Jung So-ra (; born March 10, 1991), also known as Sora Jung in the Western media, is a South Korean model and
beauty pageant
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titleholder who was crowned
Miss Korea 2010 and represented her country in the 2011
Miss Universe
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pageant.
Early life
Jung is the daughter of the chairman of the Korean Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and intends to become a
diplomat
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. She graduated from
Shanghai American School
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in the class of 2009. She had previous attended
University of California, Riverside
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, but now she is currently attending
Korea University
Korea University (KU, ) is a Private university, private research university in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1905 by Yi Yong-ik, Lee Yong-Ik, a prominent official of the Korean Empire, Korea University is among South Korea's oldest List of ...
. She speaks two languages:
Korean
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* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean
**Korean dialects
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and
English
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* English language
* English people
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.
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Miss Korea 2010
Jung, who stands tall, competed as one of 56 finalists in her country
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's national beauty pageant, Miss Korea
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History
The first Miss Korea competition took place in 1957 and was sponsored by the Korean newspaper Ha ...
, held on July 25, 2010 in Seoul
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, where she became the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent South Korea
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in Miss Universe 2011
Miss Universe 2011 was the 60th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Vibra São Paulo, Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on 12 September 2011.
At the end of the event, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned Leila Lopes (Miss Universe), Leila Lopes ...
.[
After the pageant, Jung donated all her prize money to the International Vaccine Institute, an organization that develops and distributes vaccines in developing countries. "I made this decision to keep my promise to serve society when I was crowned Miss Korea," she said.][
]
Miss Universe 2011
As the official representative of her country
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to the 2011 Miss Universe
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pageant, broadcast live from São Paulo
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, Brazil
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on September 12, 2011, Jung vied to succeed the then Miss Universe
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titleholder, Ximena Navarrete
Jimena "Ximena" Navarrete Rosete (; born February 22, 1988) is a Mexican actress, TV host, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2010. She was previously named as Nuestra Belleza México 2009. She became the second Miss Univers ...
of Mexico
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, she was however unplaced in the title holders.
References
External links
Miss Korea 2010 profile
Miss Universe 2011 profile
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1991 births
Living people
Miss Korea winners
Miss Universe 2011 contestants
South Korean female models
University of California, Riverside alumni
Korea University alumni