# Miss Universe Korea Representative

Miss Universe Korea (Korean: 미스 유니버스 코리아) 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

* Declared as Winner
* Ended as runner-up
* Ended as top 5/6 qualification
* Ended as one of the finalists or semi-finalists
* Ended as special awards

### Miss Universe

| Year | Delegate | International Placement & Performance | International Placement & Performance |
| Year | Delegate | Placements | Special award(s) |
| Joongang Ilbo — a franchise to Miss Universe from 1953 ||||
| 1953 | Kang Gui-hee | Did not compete |
| 1954 | Kye Sun-hee | Non-Finalist | |
| 1955 | Kim Mee-jong | Non-Finalist | |
| 1956 | Did not compete in 1956. | Did not compete in 1956. | Did not compete in 1956. |
| 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-Finalist | Best 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 Award |
| 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-Finalist | Best 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 | Best National Costume (Top 20) |
| 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-Finalist | |
| Miss 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 | |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | |