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| Kim Jin-sol, center, smiles after winning the Miss Korea beauty pageant at Grand Peace Hall, Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Friday. / Korea Times photo by Hong In-ki |
By Park Si-soo
The festival is over. But the heart-squeezing tensions and anxieties that 34 finalists might have endured to become a Korean beauty queen are still alive in photos taken during the 2016 Miss Korea beauty pageant at Kyung Hee University's Grand Peace Hall on Friday.
The contestants might have felt the three-hour show passed in seconds. While the dropouts of each cut-off session walked behind the curtain in tears, survivors might have breathed a deep sigh of relief ― or suppressed a scream of joy ― at getting closer to the shining crown
Kim Jin-sol, 24, is 2016 Miss Korea. The others had to stand one step behind her during the ceremonial group photo shoot marking the birth of the 60th Miss Korea.
Where the finalists stood represented their finishing positions in this year's contest. But this moment did not represent their human value, talent and growth potential. Simply put, they were all shining stars. From the event organizer's perspective, they were equally important individuals who made the 60th Miss Korea pageant possible.
Hankook Ilbo, The Korea Times' sister paper, organized the event. The Korea Times chose the photos of the pageant's key moments.
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| Finalists of the 2016 Miss Korea beauty pageant pose at Grand Peace Hall, Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Friday. / Korea Times photo by Hong In-ki |
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