Jang Yoon-jeong (Miss Korea)

Jang Yoon-jeong (born February 16, 1970) is a South Korean actress, TV Host and beauty queen who was named Miss Korea in 1987. She represented South Korea and was the first runner-up of the Miss Universe 1988 beauty contest. Porntip Nakhirunkanok was the winner of the competition.[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Jang.
Jang Yoon-jeong
Hangul
장윤정
Hanja
張允貞
Revised RomanizationJang Yun-jeong
McCune–ReischauerChang Yunjŏng

Miss Universe 1988

After the preliminaries, Jang Yoon-jeong was the highest-placed Asian delegate who ranked third behind the US and Dominican Republic. During the actual pageant, she placed 1st runner-up (second place) behind Thailand's Bui Simon. At the time of the Miss Universe 1988 pageant, she was a high school student studying dance. Korea has never won Miss Universe. Jang is the closest a Korean woman has come to winning since debuting in 1954. It would not be until 18 years later that a Korean woman (Honey Lee) placed as third runner-up. Miss Universe 1988 was historic: 4 out of 5 contestants were from Asian countries, only the delegate of Mexico, Amanda Olivares was from the American region.

References
  1. Park Chung-a (June 3, 2007). "Ex-Miss Korea Tops Internet News". Korea Times. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
Preceded by
Kim Ji-eun		 Miss Korea
1987		 Succeeded by
Kim Sung-ryung
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