Kim Ju-riMiss Korea Kim Ju-ri hopes to aid N. Korean children
By Lee Haye-Ah
SEOUL, Sep. 5 (Yonhap) -- Before being crowned Miss Korea 2009, Kim Ju-ri was not always a symbol of female beauty and charm. Looking at her bare face without a trace of make-up, friends would teasingly ask, "Are you a girl?"
Two months into her career as South Korea's beauty queen, Kim still moans about the pains of applying make-up.
"I hate putting on make-up everyday. It takes so long and I feel like my skin can't breathe," Kim said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency on Saturday.
But in many other ways, the 21-year-old was already well prepared for the role. Having trained in ballet since the age of five, she was used to being on stage and receiving attention. Apart from the fact that many people now recognize her in public, she feels that not much has changed since becoming Miss Korea.
Kim Ju-ri
"I really love to be loved by people," Kim said in English, which she learned while studying ballet at the Royal Ballet School in England. She also answered some quesitons in Russian, but the interview was conducted mostly in Korean.
Ballet helped her to prepare for her future role as Miss Korea. As if to illustrate, she radiated confidence and poise while posing for photographs after the interview. Through ballet she came to feel comfortable in the spotlight. It also took her abroad, where she gained the 'international' experience needed to be a true "Miss Korea."
The Asian currency crisis of the late 1990's forced her to return home due to skyrocketing tuition costs after a two-year stay in England. Once Korea overcame the crisis some years later Kim again had the opportunity to go abroad, this time to Moscow. She spent four years studying ballet at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography.
She says Russia was not a very kind country, at least on the plane and at the airport. "When I got on the plane, I asked the Russian flight attendant for a glass of orange juice. I didn't speak any Russian, so I read outloud the phrase from a book. I was so shocked when I heard her say, "Nyet (No)"," Kim recalled of her first trip to Moscow.
"When I arrived at the airport, the official checking the entry of foreigners was very unfriendly. I thought, 'I'm dead'." But as soon as she arrived at the school dormitory, she was given such a warm welcome that she was soon able to forget her earlier frustrations.
Soon afterwards, she began to promote Korean culture to her Russian friends, getting them to try kimchi, a traditional dish of pickled cabbage, and Korean-style pancakes.
"There were people who couldn't stand the smell of kimchi and thought negatively of the fact that we serve dog meat in Korea. The more they avoided our food, the more I wanted them to try it. So I fed them, and soon they were asking for kimchi to have with their steaks."
Kim's efforts to promote Korea didn't stop there. When her friends mistakenly thought that Korean-made mobile phones were made in Japan, she didn't hesitate to correct them.
Kim adjusted so well to her new surroundings, that she began to feel more comfortable there than she did in Korea. But life in Moscow wasn't without its flaws.
"I was walking with my friends on the street, when we were suddenly shot in the face with a air gun. The culprits grabbed my friend's bag and ran away," Kim said.
"We reported the case to the police but they weren't very helpful. In the end, we couldn't find the culprits and nothing was resolved."
Despite such incidents, her love for Russia is evident.
"Each country has its own style of ballet. The Russian style suits me well. If I'd gone to France, I think I would have easily been discouraged because they pay so much attention to detail. Plus, Russian ballet dancers don't develop big muscly legs. As a girl, it would be dreadful to have muscly legs!" she joked.
After graduating from the academy last year, she moved back to Korea to treat a leg injury. It was then that she happened to watch the Miss Universe contest on TV and decided to try out for this year's Miss Korea.
Ballet may have helped her come this far, but Kim's plans for the future go well beyond dance.
"I'd like to work as a goodwill ambassador and raise awareness of Korean culture abroad. I'd also like to work toward attracting foreign students here to study ballet," she said.
She also wants to help children in poor countries. "If I'm given the chance, I'd also like to do volunteer work abroad, helping children in Cambodia suffering from a lack of water. And I also hope I will have the opportunity to go to North Korea and help children there. I once had the chance to watch North Korean children sing and dance on a stage and they were absolutely mesmerizing. I want to help them have more opportunities to perform on world stages."
