Miss Grand Korea
미스 그랜드 코리아
Formation2020; 4 years ago (2020)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSeoul
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
Korean
President
Kim Ho-Seong
Key people
Kim Hyunjung
Parent organization
Korea Marriage Bureau & Korea Premium Brand Association (2020 –present)'
WebsiteOfficial website

Miss Grand Korea (Korean: 미스 그랜드 코리아) is a lower concept of Miss Grand International that is held annually as a national female beauty pageant in Korea since 2020. This pageant is to select the representative for Korea to Miss Grand International, which is a pageant promoting World Peace and is against all violent conflicts.[1][2]

The current Miss Grand Korea titleholder is Lee Ji-ho of Seoul. Lee was crowned Miss Grand Korea on October 22, 2021.

History

Background

From 2013 to 2015, the Korean representatives at Miss Grand International were determined by appointing Korean-Canadians that competed in the Miss Earth Canada contest. Later in 2016, the 1L2H Company chaired by South Korean businessman Hyun Dae-Gon franchised the license for Miss Grand International in Korea. The 2016 titleholder was appointed with the first contest being held the following year 2017.[3] In 2020, the marriage bureau company, Purples, and the Korea Premium Brand Association (KPBA), with Kim Ho-Seong as the president, purchased the Korean license for Miss Grand International and held the contest later that year with it airing on OBS Gyeongin TV.[3][4]

There was a lawsuit between KPBA and the 1L2H Company about the use of the brand name for Miss Grand Korea. Still, the court rejected all the arguments from both sides since the court considered the brand Miss Grand International belongs to the CEO of Miss Grand International, Nawatt. The court arbitrated that the name Miss Grand Korea could confuse participants, so only those with a current license should use the brand name which caused the old organization to change its pageant name to Miss Glorize Korea in late 2020.[3]

Editions

The following list details of the every Miss Grand Korea contest since the first one in 2017.

Year Edition Date Final venue Host Province Entrants Ref.
2017 1st 6 July EL Tower (엘타워), Seocho Seoul 27 [5][6]
2018 2nd 30 August Dinoche Convention, Seongdong Seoul 22 [7][8]
2019 3rd 12 July Island Castle Hotel Resort, Uijeongbu Gyeonggi 22 [9][10]
2020 4th 15 August Grand Walkerhill, Gwangjin Seoul 36 [3][4][11]
— 22 October Dinoce Convention, Art Hall, Seongdong-gu Seoul 12 [12]
2021 5th 29 October Daejeon Convention Center, Daedeok Daejeon 22 [13][14]
2023 6th 4 June Grand Walkerhill, Gwangjin Seoul 18 [15][16]

Titleholder

Early era: Single organizer

Year Miss Grand Korea Runners-up Ref.
1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 3rd runner-up 4th runner-up
2017 Park Ha Young An Eunsaem Yoon Mi Kim, Jeong Suji, Kim Sona No 3rd & 4th runners-up [17]
2018 Choi Min Park Nae-yeon Kim Gwang-eun Jung Yoo-hyun Kim Hyodang
2019 Park Serim Moon Jinhee Lee Dojeong Lee Woohyun Yoon Sumi [18][19]

Current era: Pageant redundancy

By SKPBA and the 1L2H Company

Year Miss Grand Korea 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 3rd runner-up 4th runner-up Ref.
2020 Oh Yuna Lim Hyora Lim Hayoung Jeong Yurim Kim Minji

By Korea Marriage Bureau & Korea Premium Brand Association

Year Miss Grand Korea 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 3rd runner-up 4th runner-up Ref.
2020 Lee Hyun-young Choi Yuna Shin Ye-eun, Gabin Lee No 3rd & 4th runners-up [20]
2021 Lee Jiho Lim Seon-Yeong, Lim Ga-Yeong, Lee Hyeon-Ah No 2nd, 3rd & 4th runners-up [21]
2023 Park Ji-young Han Da-yeon Jo Hye-min Lee Myung-hee, Lee Na-ra No 4th runners-up [22]

Representatives at Miss Grand International

Year Representative Original national title International result
Placement Other awards
2013 Yuri Kim[23] — Unplaced[24] —
2014 Sung Hye-Won[25] — Unplaced[26] —
2015 Dasol Lee[27] — Unplaced[28] —
2016 Yeseul Cho[29][30] — Top 10[31] Miss Popular Vote[31]
2017 Park Ha Young[5][6] Miss Grand Korea 2017[5][6] Unplaced[32] —
2018 Choi Min[7][8] Miss Grand Korea 2018[7][8] Unplaced[33] —
2019 Park Serim[9][10] Miss Grand Korea 2019[9][10] Unable to compete[34]
2020 Lee Hyun-young[3][4] Miss Grand Korea 2020[4][11] Unplaced[35] —
2021 Lee Ji-ho[36] Miss Grand Korea 2021[13][14] Unplaced[37] —
2022 Lee Juyeon[38] — Unplaced[39] —
2023 Park Ji-young[40] Miss Grand Korea 2023[40] Unplaced —
Color keys for the Placements at Miss Grand International
  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up
  Ended as a finalist
  Ended as a semifinalist
  Ended as special awards

See also

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