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Kim Yu-mi is a film major at Konkuk University in South of Korea. Kim Yu-mi was crowned in an event held at Kyung Hee University Grand Peace Palace in Seoul on July 6, 2012 beating out 53 other contestants. Yu-mi became and Mission Universe of Korea 2013 at that final night.
The outgoing titleholder Mission of Korea 2011 Lee Seong-hye named Mission Universe of Korea 2012 through the Mission of Korea Organization, HanKook Daily News during pageant.
Kim Yu-mi participated in the representing of Korea but failed to place in the semifinals. Shortly after winning the 2012 Mission of Korea pageant, younger photos of Mississippi
Kim appeared online showing a dramatic difference in her appearance before and after cosmetic surgery, causing a stir in the Korean media about the prevalence of cosmetic surgery. To which she responded in an interview “I was shocked that the papers made it out like I claimed to have been a natural beauty, I never once said that I was born beautiful.”.