2014 Miss Korea: second runner-up here is second runner-up there

July 15, 2014
From left - Sarah Lee, Shin Soo-mi, the winner Kim Seo-yeon, Lee Seo-bin, and Kim Myung-sun. (Yonhap)

From left – Sarah Lee, Shin Soo-mi, the winner Kim Seo-yeon, Lee Seo-bin, and Kim Myung-sun. (Yonhap)

Sarah Lee during the swimsuit competition in Korea.  (Newsis)

Sarah Lee during the swimsuit competition in Korea. (Newsis)

Sarah Lee, the 2014 Miss Korea USA’s second runner-up from Los Angeles, went on to take the same honor in Korea on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old student was selected as one of the four second runner-ups of the 2014 Miss Korea Pageant.

Ewha Womans University student Kim Seo-yeon, 22, was crowned Miss Korea 2014.  She beat out 48 other contestants in the final round of the annual beauty pageant held at Olympic Hall in Seoul, to win the coveted title.

Kim is listed as 5-foot-8 and 115 pounds.

The winner goes on to represent the country in the Miss World 2014 scheduled for December in London.