Chyung Eun-ju (
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The ...
: 정은주; born August 9, 1993) is a South Korean beauty pageant titleholder, model and student. Eun-Ju competed in multiple pageants, the most recent being Miss World Korea, where she was the second runner up. Through her placement in the competition, she served as a model for cosmetics company
ISOI and represented Korea as Miss Korea in
Miss World 2015
Miss World 2015, the 65th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 19 December 2015 at the outdoor arena of the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. 114 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Rolene Strauss of ...
.
Jung is also a student at Seoul National University double majoring in Business Administration and Spanish. She speaks four languages: English, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. She is currently a broadcaster at Arirang TV's Showbiz Korea.
Personal life
Eun-ju was born in Korea but moved to São Paulo, Brazil when she was one as her father set out to start his own small textile business. In Brazil, she attended Escola Graduada de São Paulo, an American school, for 12 years. She then moved to Korea to study in
Seoul National University
Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the thr ...
.
Career
Miss Korea Brazil 2013
Jung was originally declared the winner of the Miss Korea – Brazil pageant but was allegedly dethroned as
Catharina Choi
Catharina Choi Nunes (born 24 January 1990), also known by her Korean name Choi Song-ee (; also romanised as Choi Song-yi), is a South Korean and Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned both Miss Earth Korea 2013 and Mis ...
, who was the first runner took her place. There have been multiple rumors surrounding her purported dethronement, including third-party pressure and bribery, but none have emerged with evidence.
Miss World Korea 2014
Jung competed in the Miss World Korea 2014 pageant and was the second runner up to Song Hwa Young, the winner of the national pageant and delegate for Korea in the Miss World 2014 competition. Jung was also awarded the Miss ISOI title, which included a one-year contract as a model for cosmetics company
ISOI.
She represented Korea in the Miss World 2015 pageant held in Sanya, Hainan Island, China PR.
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1993 births
People from Seoul
Seoul National University alumni
Living people
South Korean beauty pageant winners
Miss World 2015 delegates