Jenny Kim (; born November 22, 1994) is a South Korean model and

beauty pageant A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the contestants' physical attractiveness, sometimes sol ...

titleholder who was crowned

Miss Supranational 2017 Miss Supranational 2017 was the ninth Miss Supranational pageant, held at the MOSIR Arena in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, on December 1, 2017. Srinidhi Shetty of India crowned Jenny Kim of South Korea as her successor at the end of the event. Ba ...

. She was previously appointed Miss Universe Korea 2016, and competed in

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Early life and education

Kim was born on November 22, 1994, in

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

, South Korea. She moved to

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

at the age of one with her family, and lived in Jakarta from 1995 until graduating high school in 2013. She was educated in

Jakarta Intercultural School Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS), formerly Jakarta International School, is a private school, private, international school in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was established in 1951 for expatriate students living in Jakarta and is the largest internati ...

and

Gandhi Memorial International School Gandhi Memorial Intercontinental School (GMIS), formerly Gandhi Memorial International School, is a private international school with campuses in Jakarta, Bali, and Semarang, Indonesia. The primary campus, GMIS Jakarta, has more than 2,000 enroll ...

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for 13 years. After high school, Kim moved back to Korea to study at

Ewha Womans University Ewha Womans University () is a private women's research university in Seoul, South Korea. It was originally founded as Ewha Haktang on May 31, 1886, by missionary Mary F. Scranton. Currently, Ewha Womans University is one of the world's largest f ...

for a

double major Joint degrees are academic qualifications awarded through integrated curricula often jointly coordinated and delivered by multiple higher education institutions, sometimes across different countries. Graduates may receive a single qualification ...

in international office administration and

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and

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. She also volunteers to be an interpreter at the

National Museum of Indonesia The National Museum of Indonesia () is an archeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square. Popularly known as the Elephant Museum () ...

. She speaks Korean, Indonesian, and English.

Beauty pageants

Kim believes her greatest strength in pageant competitions is her multiculturalism. She learned the English language in

, which allowed her to enter international pageants, and credits her high school teacher for encouraging her to compete, even calling her mother until she agreed. She says she has more fans in

than in

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

. After returning to Korea, she trained for three years in pageant skills such as catwalk, fitness, speech, and makeup.

Miss World Korea 2015

Kim's first beauty pageant was Miss World Korea 2015, in December 2015. She won first runner-up to Miriam Wang Hyun.

Miss Universe 2016

Kim was appointed Miss Universe Korea 2016 by Park Jeong-ah, national director of Miss Universe Korea. (Winner Wang Hyun went to compete in

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.) Kim competed with 85 other contestants at the 65th

, where she was awarded Miss Congeniality on January 30, 2017. It was the first time that Korea had received Miss Congeniality at Miss Universe.

Miss Supranational 2017

Kim competed at

which was held in

Krynica-Zdrój Krynica-Zdrój (until 31 December 2001 Krynica, Rusyn language, Rusyn: Криниця ) is a town in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It is inhabited by over eleven thousand people. It is the biggest spa town in Pola ...

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. Kim was crowned as the winner by the outgoing titleholder Miss Supranational 2016,

Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty (born 21 October 1992) is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant title holder, who primarily works in Kannada and Telugu films. She won the Miss Supranational pageant in 2016, becoming the second Indian to win the ...

. She is the first winner from

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and the win is the first major title for her country. During her reign as Miss Supranational 2017, Kim travelled to Vietnam, China, Japan, Myanmar, Malaysia, India, and Indonesia. She attended Miss Diva 2018 in India, and gave interviews and tips to the contestants. Kim attended the Puteri Indonesia 2018 beauty contest, and served as an honorary judge at

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. She helped present the

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at the

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in 2018. She crowned

Miss Supranational Vietnam Miss and Mister Supranational Vietnam ( Vietnamese: Hoa hậu và Nam vương Siêu quốc gia Việt Nam ) is a beauty pageant in the Vietnam. It was first held in 2018 to look for Vietnamese representatives at the Miss Supranational competiti ...

2018 in Seoul, South Korea. In November 2018, at the end of her reign as Miss Supranational, all the Miss Supranational contestants in Poland for the December competition threw Kim a 25th birthday party in

Karpacz Karpacz (, German: ''Krummhübel'') is a spa town and ski resort in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland, and one of the most important centres for mountain hiking and skiing, including ski jumping. Its populatio ...

References

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