Behind the Crown: Miss Korea Winners speak out on Beauty Pageants 👸🏻 | Korean Pizza Club | EP.19
Korea is the land of high standards when it gets to appearance and beauty. The beauty pageants in Korea can be super competitive as well. Miss Korea is the most prestigious beauty pageant in Korea which boasts a long history. While there might be criticisms against beauty pageants in the modern era with issues of objectification, extreme beauty standards, etc., Miss Korea is still very popular among many young women. In this episode we invite former and current Miss Korea winners and talk about the pageant and what they felt throughout the contest. 🎤 Host: David Kim @justdavid_92👫 Guests IG: Yeji/Sarah @uknow_yeaji @yeaji / Bella @bella_s.hn / Gracey @graceychung __1️⃣ Korean Pizza Club All-in-one link https://linktr.ee/koreanpizzaclub Timestamps 00:00 Teaser 00:36 Introduction - Miss Korea titles 02:58 What is Miss Korea? 08:30 What happens during the Miss Korea contest? - Regionals, Training 17:05 Nationwide competition - moving around, restrictions 29:00 Final stage - voting, judging criteria 32:50 Beauty standards changing / personality, talent shows etc. 43:36 Miss Korea impact on personal life 49:20 Stereotypes, hate comments, creeps 55:54 Criticism against Miss Korea - identity, reinforcing beauty standards 1:04:50 Bikini contest / sexual objectification 1:08:34 After Miss Korea 1:13:44 Advice for Miss Korea contestants