13 things about Miss World Asia 2017 Kim Ha-eun

Ha-eun Kim Sitlinger, also known as Kim Ha-eun, represented South Korea in the 67th edition of Miss World. It was won by Manushi Chhillar of India.

BIOGRAPHY

Kim is a South Korean television announcer and beauty queen. She is an alumna of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.

Kim’s father is a Protestant pastor. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She speaks Korean, Chinese, Japanese and English.
2. She plays the flute and piano.
3. She was born and raised Seoul.
4. She earned her bachelor’s degree in literature and mass communication from Ewha Womans University.
5. She and Park Jong-hyun have one child together.
6. She is Miss World Korea 2017.
7. She was a Miss World 2017 semifinalist.
8. In 2018, she visited Indonesia and the United States.
9. She was a 2018 Winter Olympics student ambassador. 
10. In 2020, she joined JTBC, a TV network based in Seoul.
11. In 2021, she visited Australia and Japan.
12. In 2024, she became a mother.
13. On March 4, 2025, she turned 32.

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TIMELINE

Kim is 5’6″ tall. She is into fitness, reading books, singing and baking.

2010s

• On October 23, 2016, she was crowned Miss World Korea 2017 in Seoul, South Korea.
• On June 29, 2017, she was at Ewha Womans University.
• On July 30, 2017, she was on Jeju Island in South Korea.
• On November 18, 2017, she represented South Korea at Miss World 2017 and competed against 117 other candidates at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China. She finished in the Top 10 and was crowned Miss World Asia 2017.
• On February 1, 2018, she, Manushi Chhillar, Andrea Meza, Stephanie Hill, Annie Evans and Magline Jeruto gave speeches about their Beauty with a Purpose projects during an event in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
• She served as a student ambassador for the 2018 Winter Olympics, which was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea from February 9-25, 2018.
• On February 16, 2018, she, Meza, Hill, Evans and Jeruto appeared on the Chinese television network CCTV, celebrating the Lunar New Year.
• On February 18, 2018, she, Meza, Hill, Evans and Jeruto arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• In December 2018, she spent the year-end vacation in New York City, New York, USA.

2020s

• In April 2020, she became a TV announcer on JTBC.
• On April 11, 2021, she completed a 30-kilometer run.
• On January 23, 2023, she visited the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul.
• In March 2023, she attended the Seoul Fashion Week at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul.
• In April 2023, she traveled to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and Tokyo, Japan.
• On August 26, 2023, she and Park got married.
• In April 2024, she gave birth to her first child.