Jung So-ra (

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: 정소라; born March 10, 1991), also known as Sora Jung in the Western media, is a Korean

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titleholder who was crowned Miss Korea 2010 and represented her country in the 2011

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pageant.

Early life

Jung is the daughter of the chairman of the Korean Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and intends to become a

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. She graduated from

Shanghai American School Shanghai American School (SAS) is an independent, Non-profit international school located in Shanghai, China. Founded in 1912, SAS has two campuses and over 2,800 students enrolled in Pre-K through 12th grade, making it China's largest internatio ...

in the class of 2009. She had previous attended

University of California, Riverside The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on in a suburban distr ...

, but now she is currently attending

Korea University Korea University (KU, ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea, established in 1905. The university is included as one of the SKY universities, a popular acronym referring to Korea's three most prestigious universities. The ...

. She speaks two languages:

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and

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Miss Korea 2010

Jung, who stands tall, competed as one of 56 finalists in her

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's national beauty pageant,

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, held on July 25, 2010 in

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, where she became the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent

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. After the pageant, Jung donated all her prize money to the International Vaccine Institute, an organization that develops and distributes vaccines in developing countries. "I made this decision to keep my promise to serve society when I was crowned Miss Korea," she said.

Miss Universe 2011

As the official representative of her

to the 2011

pageant, broadcast live from

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on September 12, 2011, Jung vied to succeed the then

titleholder,

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, she was however unplaced in the title holders.

References

External links

Miss Korea 2010 profile

Miss Universe 2011 profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jung, So-Ra 1991 births Living people Miss Korea winners Miss Universe 2011 contestants South Korean female models University of California, Riverside alumni Korea University alumni