Hotyh,
I know NK does not have USA style pageants, the link I provided was about second generation Korean American attitudes towards mini miss type pageants.
A topic which had been broached earlier on in the thread.
A lot of MASH episodes watched, and a few SNL Axis of Evil skits, and I'm well familiar with the division that exists, between NK and SK.
so, tyvm, hotyh.
But one day, oh one day, US style paegeantry may exist in NK.
Emvoy Advises ....
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/04/116_35474.html
``It is no longer just about a beautiful body,'' Ambassador Schoeman said.
``Now the world needs hope,'' and the Miss World Organization and winners themselves are messengers to bring peace and hope in the world, he said.
He admitted the pageant used to gear toward promoting business. Yet a new era, begun with new chairman Julia Morley's arrival in 2000, shifted its focus onto charity work and similar purposes.
One example is the Miss World Organization's cooperation with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, in which money is donated to the foundation to enhance the lives of displaced children in Africa.
Globally, more than $400 million is spent helping the less privileged, the ambassador said.
He pointed out that if Korea gets to host the pageant, it couldn't serve better the purpose of promoting hope and peace.
The committee, established last year, has an ambitious plan: to get North Korea involved in Miss World in (South) Korea.
Jenny Thorn, a Miss World Korea representative, said the committee has in mind a plan to host a fashion show in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the sidelines of the main final show, which would be a tremendously influential window for North Koreans to see the world and vice versa.
``We can promote North Korea to the world. And who knows? We might start Miss North Korea?" Thorn said.
The ambassador agreed. ``It will build a bridge in creating better atmosphere between South and North Korea.