Career
She represented South of Korea and was the first runner-up of the beauty contest. After the preliminaries, Jang Yoon-jeong was the highest-placed Asian delegate who ranked third behind United States of America and Dominican Republic. During the actual pageant, she placed 1st runner-up behind Thailand"s Bui Simon.
At the time of the pageant, she was a high school student studying dance.
Jang is the closest a Korean woman has come to winning since debuting in 1954. lieutenant would not be until 18 years later that a Korean woman (Honey Lee) placed as 3rd Runner-up.
