Mina Sue Choi

Mina Sue Choi
최미나수
Choi in March 2023
Born (1999-02-22) February 22, 1999 (age 25)
Alma materUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, (Communication studies)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Major
competition(s)
  • Miss Korea 2021
  • (1st runner-up)
  • Miss Earth 2022
  • (winner)
Korean name
Hangul
최미나수
Hanja
崔美娜秀
Revised RomanizationChoe Mi-na-su
McCune–ReischauerCh'oe Minasu

Mina Sue Choi (Korean최미나수; born February 21, 1999) is a South Korean beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth 2022.[2][3] She is the first Korean to win Miss Earth and the first to win one of the Big Four beauty pageants.[4] As of September 2024, Ryu Seo-byn of Busan is the contestant of Miss Earth that represents South Korea.

  1. ^ "Miss Earth 2022: Mina Sue Choi". www.missearth.tv. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  2. ^ Adina, Armin (November 29, 2022). "Mina Sue Choi from South Korea is Miss Earth 2022". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  3. ^ Bracamonte, Earl D.C. (December 3, 2022). "Who is Mina Sue Choi, first Korean Miss Earth 2022 winner?". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  4. ^ Choi, Bo-ran (November 30, 2022). "최미나수, '미스 어스' 1위... 韓 최초 세계 미인 대회 우승" [Choi Mina-sue, 1st place in 'Miss Earth'... Korea's first world beauty contest winner]. YTN star (in Korean). Retrieved December 1, 2022.