I guess this sort of controversy is nothing new in the silly world of beauty pageants, but I found the news that Miss Korea runner-up (Kim Hee-kyeong) had her status stripped due to her having posed in lingerie and semi-nude poses prior to the competition, a little surprising.
The crazy thing is, it’s being reported that the judges knew of the photos prior to the pageant judges making her “runner up.” Huh?
For as long as I could stand it, I watched the pageant with my wife. About 10 minutes. But the finalists were, frankly, not worthy of being called the most beautiful women in Korea. Of course there’s more to it than being beautiful, and in a society as self-conscious and beauty obsessed as Korea, I’m sure there’s some straight up weirdness that goes into the judging. But really….check out the winner.
Anyway, this decision to strip the runner up of her prestigious status is very questionable. I think a full examination of the risque photos is in order. Here’s a video report on the controversy and here are several other examples 1, 2, 3, and 4
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1 Korea » Idea for South Korea promotional tag line... // Aug 15, 2008 at 4:13 am
[...] Controversy Over Miss Korea Runner-up DemotionI guess this sort of controversy is nothing new in the silly world of beauty pageants, but I found the news that Miss Korea runner-up (Kim Hee-kyeong) had her status stripped due to her having posed in lingerie and semi-nude poses prior … [...]
2 Brian // Aug 15, 2008 at 7:05 am
She looks different in every single picture I’ve seen over her. She’s like Joe from ZenKimchi in that regard.
The woman standing up on the right side in number 2 . . . is she somebody? I thought I’ve seen her on TV somewhere before.
3 John Brooks // Aug 15, 2008 at 9:40 am
Yeah, I agree it seems very questionable. I mean the risque photos aren’t worse than anything you can see in other magazines like Maxim, FHM, Stuff, etc. The moral police in this case does get on my nerves. All in all, seeing as the fact the judges knew the past makes it even more questionable.
4 Shinsano // Aug 15, 2008 at 10:33 am
ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ At first I thought that was the possibly lesbian pop group that posed for newd photos, but it’s not someone I recognize.
5 Brian // Aug 15, 2008 at 1:07 pm
In one of the articles it was talking about a “triple nude” with her and, I’m assuming, the two other women. *cough* I’ll have to investigate further. I’m pretty sure it’s not “Foxy,” that group that leaked the nude shots a while back.
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