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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Miss Korea Lee Ha-Nee in Blue Jean
Miss Korea Lee Ha-Nee in blue jeans recently conducted a photo work for fashion magazine InStyle September edition.
Miss Korea Lee Ha-Nee (Honey Lee: 이하늬) was born in Seoul on March 2, 1983. She was crowned as Miss Korea 2006. The 175-cm-tall Lee was third runner-up in Miss Universe 2007.
Lee Ha Nee (이하늬) is a Korean Graduate student and gayageum player who represented her country at the Miss Universe 2007 pageant in Mexico City.
She is an educated girl and she loves languages. She is interested to learn at least 4 foreign languages. Honey Lee wants to become a university teacher- a noble goal. She also wants to be a cultural ambassador for her country, Korea.
Lee competed in the 50th Miss Korea pageant, where she won. She graduated from the Seoul National University, with honors, after taking up Korean traditional music. She is currently a graduate student in the same university.
To prepare herself for the pageant, Lee flew to Los Angeles and stayed there for three days, practicing walking, speaking and Korean dance. Many believe that Miss Korea's interpreter did a poor job by translating her last sentence as: “I wish I had superpowers so that my wallet would never dry up”, while in reality she said “I wish I had superpowers so that my wallet would never dry up, so that I could always keep on helping other people." Many believe the meaning of her answer was indeed dramatically changed.
Lee was dubbed as a strong contender for the crown. As an early favorite, she won the popularity contest of Global Beauties. She was favorite to win the crown along with Venezuela. She made it into the Top 15 and ended a nineteen-year drought for her country. She ended up being 3rd runner-up.
Lee plays the gayageum, a Korean zither-like musical instrument.
Lee has always wanted to be engaged in missionary work.
For all the contestant's entrance (in the Miss Universe 2007) wearing their national costumes, Lee wore the female hanbok (the national costume of her country) reminiscent of the style of the recent 2006 KBS drama Hwang Jin-i. She was also carrying a janggu with her when she wore her costume.
She was named by www.globalbeauties.com as "Face of the Universe", "Best National Costume", "GB Ms Universe 2007", "Best in Interview", and "Best in Evening Gown".
She is currently involved in volunteer work for UNICEF, Compassion and World Vision.
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Miss Korea Lee Ha-Nee (Honey Lee: 이하늬) was born in Seoul on March 2, 1983. She was crowned as Miss Korea 2006. The 175-cm-tall Lee was third runner-up in Miss Universe 2007.
Lee Ha Nee (이하늬) is a Korean Graduate student and gayageum player who represented her country at the Miss Universe 2007 pageant in Mexico City.
She is an educated girl and she loves languages. She is interested to learn at least 4 foreign languages. Honey Lee wants to become a university teacher- a noble goal. She also wants to be a cultural ambassador for her country, Korea.
Lee competed in the 50th Miss Korea pageant, where she won. She graduated from the Seoul National University, with honors, after taking up Korean traditional music. She is currently a graduate student in the same university.
To prepare herself for the pageant, Lee flew to Los Angeles and stayed there for three days, practicing walking, speaking and Korean dance. Many believe that Miss Korea's interpreter did a poor job by translating her last sentence as: “I wish I had superpowers so that my wallet would never dry up”, while in reality she said “I wish I had superpowers so that my wallet would never dry up, so that I could always keep on helping other people." Many believe the meaning of her answer was indeed dramatically changed.
Lee was dubbed as a strong contender for the crown. As an early favorite, she won the popularity contest of Global Beauties. She was favorite to win the crown along with Venezuela. She made it into the Top 15 and ended a nineteen-year drought for her country. She ended up being 3rd runner-up.
Lee plays the gayageum, a Korean zither-like musical instrument.
Lee has always wanted to be engaged in missionary work.
For all the contestant's entrance (in the Miss Universe 2007) wearing their national costumes, Lee wore the female hanbok (the national costume of her country) reminiscent of the style of the recent 2006 KBS drama Hwang Jin-i. She was also carrying a janggu with her when she wore her costume.
She was named by www.globalbeauties.com as "Face of the Universe", "Best National Costume", "GB Ms Universe 2007", "Best in Interview", and "Best in Evening Gown".
She is currently involved in volunteer work for UNICEF, Compassion and World Vision.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Lee Honey in Hilfiger Spread
Lee Honey, Miss Korea 2006 and Miss Universe third runner-up 2007, poses for Hilfiger Denim, Tommy Hilfiger’s premium jeans brand, in the September edition of InStyle magazine. A spokesperson for the clothing brand said the company selected the Korean beauty since it believes that Lee’s cheerful and healthy look plus a positive, self-confident and intelligent image fit the message it wants to convey. During the shoot, Lee is said to have won the admiration of the crew.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Honey Lee Likely to Become 1st Hallyu Miss Korea
Honey Lee, who finished fourth at the 2007 Miss Universe beauty pageant, has recently drawn attention from Singapore's The Electric New Paper.It was the first time the daily introduced a beauty contestant, not a celebrity. It wrote that Lee, who holds a third degree black belt in taekwondo, "once played 'bodyguard' to actress Kim Tae-hee" when she was in college, because she is 10 centimeters taller than Kim and has excellent taekwondo skills. The daily wrote, "The two beauties have been good friends since joining the same ski club while studying at Korea's prestigious Seoul National University in 2004."
