Beauties from Gyeongbuk

Miss Korea beauty pageant candidates from North Gyeongsang Province pose after their regional preliminaries, Thursday. Na Ran-hee, center, came in first place, while Paik Ryong, right, took second and Kim Ye-seul, third. 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. / Korea Times