aieseifer wrote:Mikel9009 wrote:Miss korea will most likely crown miss Seoul or one of the runner ups for miss Seoul , it's been going on like this for the past decade.
What is so special about misses seoul, as theiy place year every year in MKUniverse? Or seoul district aprt from being korea's capital? Just out of my curiosity..
Seoul Metropolitan City is the biggest region in S.Korea.
A quarter of Korean population dwells in Seoul.
So Seoul sends 6 contestants to the national while the others send 3.
It's true Miss Korea Org favors Miss Seoul and you can see it in history:Seoul has produced most winners.
But in my humble opinion non-Seoul local/overseas pageants are struggling to choose truly deserving girls.
There are a lot of wasted beauties year by year in non-Seoul regions.
Kyung-min Doe, Miss World 2011 Top 5 was a contestant to a local pageant for Miss Korea 2010 and she was even failed to make the cut in local.
I don't think local pageants for Miss Korea are doing right job so I can't blame only Seoul's sash_ advantage.
In case of overseas contestants, for some of them, their lack of Korean ability might be an issue.
We had perfect Top 7 last year. fair and square, I believe.
Hope best girl wins this year too.