Woo Seo-yoon sees Miss Korea winner effect after overcoming the plastic surgery controversy: “People ask only me for photos… I think I’ve edged out my dad, Woo Ji-won, a little”

[Sportschosun reporter Cho Yoon-sun] Woo Seo-yoon, the 2026 Miss Korea winner, said that more people now recognize her than her father, former basketball player Woo Ji-won, and that she can feel her newfound recognition.

On the 27th, a dental aesthetics brand released an interview video along with a post that read, “2026 Miss Korea winner, Ms. Woo Seo-yoon. From Ms. Seo-yoon’s unique flirting style to her candid, lovable charm! See a different side of Ms. Seo-yoon in the video.”

Asked what change she had felt most strongly after she began drawing attention under her own name rather than as “Woo Ji-won’s daughter,” Woo Seo-yoon replied, “In the past, when I went out with my dad, a lot of people would ask us for photos or autographs.”

She laughed and added, “These days, some people ask to take photos with just me, so I feel like I’ve edged out my dad a little.”

Asked about her future goals, Woo Seo-yoon said, “I want to work as an art curator, making use of my major. Since I lived in the U.S. for a long time, I’d also like to try working as a curator with a global reach.”

She added, “For now, I have to focus on my activities as Miss Korea, so I’ve put that goal aside for a while.”

Earlier, Woo Seo-yoon was crowned Miss Korea winner at the 70th Miss Korea Pageant, held last August at the COEX Auditorium in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The eldest daughter of Woo Ji-won, she is studying art at Tufts University in the U.S. and dreams of becoming a global art curator.

However, after Woo Seo-yoon’s win, images of her from past television appearances spread online, prompting speculation that she had undergone plastic surgery.

Woo Seo-yoon appeared on tvN’s “Leaving the Nest Season 3” and other programs in 2018, when she was a teenager. Some netizens compared her appearance then with her current look and claimed she may have had plastic surgery. Woo Seo-yoon, however, has never publicly given a specific response to the claims.

In an earlier interview, rather than directly addressing the allegations, Woo Seo-yoon shared how she felt, saying, “Among the things people say amid all the attention, some are hurtful, but I try not to let myself get hurt,” and, “I hope there will be an opportunity to show you the real me in the future.”

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