# Miss Queen Korea

Miss Queen Korea (Korean: 미스 퀸 코리아) 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

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)
* Queen of International Tourism (2024–present)

### Past

* Miss Supranational (2014, 2017–2021)

## Titleholders

| Year | Miss Universe Korea Winner | Runners Up & Sponsor Award | Special Awards | International Placements |
| 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 | Miss Universe 2017 Cho Se-whee (Unplaced) |
| 2021 | Jisu Kim | (1st) Kim Hanna (2nd) Seok Yu-jin, Song Yu-jin (3rd) Noseong Kim, Byun Hyo-jeong | Kim No-seong | Miss Universe 2021 Jisu Kim (Unplaced) Miss Universe 2022 Kim Hanna (Unplaced) |
| 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 | Miss Universe 2023 Kim So-yun (Unplaced) |
| 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 | Miss Universe 2024 Han Ariel (Unplaced) |
| Year | Miss World Korea Winner | Runners Up & Sponsor Award | Special Awards | International Placements |
| 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 | Not awarded | Miss World 2011 Do Kyung-min (Top 7) Miss World 2012 Kim Sung-min (Unplaced) Miss World 2013 Park Min-ji (Unplaced) |
| 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 | Miss World 2014 Song Hwa-young (Unplaced) Miss World 2015 Chyung Eun-ju (Unplaced) Miss Supranational 2014 Kim Min-ji (Unplaced) |
| 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 | Miss World 2016 Wang Hyun (Top 11) Miss Universe 2016 Jenny Kim (Congeniality) Miss Supranational 2017 Jenny Kim (Winner) |
| 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 | Miss World 2017 Kim Ha-eun (Top 10) |
| 2021 | Tara Hong | (1st) Jinhee Park (2nd) Baek Ga-hyeon, Noh Eun (3rd) Jeon Ga-eun, Kim Song-i | Kim No-seong | Miss World 2021 Tara Hong (Best Designer Dress) |
| 2023 | Lijin Kim | (1st) Jeong Min, Bae Song-bin (2nd) Jeon Eul-hye, Sa Ha-hyeon, Hwang Ha-je | Oh Yoo-jeong, Lee Chae-bin | Miss World 2023 Lijin Kim (Unplaced) Queen of International Tourism 2024 Bae Song-bin (Unplaced) |
| Year | Miss Queen Korea Winner | Runners Up & Sponsor Award | Special Awards | International Placements |
| 2018 | Miss Universe Korea Baek Ji-hyun Miss World Korea Cho Ah Miss Supranational Korea Lee Eun-bi | (1st) Elena Lee (2nd) Seonyoung Kook, Kwon Whee (3rd) Harim Goo, Taeyoung Kim, Lee Yeon-joo | Chaerin Jang, Bin Ji-young | Miss Universe 2018 Baek Ji-hyun (Unplaced) Miss World 2018 Cho Ah (Unplaced) Miss Supranational 2018 Lee Eun-bi (Talent) |
| 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 Universe 2019 Lee Yeon-joo (Unplaced) Miss Universe 2020 Park Ha-ri (Unplaced) |
| 2019 | Miss World Korea Lim Ji-yeon | (1st) Jijeong Park (2nd) Hwajin Lee (3rd) Noh Gyu-oh | Yejin Lim, Lee Hwa-young, Seunghyun Kim, Park Ha-ri, Hwajin Lee, Kwon Whee | Miss World 2019 Lim Ji-yeon (Unplaced) |
| 2019 | Miss Supranational Korea Kwon Whee | (1st) Hyesoo Jeon (2nd) Hwang Chae-won (3rd) Sujeong Yoo | Yejin Lim, Lee Hwa-young, Seunghyun Kim, Park Ha-ri, Hwajin Lee, Kwon Whee | Miss Supranational 2019 Kwon Whee (Unplaced) Miss Supranational 2021 Hyesoo Jeon (Unplaced) |
| Year | Mister World Korea Winner | Runners Up | Runners Up | Runners Up | Location | International Placements | Ref. |
| Year | Mister World Korea Winner | First | Second | Third | Location | International Placements | Ref. |
| 2015 | Im Seung-jun | Koo Seung-hwan | Jung Koo-young | Lee Min-gu | Pyeongchang | Mister World 2019 Im Seung-jun (Did not compete) | |
| 2014 | Seo Young-suk | Kim Seong-eon | Im Hyun-woo, Kim Dae-young | Lee Hwang-hyun, Lee Ji-han, Park Geun-jong | Yeongwol | Mister World 2016 Seo Young-suk (Unplaced) | |

