rd) Lee Hwang-hyun, Lee Ji-han, Park Geun-jong Lee Young-jun, Kim Jae-hyeop 2015 Im Seung-jun (1st) Koo Seung-hwan (2nd) Jung Koo-young (3rd) Lee Min-gu Kim Hee-hwan, Yoo Tae-gye
Titleholders under Miss Queen Korea org. Miss Universe Korea 2016—Present
Since 2016 the Miss Queen Korea took over the license of Miss Universe Organization. The winner of Miss Miss Universe Korea represents his country at Miss Universe On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.
colspan=8 YearProvinceRepresentative Korean Name National TitlePlacement at MUSpecial AwardsNotes 2026 Seoul Yurim Kim 김유림 Miss Universe Korea 2026 TBA TBA 2025 Gyeongbuk Lee Soo-yeon 이수연 Miss Universe Korea 2025 Unplaced 2024 Seoul Han Ariel 아리엘 한 Miss Universe Korea 2024 Unplaced 2023 Gyeongnam Kim So-yun 김소윤 Miss Universe Korea 2023 Unplaced 2022 Seoul Kim Hanna 김한나 Miss Universe Korea 2021 (1st Runner-up) Unplaced 2021 Seoul Kim Jisu 김지수 Miss Universe Korea 2021 Unplaced 2020 Incheon Park Ha-ri 박하리 Miss Queen Korea — Universe 2019 (1st Runner-up) Unplaced 2019 Incheon Lee Yeon-joo 이연주 Miss Queen Korea — Universe 2019 Unplaced 2018 Daegu Baek Ji-hyun 백지현 Miss Queen Korea — Universe 2018 Unplaced 2017 Gyeonggi Cho Se-whee 조세휘 Miss Universe Korea 2016 Unplaced 2016 Seoul Kim Jenny 김제니 Miss World Korea 2015 (1st Runner-up) Unplaced Miss Congeniality List of Miss Universe Participant from 1954 – 2015
Miss World Korea 2011—Present
The winner of Miss World Korea represents his country at Miss World. the titleholder will be replaced when annual pageant postponed or suspended. Before 2011 the 1st runner-up of Miss Korea traditionally represented South Korea at Miss World pageant.
colspan=8 YearProvinceRepresentativeKorean NameNational TitlePlacement at MWSpecial AwardsNotes 2026 Seoul Cha Minseo 차민서 Miss World Korea 2026 Unplaced Top 20 - Head to Head Challenge (Top 5 of Asia & Oceania) 2025 Seoul Min Jung 정민 Miss World Korea 2023 (1st Runner-up) colspan="2" 2024 colspan=7 2023 Incheon Lijin Kim 김리진 Miss World Korea 2023 Unplaced Miss World Sport (Top 32) Seoul Byun Hyo-jeong 변효정 Miss Universe Korea 2021 (3rd Runner-up) colspan="2" 2022 Seoul Park Jin-hee 박진희 Miss World Korea 2021 (1st Runner-up) colspan="2" 2021 Seoul Tara Hong 홍태라 Miss World Korea 2021 Unplaced Best Designer Dress Award Miss World Talent (Top 27) Miss World Sport (Top 32) 2020 Seoul Park Ji-jeong 박지정 Miss Queen Korea — World 2019 (1st Runner-up) colspan="2" 2019 Seoul Lim Ji-yeon 임지연 Miss Queen Korea — World 2019 Unplaced 2018 Seoul Cho Ah 조아 Miss Queen Korea — World 2018 Unplaced Miss World Top Model (3rd Runner-up) 2017 Seoul Kim Ha-eun 김하은 Miss World Korea 2016 Top 10 Miss World Asia Miss World Top Model (Top 30) 2016 Seoul Wang Hyun 왕현 Miss World Korea 2015 Top 11 2015 Seoul Chyung Eun-ju 정은주 Miss World Korea 2014 (2nd Runner-up) Unplaced 2014 Gyeonggi Song Hwa-young 송화영 Miss World Korea 2014 Unplaced 2013 Busan Park Min-ji 박민지 Miss World Korea 2011 (2nd Runner-up) Unplaced 2012 Seoul Kim Sung-min 김성민 Miss World Korea 2011 (1st Runner-up) Unplaced 2011 Daegu Do Kyung-min 도경민 Miss World Korea 2011 Top 7 (5th place) Miss World Top Model (Top 10) Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 20) List of Miss World Participant from 1959 – 2010
Mister World Korea 2014—Present
The winner of Mister World Korea represents his country at Mister World. Miss and Mister World Korea Organization sent to Mister World in 2014. colspan=8 YearProvinceRepresentativeKorean NameNational TitlePlacementSpecial AwardsNotes 2026 colspan=7 2024 colspan=7 colspan=8 2019Incheon Na Gi-wook 나기욱 Mister World Korea 2019 — Appointed Unplaced SeoulIm Seung-jun임승준Mister World Korea 2015colspan="2" 2016Seoul Seo Young-suk 서영석 Mister World Korea 2014 Unplaced 2014Seoul Lim Jae-yeon 임재연 Mister World Korea 2013 — Appointed UnplacedList of Mister World Participant from 2010
Past titleholders under Miss Queen Korea org. Miss Supranational Korea 2014—2021
The winner of Miss Supranational Korea represents his country at Miss Supranational. Until 2021 the organization sent Korean representatives at Miss Supranational pageant. Began 2022 the license handed to Mister International Korea which also selected Korean representation at Mister Supranational pageant under Miss Supranational Management.
colspan=8 YearProvinceRepresentativeKorean NameNational TitlePlacement at MSSpecial AwardsNotes 2022List of Miss Supranational Participant from 2022–present2021 Seoul Hyesoo Jeon 전혜수 Miss Queen Korea — Supranational 2019 (1st Runner-up) Unplaced 2020 colspan=7 2019 Seoul Kwon Whee 권휘 Miss Queen Korea — Supranational 2019 Unplaced 2018 Incheon Lee Eun-bi/ 이은비 Miss Queen Korea — Supranational 2018 Unplaced Best Talent Best National Costume 2017 Seoul Jenny Kim 김제니 Miss World Korea 2015 (1st Runner-up) Miss Supranational 2017 2016List of Miss Supranational Participant from 2016 2014 Daegu Kim Min-ji 김민지 Miss World Korea 2014 (1st Runner-up) Unplaced 2010List of Miss Supranational Participant from 2010
Queen of International Tourism Korea 2024
Debuted at Queen of International Tourism in 2024. colspan=8 YearProvinceRepresentativeKorean NameNational TitlePlacementSpecial AwardsNotes 2024 Seoul Bae Song-bin 배송빈 Miss World Korea 2023 (1st Runner-up) Unplaced
See also Miss Korea Miss Grand Korea Mister World Korea Mister Korea Miss Earth Korea Miss International Korea Mister International Korea Miss Universe Korea Representative Miss and Mister World Korea Miss and Mister Supranational Korea
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