Lee currently hosts a weekly entertainment show along with emcee Seo Kyung-seok, but she denies that she has made an official debut in showbiz. The Singaporean daily quoted Lee's agency as saying that Lee "wants to represent traditional Korean beauty and culture to the world. And this is the first step toward fulfilling her goal."
The Electronic New Paper showed great interest in Lee, adding that she received a traditional red Mexican doll from the First Lady of Mexico at the Miss Universe competition back in May.
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Monday, July 23, 2007
She strikes the right notes
LOOKING at the lovely Miss Korea Honey Lee, you'd think she needs to be protected against unwanted male attention. But this sassy girl can fend them off herself, thank you very much.
Honey Lee holds a black belt in Taekwondo.
She holds a third degree black belt in taekwondo, and once played 'bodyguard' to petite actress Kim Tae Hee (Love Story In Harvard).
Honey, 24, told JoongAng Daily: 'I'm taller so I said I'd be Tae Hee Onni's [Kim Tae Hee] (Onni = Korean for older sister) bodyguard.'
Standing at 1.73m, she is a good 10cm taller than Tae Hee, 27. The two beauties have been good friends since joining the same ski club while studying at Korea's prestigious Seoul National University in 2004.
It was also through her pal that Honey, whose Korean name is Lee Ha Neui, got to 'spy' on her favourite male actor Jung Woo Sung (Daisy).
When Tae Hee was in China filming the movie with Woo Sung last year, Honey said she would always call her to ask what he was doing and joke that she wanted to fly over to meet him.
But now, it seems that Honey may get to meet the hunk herself.
From last Wednesday, she has started co-hosting the showbiz news programme Real Time TV Entertainment, aired on Seoul Broadcasting System.
Her showbiz debut registered a reasonably good rating of 8.8, but her agency said it does not mean she plans to pursue a career in entertainment.
A spokesman said: 'She wants to represent traditional Korean beauty and culture to the world. And this is the first step toward fulfilling her goal.'
After all, Honey already got the world to notice her when she emerged third runner-up at the Miss Universe contest held in Mexico in May.
She also won the Best National Costume for an 'exquisite' hanbok.
Born to an intelligence official father and university professor mother, Honey has mastered the musical instrument, the kayageum (Korean zither) and has been named a prodigy by a prestigious musical foundation in Korea.
MUSICALLY GIFTED
She is now a post-graduate student at the Seoul National University, after earning an honours degree in traditional music.
The musically-gifted beauty not only plays the violin, piano and flute, but has a sporty side too.
She said on the official Miss Universe website: 'I grew up in Seoul. Unlike other girls, I loved to go out and play all sorts of sports.
'When I was not at school studying or at practice hall playing the kayageum,
I usually went outside to ski, learn taekwondo, or swim.'
Returning home from Mexico early last month, she said she did her best at the competition and 'feel proud of myself for getting into the top five'.
She brought home a souvenir - a red doll given to her by the First Lady of Mexico.
'I brought it back because I heard that it can mark my (future) husband's face if he cheats on me,' she told The Chosun Ilbo with a coy smile.
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Today was Honey's first day at Real time TV Entertainment!
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
Beauty queen steps up and wins new career
Lee Ha-nui, who recently took fourth place at the 2007 Miss Universe, is set to co-host Real Time TV Entertainment, on the national TV network, SBS, a 12-year-old show focusing on show business. I was very impressed by Lee¡¯s attitude at the 2007 Miss Universe competition said producer Park Sang-Wook. Thats why I chose her as a co-host even though there were many other veterans competing for the job. She has great communication skills. She is also very good at English. I have no doubt that she will be a success.
The 24-year-old won the Miss Korea title in 2006 in the national beauty pageant and fourth prize at the 2007 Miss Universe contest, which took place in Mexico City in May.
Recently she received a good response after co-hosting the special TV program, Yes! I Love Pyeongchang, for SBS Television on July 4. Pyeongchang did win the Olympics, but Lee succeeded in finding a new path for her career.
Lee's agency said this doesn't mean her career will be in entertainment. She wants to represent traditional Korean beauty and culture to the world. And this is the first step toward fulfilling her goal, said an official with Lee's agency.
Lee is to host the program from July 18, along with Seo Gyeong-seok.
By Yang Yeon-Hee
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Monday, July 9, 2007
Honey Lee to MC
Fourth place at the Miss Universe pageant, Miss Korea Honey Lee, will start MCing for SBS Live TV Entertainment. She will debut her position on the 18th. Honey Lee (phonetically created from real name Lee Ha Nee) is 24 years old and studied at Seoul University Graduate School majoring in traditional/national music.
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