Lee Min-ji crowned Miss Korea + Korean-Brazilian Catharina Choi Nunes takes Miss World Brazil title

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• Lee Min-ji crowned Miss Korea 2015
• Videos & pictures
• Runners-up & list of contestants
• Netizen comments & reactions
• Catharina Choi Nunes, Miss Ilhabela is the new Miss World Brazil
• Korean-Brazilian beauty draws netizens
• Omona's comments section

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Lee Min-ji crowned Miss Korea 2015
published on 10 July 2015 at The Korea Times

Lee Min-ji was declared the winner. (Newsis)

The 2015 Miss Korea crowned Lee Min-ji, 24, from Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, Friday.

The pageant was held inside Universal Arts Center in Seoul and invited actress Lee Young-ae to be one of the judges.

Lee Min-ji majored in vocals at Sungshin Women’s University and takes over the title from Kim Seo-yeon, last year’s winner.

Runners-up were Kim Jung Jin, 20, of Sejong, and Kim Ye-rin, 19, of Jeju. Semi-finalists were Park Ah-reum, 24, of Daegu, So Ah-reum, 22, of Jeju, and Choi Myung-kyung, 21, of Daegu.

From left — Semi-finalist So Ah-reum, Miss Korea 2015 Lee Min-ji, and a runner-up Kim Ye-rim. (Newsis)

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Videos & pictures

Lee Min-ji cuts from the ceremony + pictures

Links to the full show:: Part 1 | Part 2




















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Runners-up & list of contestants
courtesy of The Great Pageant Community
for more detailed contestant profiles and accompanying pictures, see Hankook Ilbo

Winner	Lee Min-ji
1st Runner Up	Kim Jeong-jin
2nd Runner Up	Kim Ye-rin
Top 15	No.23 USA, Han Ho-jeong No.1 Chungbuk-Sejong, Kim Jeong-jin No.2 Seoul, Yoo Jeong-in No.7 Jeonra-Jeju, So Ah-reum No.14 Jeonra-Jeju, Kim Ye-rin No.18 Gyeongnam, Kim Gyu-ri No.19 Busan-Ulsan, Ahn Hye-ryeong No.20 Gyeonggi, Lee Min-ji No.29 Chungnam, Kim Sun-ae No.30 Daegu, Park Ah-reum No.9 Gyeongnam, Cho Ye-jin No.12 Gyeongbuk, Jeong Su-hyeon No.28 Daegu, Choi Myeong-gyeong No.13 Seoul, Jeong Ha-rin No.10 Seoul, Jang Woo-jeong
Miss Popular	Ahn Hye-ryoung
Miss Congeniality	Son So-hee

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Netizen comments & reactions
taken from Naver and Nate (1, 2, 3, 4), translated by NetizenBuzz

Article: Lee Min Ji crowned Miss Korea winner 'jin'

Source: TV Report via Naver
1. [+5,840, -57] Omona... what are the standards for winning Miss Korea nowadays...

2. [+5,634 -118] Come on, this is so wrong... If that's a winning face, then I've got loads of Miss Koreas all around me..

3. [+4,315, -77] She's the winner?... The standards of the judge panel are as stuffy as this weather..

4. [+3,303, -75] I didn't think she'd get winner, rahter thought Seoul or Busan, Ulsan would ㅜㅜ

5. [+2,533, -44] What the?????????

6. [+565, -10] Lee Young Ae is the true winner of today ㅋㅋㅋ she beat them all ㅋㅋㅋ as for this winner, she's going to be humiliated at the Universe competition

7. [+494, -3] Her face looks like she let go and ate ramen last night

8. [+412, -5] Maybe she's rich ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ugh, I really hate that she won, I don't want people thinking she's a Korean beauty

Source: Nate
1. [+522, -21] How much money does it cost to win nowadays? Judging by her face, tsk... I guess our last true Miss Korea ended with Honey Lee.

2. [+466, -5] I think the judges lost all sense of standards after seeing Lee Young Ae up there. None of the other women could compare.

3. [+433, -9] Why do the women behind her look prettier?

4. [+30, -1] Ugly... or is it just the picture? What a disappointment

5. [+24, -1] How is a Miss Korea winner who is supposed to represent the beauty of Korea uglier than After School's Lizzy?!

Source: Nate [2]
1. [+346, -5] What's the point of Miss Korea nowadays anyway, not like anyone cares. It's a party of their own now with similar looking women all sharing the same trophies.

2. [+292, -6] Looks like someone you can find on the streets... I guess everyone's a winner nowadays

3. [+184, -4] No more merit to this, it's a league of their own

4. [+270, -3] In the question and answer segment, they were talking about the bias against Miss Korea and I don't remember who answered but she said "Everyone thinks that Miss Koreas get plastic surgery but as you can all see, we are 100% natural"... do they not have shame

5. [+215, -4] The prettiest there was Lee Young Ae.. amazing how much you can fix up faces of women in their twenties and not one of them can live up to her beauty.

