Woo Seo-yoon, 22, the eldest daughter of former professional basketball player Woo Ji-won, won the top honor, Miss Korea Jin, at the 70th Miss Korea pageant.
The final round of the <a href="https://bitcomme.com/climate-tech-startups-to-watch-2026-data-centers-pitch-competition/” title=”Climate Tech Startups to Watch 2026: Data Centers Pitch Competition”>competition, hosted by GLOBAL E&B, was held on the 22nd at the Coex Auditorium in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Woo Seo-yoon, who advanced to the finals as a Seon titleholder from the Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon regional preliminaries, went on to claim the Miss Korea Jin crown after the final judging.
Woo Seo-yoon is studying fine arts at Tufts University in the United States. She first became known as a child after appearing on SBS’s “Star Junior Show,” and recently returned to the public eye through variety programs such as “When Our Kids Fall in Love 2.”
At this year’s pageant, Oh Soo-min, 25, and Lee Min-sol, 21, were named Seon and Mi, respectively, alongside Woo Seo-yoon. Oh, a Seon titleholder from the Jeolla, Gwangju and Jeju region, is currently enrolled in the School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University, while Lee, from the Busan and Ulsan region, is majoring in economics at Underwood International College, Yonsei University.
The special awards, Ye and Jae, went to Noh Hyang, 20, and Lee So-min, 27. Noh is studying Korean traditional music at Seoul National University, while Lee is majoring in piano at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media in Germany.
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