Beauties of Jeju, Daegu

Miss Korea beauty pageant candidates from Jeju Island and Daegu pose after their regional preliminaries last week. In the top photo are Jeju’s first-place winner Yim Jee-young, center, second-place winner Youn Joo-youn, left, and third-place winner Ahn Kyu-bi. In the bottom photo are Daegu’s first-place winner Yoo Ye-bin, center, second-place winner Lee So-young, left, and third-place winner Seo Eun-jin. They each earned spots at the main beauty pageant scheduled for Seoul in June. The Hankook Ilbo, the sister paper of The Korea Times, hosts the annual Miss Korea event.