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  "id": 2698868,
  "title": "Daughter of former basketball star Woo Ji-won, crowned Miss Korea 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/daughter-of-former-basketball-star-woo-ji-won-crowned-miss-korea-2026-2698868",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T02:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/people-events/20260823/daughter-of-former-basketball-star-woo-ji-won-crowned-miss-korea-2026"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Woo Seo-yun, 22, daughter of former basketball star Woo Ji-won, was crowned Miss Korea 2026 at the 70th Miss Korea pageant held in Seoul's Coex Auditorium. The final competition, organized by Global E&B, took place after the winner secured second place in the Miss Seoul-Gyeonggi-Incheon regional pageant and emerged among 26 finalists from eight regional contests. Woo expressed her surprise at winning, thanking her family, friends, and fellow contestants for their support. Oh Su-min and Lee Min-sol were named first and second runner-up, respectively.",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Daughter of former basketball star Woo Ji-won, crowned Miss Korea 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/daughter-of-former-basketball-star-woo-ji-won-crowned-miss-korea-2026",
        "published": "2026-08-23T02:37:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}