# Miss and Mister World Korea

Miss and Mister World Korea is a national beauty pageant responsible for selecting South Korea's representative to the Miss World and Mister World pageant..
Miss and Mister World Korea 2015 took place on 20 November at the Alpensia Resort in Pyeongchang.

## 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. Miss Korea traditionally competed at the Miss World between 1959 and 2010. In 2011 the new pageant comes Miss World Korea competition.
In 2010, Hankook Ilbo sent first Mister World contestant who is represent Korea. Miss and Mister World Korea Organization sent to Mister World in 2014. The president of Miss and Mister World Korea is Park Jeong-ah.

## Representatives to international beauty pageants
### Color key

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as Runner-up
* : Ended as one of the Finalists
* : Ended as one of the Semi-finalists
* : Ended as special awards

### Miss World

Korea debuted at Miss World in 1959.
| Year | Delegate | International Placement & Performance | International Placement & Performance |
| Year | Delegate | Placements | Special award(s) |
| Miss Korea — a franchise to Miss World from 1959 ||||
| 1959 | Seo Jung-ae | Non-Finalist | |
| 1960 | Lee Young-hee | Top 10 | |
| 1961 | Hyun Chang-ae | Non-Finalist | |
| 1962 | Chung Tae-ja | Non-Finalist | |
| 1963 | Choi Keum-shil | Top 14 | |
| 1964 | Yoon Mi-hee | Non-Finalist | |
| 1965 | Lee Eun-ah | Top 16 | |
| 1966 | Chung Eul-sun | Non-Finalist | |
| 1967 | Chung Young-hwa | Non-Finalist | |
| 1968 | Lee Ji-eun | Non-Finalist | |
| 1969 | Kim Seung-hee | Non-Finalist | |
| 1970 | Lee Jung-hee | Non-Finalist | |
| 1971 | Lee Young-eun | Non-Finalist | |
| 1972 | Chung Keum-ok | Did not compete |
| 1973 | An Soon-young | Non-Finalist | |
| 1974 | Shim Kyoung-sook | Non-Finalist | |
| 1975 | Lee Sung-hee | Non-Finalist | |
| 1976 | Shin Byoung-sook | Non-Finalist | |
| 1977 | Kim Soon-ae | Non-Finalist | |
| 1978 | Je Eun-jin | Non-Finalist | |
| 1979 | Hong Yeo-jin | Non-Finalist | |
| 1980 | Chang Sun-ja | Non-Finalist | |
| 1981 | Lee Han-na | Non-Finalist | |
| 1982 | Choi Sung-yoon | Non-Finalist | |
| 1983 | Seo Min-sook | Non-Finalist | |
| 1984 | Lee Joo-hee | Non-Finalist | |
| 1985 | Park Eun-kyoung | Non-Finalist | |
| 1986 | An Jung-mi | Non-Finalist | |
| 1987 | Chung Myoung-sun | Non-Finalist | |
| 1988 | Choi Yeon-hee | 1st Runner-up | Beauty Queen of Asia |
| 1989 | Kim Hye-ri | Non-Finalist | |
| 1990 | Go Hyun-jung | Non-Finalist | |
| 1991 | Kim Tae-hwa | Non-Finalist | |
| 1992 | Lee Mi-young | Non-Finalist | |
| 1993 | Lee Seung-yeon | Top 10 | |
| 1994 | Chae Yeon-hee | Non-Finalist | |
| 1995 | Choi Yoon-young | Top 5 (4th Runner-up) | Beauty Queen of Asia & Oceania |
| 1996 | Seol Soo-jin | Non-Finalist | |
| 1997 | Kim Jin-ah | Non-Finalist | |
| 1998 | Kim Kun-woo | Non-Finalist | |
| 1999 | Han Na-na | Non-Finalist | |
| 2000 | Shin Jung-sun | Non-Finalist | |
| 2001 | Seo Hyun-jin | Non-Finalist | Best Dress Design Award |
| 2002 | Chang Yoo-kyoung | Withdrew |
| 2003 | Park Ji-yea | Non-Finalist | Talent Show Top 21 |
| 2004 | Han Kyoung-jin | Non-Finalist | Talent Show Top 25 |
| 2005 | Oh Eun-young | Top 6 (3rd Runner-up) | Beauty Queen of Asia Pacific Beauty With A Purpose Talent Show Top 16 (Best Original Performance Second Place) |
| 2006 | Park Sharon | Non-Finalist | Miss World Sports Top 24 |
| 2007 | Cho Eun-ju | Non-Finalist | Best Dress Design Award Beach Beauty Top 21 |
| 2008 | Choi Bo-in | Non-Finalist | |
| 2009 | Kim Joo-ri | Top 16 | Beauty Queen of Asia & Oceania Runner Up 1 - Talent Show Best Dress Design Award Top 12 Beach Beauty Top 20 |
| 2010 | Kim Hye-young | Non-Finalist | Talent Show Top 10 |
| Miss World Korea — a franchise to Miss World from 2011 ||||
| 2011 | Do Kyung-min | Top 7 (4th Runner-up) | Miss World Top Model (Top 10) Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 20) |
| 2012 | Kim Sung-min | Non-Finalist | |
| 2013 | Park Min-ji | Non-Finalist | |
| 2014 | Song Hwa-young | Non-Finalist | |
| 2015 | Chyung Eun-ju | Non-Finalist | |
| 2016 | Wang Hyun | Top 11 | |
| 2017 | Kim Ha-eun | Top 10 | Beauty Queen of Asia Miss World Top Model (Top 30) |
| 2018 | Cho Ah | Non-Finalist | Miss World Top Model (3rd Runner-up) |
| 2019 | Lim Ji-yeon | Non-Finalist | |
| 2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held |
| 2021 | Tara Hong | Non-Finalist | Best Dress Design Award Miss World Talent (Top 27) Miss World Sport (Top 32) |
| 2022 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held |
| 2023 | Kim Li-jin | Non-Finalist | Miss World Sport (Top 32) |
| 2024 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | |

## Representatives to international beauty pageants
### Color key

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as Runner-up
* : Ended as one of the Finalists
* : Ended as one of the Semi-finalists
* : Ended as special awards

### Mister World

Korea debuted at Mister World in 2010.
| Year | Delegate | International Placement & Performance | International Placement & Performance |
| Year | Delegate | Placements | Special award(s) |
| Hankook Ilbo — a franchise to Mister World from 2010 ||||
| 2010 | Yoo Ji-kwang | Top 15 (7th Place) | Mister World Talent Top 20 – Mister World Top Model) |
| 2012 | Did not compete in 2012 | Did not compete in 2012 | Did not compete in 2012 |
| Mister World Korea — a franchise to Mister World from 2014 ||||
| 2014 | Lim Jae-yeon | Non-Finalist | |
| 2016 | Seo Young-suk | Non-Finalist | |
| 2019 | Na Gi-wook | Non-Finalist | |
| Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held ||||
| 2024 | Did not compete in 2024 | Did not compete in 2024 | Did not compete in 2024 |