## Titleholders under Miss Queen Korea org.
### Miss Universe Korea 2016—Present

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up
* : Ended as top 5/8 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards
       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.
Miss Queen Korea Universe :
| Year | Province | Representative | Korean Name | National Title | Placement at MU | Special Awards | Notes |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 2024 | Seoul | Han Ariel | 아리엘 한 | Miss Universe Korea 2024 (Winner) | Unplaced | | |
| 2023 | Gyeongnam | Kim So-yun | 김소윤 | Miss Universe Korea 2023 (Winner) | Unplaced | | |
| 2022 | Seoul | Kim Hanna | 김한나 | Miss Universe Korea 2021 (1st Runner-up) | Unplaced | | Appointed — There was no national competition, a runner-up of last year took over the Miss Universe 2022 competition. |
| 2021 | Seoul | Kim Jisu | 김지수 | Miss Universe Korea 2021 (Winner) | Unplaced | | |
| 2020 | Incheon | Park Ha-ri | 박하리 | Miss Queen Korea — Universe 2019 (1st Runner-up) | Unplaced | | Appointed — Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the First Runner-up of 2019 crowned as the Miss Queen Korea 2020. |
| 2019 | Incheon | Lee Yeon-joo | 이연주 | Miss Queen Korea — Universe 2019 (Winner) | Unplaced | | |
| 2018 | Daegu | Baek Ji-hyun | 백지현 | Miss Queen Korea — Universe 2018 (Winner) | Unplaced | | Second Runner-up of Miss Korea in 2014. |
| 2017 | Gyeonggi | Cho Se-whee | 조세휘 | Miss Universe Korea 2016 (Winner) | Unplaced | | Cho was competing at the Miss Korea 2014, representing Gyeonggi; she was also first runner-up of Miss Gyeonggi in 2014. |
| 2016 | Seoul | Kim Jenny | 김제니 | Miss World Korea 2015 (1st Runner-up) | Unplaced | Miss Congeniality | Appointed from Miss World Korea by national director Park Jeong-ah; later, she won Miss Supranational 2017 in Poland on December 2, 2017. |