The beauty queen is now preparing to enter the contest for next year's Miss Universe. So far, as Miss Korea 2009, she feels that she isn't given enough to do. Her activities have mostly consisted of attending various events at the request of sponsors and volunteering at facilities for the disabled.
"I love babies. I'd like to visit orphanages and take care of little children, but no one has asked me to yet!"
Two months into her career as South Korea's beauty queen, Kim still moans about the pains of applying make-up.
"I hate putting on make-up everyday. It takes so long and I feel like my skin can't breathe," Kim said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency on Saturday.
But in many other ways, the 21-year-old was already well prepared for the role. Having trained in ballet since the age of five, she was used to being on stage and receiving attention. Apart from the fact that many people now recognize her in public, she feels that not much has changed since becoming Miss Korea.
Kim Ju-ri
"I really love to be loved by people," Kim said in English, which she learned while studying ballet at the Royal Ballet School in England. She also answered some quesitons in Russian, but the interview was conducted mostly in Korean.
Ballet helped her to prepare for her future role as Miss Korea. As if to illustrate, she radiated confidence and poise while posing for photographs after the interview. Through ballet she came to feel comfortable in the spotlight. It also took her abroad, where she gained the 'international' experience needed to be a true "Miss Korea."
The Asian currency crisis of the late 1990's forced her to return home due to skyrocketing tuition costs after a two-year stay in England. Once Korea overcame the crisis some years later Kim again had the opportunity to go abroad, this time to Moscow. She spent four years studying ballet at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography.
She says Russia was not a very kind country, at least on the plane and at the airport. "When I got on the plane, I asked the Russian flight attendant for a glass of orange juice. I didn't speak any Russian, so I read outloud the phrase from a book. I was so shocked when I heard her say, "Nyet (No)"," Kim recalled of her first trip to Moscow.
"When I arrived at the airport, the official checking the entry of foreigners was very unfriendly. I thought, 'I'm dead'." But as soon as she arrived at the school dormitory, she was given such a warm welcome that she was soon able to forget her earlier frustrations.
Soon afterwards, she began to promote Korean culture to her Russian friends, getting them to try kimchi, a traditional dish of pickled cabbage, and Korean-style pancakes.
"There were people who couldn't stand the smell of kimchi and thought negatively of the fact that we serve dog meat in Korea. The more they avoided our food, the more I wanted them to try it. So I fed them, and soon they were asking for kimchi to have with their steaks."
Kim's efforts to promote Korea didn't stop there. When her friends mistakenly thought that Korean-made mobile phones were made in Japan, she didn't hesitate to correct them.
Kim adjusted so well to her new surroundings, that she began to feel more comfortable there than she did in Korea. But life in Moscow wasn't without its flaws.
"I was walking with my friends on the street, when we were suddenly shot in the face with a air gun. The culprits grabbed my friend's bag and ran away," Kim said.
"We reported the case to the police but they weren't very helpful. In the end, we couldn't find the culprits and nothing was resolved."
Despite such incidents, her love for Russia is evident.
"Each country has its own style of ballet. The Russian style suits me well. If I'd gone to France, I think I would have easily been discouraged because they pay so much attention to detail. Plus, Russian ballet dancers don't develop big muscly legs. As a girl, it would be dreadful to have muscly legs!" she joked.
After graduating from the academy last year, she moved back to Korea to treat a leg injury. It was then that she happened to watch the Miss Universe contest on TV and decided to try out for this year's Miss Korea.
Ballet may have helped her come this far, but Kim's plans for the future go well beyond dance.
"I'd like to work as a goodwill ambassador and raise awareness of Korean culture abroad. I'd also like to work toward attracting foreign students here to study ballet," she said.
She also wants to help children in poor countries. "If I'm given the chance, I'd also like to do volunteer work abroad, helping children in Cambodia suffering from a lack of water. And I also hope I will have the opportunity to go to North Korea and help children there. I once had the chance to watch North Korean children sing and dance on a stage and they were absolutely mesmerizing. I want to help them have more opportunities to perform on world stages."
