Miss Grand Korea 2018


Miss Grand Korea 2018 was the second edition of the Miss Grand Korea pageant, held on August 30, 2018, at the Dinozze Convention, Seongdong, Seoul. Twenty-two contestants, who qualified for the national round through the regional preliminaries, competed for the title. Of whom, Choi Min of Seongnam was announced the winner, while Park Na-yeon of Goyang was elected the vice-miss.
Choi Min later represented South Korea at the Miss Grand International 2018 pageant in Myanmar but was unplaced. In addition to the pageant title, Choi Min was also assumed ambassador of the Korean Demilitarized Zone to promote peace in the Korean peninsula.

Background

On July 2, 2018, the Miss Grand Korea Committee released a document regarding the schedule of the Miss Grand Korea 2018 competition, which was set for August 30, 2018, at the Dinozze Convention, Seongdong, Seoul, with the start date for submitting documents for the regional preliminaries on July 10.
All national finalists for the Miss Grand Korea 2018 competition were determined through the regional preliminary rounds. The regional audition was organized four times in Seoul, Daegu, Gwangju, and Gyeonggi Province from July 10 – August 20; the qualifiers then entered the pageant camp from August 24 – 29 before competing in the grand final on August 30.
The following table provides the data related to the regional preliminaries of the Miss Grand Korea 2018 competition.
Host province/cityDate and venueNumber of qualifiers
SeoulJuly 20, 2018, at the Youngsan Art Hall, Yeongdeungpo7
DaeguJuly 28, 2018, at the Kensington Prince Hotel, Nam4
GyeonggiAugust 10, 2018, at the Gunpo Culture and Arts Center6
GwangjuAugust 15, 20186

Candidates

Initially, 23 contestants were qualified via the regional preliminary rounds, but one withdrew, bringing the total to 22.
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