Miss Koreas host charity in China

By Lee Hyo-won

Miss Korea and contest runners-up hosted a charity event in China, Thursday, for aid relief in the country’s disaster-struck regions.

The young women hosted the event in a local hotel where some 50 businessmen, citizens and other special guests were present, said the Korean Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

Miss Korea 2010 Chong So-ra, 19; first runner-up Chang Yoon-jin, 24; and second runners-up An Da-hye, 21, Lee Gui-joo, 19, Ha Hyun-jung, 23, and, Ko Hyun-young, 20, shone during the occasion.

The evening opened with a speech by Chong Han-young, CEO of Humantech China and chairman of the Korean Chamber of Commerce in China. He is also the father of Miss Korea. The events continued in the order of presenting the charity fund, a souvenir photo shoot, a cake cutting ceremony and a music performance by Miss Korea and the runners-up.

Korean industries including GS Engineering & Construction, Samsung Electronics and Dongbang CJ, among others, gave some 270,000 yuan in a collective donation.

Proceeds will go to aid relief in the recently flooded Gansu Province and other disaster-struck areas in China.

The women arrived in the city on Monday and visited the Expo Park, and the local Samsung Electronics and Dongbang CJ headquarters. They will continue their tour with stopovers at a Korean school and return home Friday.