Choi Mina Sue

Choi Mina Sue is a South Korean beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth 2022. She is the first Korean to win Miss Earth and the first to win one of the Big Four beauty pageants.

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Early life and education

Choi Mina Sue was born in Sydney, on February 22, 1999 and lived there until she was seven years old. Growing up, she lived in South Korea, Canada, the United States, and China. Choi attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she majored in communication studies.

Pageantry

Miss Korea 2021

On October 15, Choi won Miss Gyeonggi Incheon 2021, a Miss Korea regional preliminary. She participated in Miss Korea 2021 on November 16 and finished 1st runner-up.

Choi won Miss Earth 2022, on November 29, 2022, representing South Korea. During the preliminary events, she won the swimsuit competition, beach wear competition, and long gown competition. Choi was the first Korean to win the Miss Earth title and one of the Big Four international beauty pageants.

Entertainment career

Following her win at Miss Earth, Choi entered the South Korean entertainment industry under the management of Global E&B. In 2022, she made her television debut as a contestant on the survival game show Battle for Tenancy: Penthouse, where she finished in seventh place. She later made a cameo appearance in the television drama DNA Lover.
In January 2026, Choi joined the cast of the reality dating program Single's Inferno. During the program, she described her approach to relationships in interviews conducted on the show, which became a focal point of viewer discussion. She received attention from several male contestants during the early episodes. After the first four episodes aired, Choi received a large volume of negative responses online, which led her to disable comments on her Instagram account. On 27 January 2026, her friend, Miss International 2022 Jasmin Selberg, publicly spoke in her defense. Selberg stated that Choi’s on-screen behavior reflected a role shaped by the program’s production and editing and emphasized a distinction between Choi's television persona and her personal character.