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Article: Lee Young Ae 'beauty that intimidates even Miss Korea'

Source: TV Report via Nate
1. [+575, -25] Sucks that a natural beauty has to judge half human plastic surgery monsters filled with fillers and silicon

2. [+547, -25] Basically like a huge company CEO coming out to judge small agency employees

3. [+468, -22] That elegant aura could never come from plastic surgery monsters

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Official Press Release: Catharina Choi Nunes, Miss Ilhabela is the new Miss World Brazil
Vice-Miss takes over title and will travel to Sanya, China, to compete in Miss World 2015
published on 29 June 2015 at Global Beauties

Choi (left), became Miss World Brazil 2015 after the resignation of winner Ana Luisa Castro (right) upon the discovery that she had married in Belgium to her long time boyfriend. The Miss World pageant does not accept contestants who are married.

25-year old Catharina Choi Nunes, who represented Ilhabela, has been officially named Miss World Brazil 2015 after the resignation of Saturday night’s winner, Ana Luisa Castro of Sergipe.

Ana Luisa Castro was elected the winner by the judges during the televised gala; however it came to the knowledge of the organization that miss Castro was in fact married in Belgium.

Castro’s status does not meet the requirements and rules of the Miss World Brazil pageant, so she resigned voluntarily. The Organization was not aware of miss Castro’s civil status, valid in Europe but it was not recognized in Brazil by the time of competition.

The organization of Miss World Brazil respects the decision of Ana Luisa Castro and wishes her the very best in her personal and professional life.

The new Miss World Brazil, Catharina Choi Nunes, comes from Sao Paulo and stands 1.77 m in height. She worked as a TV presenter in South Korea during two years, where her roots come from. She speaks Portuguese, English and Korean. Her Beauty with a Purpose project was among the finalists of this year’s event.

Miss Choi Nunes will be officially crowned during this week, in an official event to be televised live.

Results follow:
Miss World Brazil 2015: Catharina Choi Nunes (Ilhabela)
2nd place: Paula Gomes (Mato Grosso do Sul)
3rd place: Lais Berte (Rio Grande do Sul)
4th place: Thaina Magalhaes (Distrito Federal)
5th place: Julia Horta (Minas Gerais)

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Korean-Brazilian beauty draws netizens
published on 09 July 2015 at The Korea Times

Korean-Brazilian Catharina Choi Nunes, 25, who won the Miss World Brazil title late last month, has mesmerized Korean netizens.

After her recent accomplishment, netizens have begun paying attention to her past photos, including when she won Miss Earth Korea 2013.

Nunes, whose Korean name is Choi Song-ee, will compete in the Miss World 2015 pageant in Sanya, China, in December.

Nunes appeared on TV entertainment show "Infinity Challenge" on MBC in 2014, where she taught Portuguese to the show's cast, who visited Brazil to cheer for the Korean national football team in the FIFA World Cup.

Catharina Choi Nunes (center) with casts from "Infinity Challenge"

videos and pictures courtesy of: Yonhap News, 박수현, 핫스타셔틀, AllBeauty, nazaboyk11, cathchoi
article written by: The Korea Times (1, 2); Hankook Ilbo; The Great Pageant Community; Naver and Nate (1, 2, 3, 4) via NetizenBuzz; Global Beauties

Pretty ladies post!!!!What do you guys think about beauty pageants? Does anyone follow them? Who are your nation's contestants for the next Miss Universe pageant? Did anyone watch the Miss USA pageant last night?

Comments

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

thats some next level formatting, great job op

[alleybetwixt.livejournal.com]

Real-talk, I have zero interest in beauty pageants and am kind of grossed out by them, but I'm 100% here for the stunningly beautiful formatting. Sweet fancy Moses, this is a thing to behold. WE'RE NOT WORTHY.

[kittyboo17.livejournal.com]

awww, losing your crown just because you're married, that's a pity

woah OP, I bow to your formatting greatness OTL

[genesisgrey.livejournal.com]

Can't win a Miss Pageant if you're not a Miss.

[kittyboo17.livejournal.com]

oh, I feel so stupid right now O.o *facepalm*

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

lulz i loved how everybody was like uh miss jin isn't pretty at all, the runner ups had better looks wth etc etc and then the bikini jpgifs came up and people were like dayum okay, fine

she has a REALLY nice body and i am jelly of her hips and legs

love the formatting op!

[mlmello.livejournal.com]

I hate beauty pageants, but OP deserves all the praises for this post. amazing work! <3

[ababobaby.livejournal.com]

damn OP. u did it again!!

[oppameansit.livejournal.com]

i love that a darker skinned girl won

but of course netizens are pressed about it

[welljustguess.livejournal.com]

why are these netizen so cruel. okay there's other girl who's prettier than her but she's still  pretty. and that's a very hurtful comment about lizzy

Re: Formatting issues?

[stutterflies.livejournal.com]

Can you PM me an image of what you're seeing? I know someone who had the same (or a similar) problem a few months ago. I'll refer it to our layout master to see if he can resolve the issue for you.

Edit: oops, looks like my reply was late. Thanks for the screenshot :)

Re: Formatting issues?