The beauty queen is now preparing to enter the contest for next year's Miss Universe. So far, as Miss Korea 2009, she feels that she isn't given enough to do. Her activities have mostly consisted of attending various events at the request of sponsors and volunteering at facilities for the disabled.
"I love babies. I'd like to visit orphanages and take care of little children, but no one has asked me to yet!"
21 comments:
Are you single or having a boyfriend yet?
Yes! Please come to my Country and help abandon children and many facilities for the disabled.
Thank you!!!...May God bless you and your family.
How beautiful you are!Miss Asian,khmers love you and follow our Lord Buddha.
"Pay no attention to the faults of others,
things done or left undone by others.
Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EzJ2dpMSsw&feature=channel_page
She's is mine now. I'll teach her my beautiful Khmer language.
She was right about crimes in Russia. People got shot while walking, then no police can find the suspect killer, never.
When the Mayor of Moscow is a billionnaire and a mafia, no crimes can be solved in Russia.
If the found th eguys, most of them are poor and innocence.
A wickend messenger falls into trouble,but a faithful envoy will brings healing.
The hypocrite with his or her mouth will destroys their neighbor,but through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
910/915
Copied from the Proverbs of the Bible, you should at least write the origins of these quotes.
And furtheremore, can you elaborate which or why did you decided to write these proverbs?
Don't bother to indicate the origin of the quotes; just put open and close quotation marks.
1002
And what does it mean? Show OFF ESL, only? or it is how your gangs practice?
You fool should never claim that the quote belongs to your Bible. The later stole the brilliant ideas of the former and shamelessly claim as its own.
. . .and open your blind to look at your standard English. You yourself do not even write the referring code right.
Me love you long time............
i like the way she tells her story here! it shows she is smart with her observation in foreign land where she stays.
9;01,9;15,11;12 and 11;29
Those famous Proverbs Quotes, you copied from the Bible in the Old Testament. Quotes or Quotations but they are not Codes.
Probers 13:17
A wickend messenger falls into trouble,but a faithful envoy will brings healing.
Proverbs 11:9
The hypocrite with his or her mouth will destroys their neighbor,but through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
You should understand that people wrote books; they can say whatever to pleas themselves and to make their religion or tradition look and sound more superior to others. I repeat, some ideas are unuversal corrct or right; it doesn't need to be Buddhism or Christianity. Each nation has its own religion and tradition, and each nation deserves their claims. If you want to live in peace, lear to give respect to the others' religions or traditions.
The thoughts of the righteous are right,but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.the words of wicked are ,"Lie in wait for blood,"but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.
Hi ah Hun Sen or mi BunRany 6;10am & 8;82am.
Why don't you worry about our country besides going around copied other quotes and denied?
Ah Hun Sen is a dictator and stubborn and you behave like ah Hun Sen and mi BunRani.
I did a quick search in google, it was from the Bible. It does not matter where you got from, the polite way is you should write
"........................"
Or you write ....... Name of the books or name or the people you copied from.
Being so arrogant and nasty like barbarian won't make you a good thief. I am tired to see Khmer/Cambodian is so barbaric like you. You will never get respect from anyone as long as you are chumleuy batpsar like that.
There are some visitors who are Khmers, they knew.
Correct;
There are some visitors who are NOT Khmers, they knew.
It's call the Proverbs to live by(book) and No copyright.Because all the people that wrtten are dead.
10:13AM,
I am 6:10AM. I express my own opinions. I did not copy any waord fro anywhere, can you ah pleu differentiate one's own opinions from a quote. It does not sound the same, ah pleukrubjeat.
Posters of 9:01Am and 9:15AM copied Proverbs from the Bible in the Old Testament.
Probers 13:17
A wickend messenger falls into trouble,but a faithful envoy will brings healing.
Proverbs 11:9
The hypocrite with his or her mouth will destroys their neighbor,but through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
Non-Cambodian
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