### Miss World Korea 2011—Present

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up
* : Ended as top 5/8 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards
       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.
Miss Queen Korea World :
| Year | Province | Representative | Korean Name | National Title | Placement at MW | Special Awards | Notes |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 2024 | Miss World 2023 was rescheduled to 9 March 2024, no pageant in 2024 | Miss World 2023 was rescheduled to 9 March 2024, no pageant in 2024 | Miss World 2023 was rescheduled to 9 March 2024, no pageant in 2024 | Miss World 2023 was rescheduled to 9 March 2024, no pageant in 2024 | Miss World 2023 was rescheduled to 9 March 2024, no pageant in 2024 | Miss World 2023 was rescheduled to 9 March 2024, no pageant in 2024 | Miss World 2023 was rescheduled to 9 March 2024, no pageant in 2024 |
| 2023 | Incheon | Lijin Kim | 김리진 | Miss World Korea 2023 (Winner) | Unplaced | Miss World Sport (Top 32) | |
| 2023 | Seoul | Byun Hyo-jeong | 변효정 | Miss Universe Korea 2021 (3rd Runner-up) | Competition venue change and Postponed | Competition venue change and Postponed | Appointed (Audition) — Miss World Korea 2022 |
| 2022 | Seoul | Park Jin-hee | 박진희 | Miss World Korea 2021 (1st Runner-up) | Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no edition started in 2022 | Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no edition started in 2022 | Appointed |
| 2021 | Seoul | Tara Hong | 홍태라 | Miss World Korea 2021 (Winner) | Unplaced | Best Designer Dress Award Miss World Talent (Top 27) Miss World Sport (Top 32) | The coronation was originally scheduled to be held on 16 December 2021 |
| 2020 | Seoul | Park Ji-jeong | 박지정 | Miss Queen Korea — World 2019 (1st Runner-up) | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held | Appointed |
| 2019 | Seoul | Lim Ji-yeon | 임지연 | Miss Queen Korea — World 2019 (Winner) | Unplaced | | |
| 2018 | Seoul | Cho Ah | 조아 | Miss Queen Korea — World 2018 (Winner) | Unplaced | Miss World Top Model (3rd Runner-up) | |
| 2017 | Seoul | Kim Ha-eun | 김하은 | Miss World Korea 2016 (Winner) | Top 10 | Miss World Asia Miss World Top Model (Top 30) | |
| 2016 | Seoul | Wang Hyun | 왕현 | Miss World Korea 2015 (Winner) | Top 11 | | |
| 2015 | Seoul | Chyung Eun-ju | 정은주 | Miss World Korea 2014 (2nd Runner-up) | Unplaced | | Appointed |
| 2014 | Gyeonggi | Song Hwa-young | 송화영 | Miss World Korea 2014 (Winner) | Unplaced | | |
| 2013 | Busan | Park Min-ji | 박민지 | Miss World Korea 2011 (2nd Runner-up) | Unplaced | | Appointed |
| 2012 | Seoul | Kim Sung-min | 김성민 | Miss World Korea 2011 (1st Runner-up) | Unplaced | | Appointed |
| 2011 | Daegu | Do Kyung-min | 도경민 | Miss World Korea 2011 (Winner) | Top 7 (4th Runner-up) | Miss World Top Model (Top 10) Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 20) | |

### Mister World Korea 2014—Present

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up
* : Ended as top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards
       The winner of Mister World Korea represents his country at Mister World. Miss and Mister World Korea Organization sent to Mister World in 2014.
Mister World Korea :
| Year | Province | Representative | Korean Name | National Title | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
| 2024 | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held ||||||||
| 2019 | Incheon | Na Gi-wook | 나기욱 | Mister World Korea 2019 — Appointed | Unplaced | | |
| 2016 | Seoul | Seo Young-suk | 서영석 | Mister World Korea 2014 (Winner) | Unplaced | | |
| 2014 | Seoul | Lim Jae-yeon | 임재연 | Mister World Korea 2013 — Appointed | Unplaced | | |

### Queen of International Tourism Korea 2024—Present

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up
* : Ended as top 5/8 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards
       Debuted at Queen of International Tourism in 2024.
Miss Queen Korea :
| Year | Province | Representative | Korean Name | National Title | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
| 2024 | Seoul | Bae Song-bin | 배송빈 | Miss World Korea 2023 (1st Runner-up) | Unplaced | | |

## Past titleholders under Miss Queen Korea org.
### Miss Supranational Korea 2014—2021

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up
* : Ended as top 5/8 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards
       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.
Miss Queen Korea Supranational :
| Year | Province | Representative | Korean Name | National Title | Placement at MS | Special Awards | Notes |
| 2021 | Seoul | Hyesoo Jeon | 전혜수 | Miss Queen Korea — Supranational 2019 (1st Runner-up) | Unplaced | | Appointed |
| 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 | 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 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held |
| 2019 | Seoul | Kwon Whee | 권휘 | Miss Queen Korea — Supranational 2019 (Winner) | Unplaced | | |
| 2018 | Incheon | Lee Eun-bi | 이은비 | Miss Queen Korea — Supranational 2018 (Winner) | Unplaced | Best Talent Best National Costume | |
| 2017 | Seoul | Jenny Kim | 김제니 | Miss World Korea 2015 (1st Runner-up) | Miss Supranational 2017 Winner | | Appointed |
| 2014 | Daegu | Kim Min-ji | 김민지 | Miss World Korea 2014 (1st Runner-up) | Unplaced | | Appointed |