[stutterflies.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for your update! Looks like things were resolved in the background, and I hadn't even known about it. haha Hopefully this stays fixed, but please don't hesitate to report any issues that come up in the future. :)

Re: Formatting issues?

[gee.livejournal.com]

I've had this for a few days. Usually the logo up top is always a box but the ones running down the page are new.

Re: Formatting issues?

[hozrien.livejournal.com]

I had the same problem, I ended up having to adblock the images and they disappeared. The omona logo thing has pretty much has been like that for me since the whole imgur not working for us anymore

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

How is a Miss Korea winner who is supposed to represent the beauty of Korea uglier than After School's Lizzy?!
This was random and unnecessary. Maybe there is some context that I don't know about.

[sayuridoll.livejournal.com]

mte
i don't think lizzy's ugly?

[torontok.livejournal.com]

Beauty pageant post featuring hot women in swimsuits but Omona is fangirling over the formatting lol.
Miss Brazil is stunning.
I think Lee Minji is pretty.Nothing wrong with seeing a more relatable beauty

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

lol right? (re: formatting)

#priorities

[adlyeith.livejournal.com]

beauty pageants are awful, and if anyone in the US has ever seen toddlers and tiaras, you'll also understand why I feel that way.

Amazing formatting OP, I can barely figure out how to put spaces between paragraphs with HTML.

[sayuridoll.livejournal.com]

damn at that netizen coming after lizzy lmao

good job op, great formatting!

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

miss korea has such an amazing body! her bikini is making me uncomfortable though, it feels like it would be painful to have my boobies squished so hard.

miss brazil is a goddess though, i need to watch that episode of ic!

seriously jealous of op's formatting skills ❤️

[szhuns.livejournal.com]

It's disheartening to see so many negative comments on pageants. Most people who criticize them base their opinions on television shows and a preconceived notion on what they think beauty pageants are and what they represent. I have participated in, and won, beauty pageants when I was in high school/beginning of university because a lot of pageants award scholarship money and provide both experience and an opportunity to engage with many intelligent and talented women. I always enjoyed them because as opposed to everyone's belief that beauty pageants are mainly superficial (which isn't completely untrue because there can be a certain inclination to look/present yourself a certain way), pageants actually encourage women to understand not only each other but also the importance of self confidence and hard work. We would have really great volunteer opportunities and discuss politics and world events and I have never participated in a pageant and left without gaining knowledge I would have never had a chance to had I not been a part of the experience.

I was very proud to be there to represent a demographic that usually doesn't thrive in Western pageants (I'm Asian American), and I am always so excited when younger girls from minority groups come up and tell me that I've inspired them to join when they would not have otherwise because they didn't believe that they fit into the typical "Western conventional beauty" standard. Being a part of pageants is empowering and taught me the importance of character and value of friendship and I wish people would not be so quick to write it off.

[huanyia.livejournal.com]

they're all so damn gorgeous oh my gosh.

[achan123.livejournal.com]

i agree

the formatting is particularly exquisite
O_O

[myrrhcat.livejournal.com]

ppl have such unrealistically high standards when it comes to celebrities. and they know those aren't their real standards, they just search for flaws so they'll have something to bitch about
meanwhile if they saw any of these women on the street they KNOW they'd rate them as a beauty

[achan123.livejournal.com]

stunning and gorgeous

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well done OP on the formatting

[kevinmchale.livejournal.com]

wait the flawless formatting 😭😍

[cauliflower346.livejournal.com]

"The Miss World pageant does not accept contestants who are married."
????????
Like, I get that "miss" is in there, but why does that matter at all?

Also, omg they're all so beautiful. Lee Min-ji is doing things to me.

And the organization here is spot on, good job OP!

[allegsiseu.livejournal.com]

married women have their own pageant, mrs. world. i think it's weird too. also i believe their is an age limit for miss world regardless of marital status.

yeah i just checked it's 25.

[cauliflower346.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it just seems bizarre to categorize/restrict based off marital status.

And, wow, that is young

[yakuniku-8.livejournal.com]

I hope Miss Japan will win Miss World or Miss Universe or whatever ^^

[kjc48.livejournal.com]

Congrats to both I guess. (but who are those girls fooling...no of those nose and under-eye fat are real nor will it help them win at the larger international competitions)

[samii3104.livejournal.com]

I'm amused that most are fine with beauty pageants, but the measurement of AOA members' waists is too much. John Oliver sums up my thoughts on the Miss America pageant and any beauty pageants.

[rightclick5ave.livejournal.com]

if there were an omona beauty pageant this post would be crowned #1 because SUCH BEAUTIFUL FORMATTING ♥___♥

more relevant comment: ever since I read the Fashionista articles about what participating in the Miss Korea pageant is really like (1 (http://fashionista.com/2013/08/miss-korea-contestant-confessions-plastic-surger) & 2 (http://fashionista.com/2013/08/inside-miss-korea-scandal-glory-lee)) I can't help but wonder how much the contestants have gone through... :(

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

OP...I wanted to comment on the post but the formatting is fabulous