Birth name: Kim Joo-ri
Birth date : 1988
Birth place: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 1.72 m (5 ft 7.5 in)
Eye color : Black
Hair color: Black
Weight: 50kg
Title(s): Miss Korea 2009 & Miss Seoul 2009
Major competition(s): Miss Korea 2009 (winner)
Miss World 2009 (Top 16)
Miss World Asia Pacific (2009)
BIOGRAPHY:
Kim Joo-ri (Hangul: 김주리, born 1988), is the winner of Miss Korea 2009. For the first time ever, the Miss Korea winner represent Korea in the Miss World 2009, and will compete Miss Universe 2010. She was also crowned as Miss Seoul 2009 before competing in Miss Korea 2009.
Joo-ri place among the top 20 finalists of Miss World Beach Beauty competition which took place at Zimbali Resort, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa on November 25, 2009 and won 1st runner up in the Miss World Talent competition. At the Miss World 2009, she placed in the final Top 16, and won Beauty Queen of Asia & Oceania. Korea's last placement was Oh Eun-young in 2005. She later was announced in top 100 Miss Grand Slam and finished 56th place due to her semifinal position in Miss World.
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Kim Joo-ri to vie in Miss Universe 2010
By Ines Min
Staff reporter
The 22-year-old Kim Joo-ri will compete in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, Aug. 23. / Korea Times file
Miss Korea Kim Joo-ri has a chance to become the next face of the international community when she competes in the upcoming Miss Universe 2010 in August, fans and media are speculating alike.
The 22-year-old has seen her fair share of fame over the last year, since she was crowned Miss Seoul 2009. A graduate of the Russian Bolshoi Ballet School, the trilingual Kim recently placed seventh in the 2009 Miss World Competition. In fact, she is the first representative from South Korea to participate in two of the four global beauty pageants (composed of the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth contests).
Kim, who has lived abroad in both England and Russia, hopes to become either a ballerina or a diplomat _ following her idol, Audrey Hepburn _ in the future. Either way, the optimism emanating from the young lady is clear in her every action.
``I hope people don't give up on their dreams,’’ Kim told The Korea Times in an interview last year. ``I never thought I would come this far, but I have. If you really want to become Miss Korea, go for it and the same goes to everything else!’’
The 59th Miss Universe pageant will take place Aug. 23 in Las Vegas.
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