13 things about Miss Universe South Korea 2025 Lee Soo Yeon

Lee Soo Yeon (이수연) competed in the 61st edition of Miss Korea and the fifth edition of Miss Universe Korea. She represented South Korea in the 74th edition of Miss Universe.

BIOGRAPHY

Lee is a South Korean actor, broadcaster, model and beauty queen originally from Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. She is an alumna of Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea.

On February 17, 2025, Lee turned 30. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is a resident of Gyeongbuk, South Korea.
2. She attended the Department of Media Visual Acting of Sungshin Women’s University.
3. In 2017, she visited the United States.
4. She is Miss Gyeongbuk 2017.
5. She was a Miss Korea 2017 second runner-up.
6. She was a Korea Drama Awards 2017 awardee.
7. In 2019, she visited France.
8. In 2020, she visited Switzerland.
9. In 2022, she starred in the series “Two Universes” and “Broke Rookie Star”.
10. In 2024, she visited England, United Kingdom and Japan.
11. In 2025, she visited Thailand.
12. She won Miss Universe South Korea 2025.
13. She was a Miss Universe 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Lee is 5’6″ tall. She speaks Korean and English.

2010s

• On July 7, 2017, she represented Gyeongbuk and competed against 50 other Miss Korea 2017 candidates at the Universal Arts Center in Neung-dong, Seoul. She finished in the Top 7 and was named one of the four second runners-up.
• On October 2, 2017, she received an award at the Korea Drama Awards 2017 at the Gyeongnam Culture and Art Center in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. 
• On October 27, 2017, she enjoyed skydiving in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
• In November 2019, she traveled to Paris, France.

2020s

• In February 2020, she traveled to Grindelwald, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Berne, Switzerland.
• She played Hwa Ye in “Two Universes”, which aired on Naver TV Cast vLive from March 17, 2022 to May 19, 2022.
• She played Seol Hye In in “Broke Rookie Star”, which aired on WAVVE from April 15, 2022 to May 14, 2022.
• In October 2023, she traveled to Page, Arizona, USA and Los Angeles, California, USA.
• In March 2024, she traveled to London, England.
• In August 2024, she traveled to Osaka, Japan.
• On September 25, 2025, she was crowned Miss Universe South Korea 2025.
• On November 21, 2025, she represented South Korea at Miss Universe 2025 and competed against 119 other candidates at the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. She was unplaced.