"Practical Training is Skill... Kim Juhye, Student at Gyeongnam Jeongbodae, Wins Grand Prize at Korea Shoe Design Contest"

Shoe Fashion and Students Sweep Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and Encouragement Award

Kim Juhye from Gyeongnam Information College, who won the Grand Prize at this year's Korea Shoe Design Competition, is explaining her work.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Students from the Shoe Fashion Department at Gyeongnam Information University swept the Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and Encouragement Award at the ‘2021 Korea Shoe Design Contest’.

The contest is hosted by Busan City and organized by the Busan Economic Promotion Agency’s Shoe Industry Promotion Center, recognized as an authoritative competition in the domestic shoe design field.

Held as part of the 2021 PaePae Busan (Busan International Shoe Textile Fashion Exhibition) event, this competition was conducted to discover talented shoe designers.

This year, over 500 works from across the country were submitted to compete.

Kim Joo-hye, a second-year student in the Shoe Fashion Department at Gyeongnam Information University, won the Grand Prize with her work titled ‘Summer Story,’ earning a prize of 700,000 KRW.

Kim Joo-yeon (second year) received the Excellence Award (prize of 300,000 KRW) for her work ‘Crocodile.’ Two Encouragement Awards and eight Honorable Mentions also went to students from the Shoe Fashion Department at Gyeongnam Information University.

Kim Joo-hye, the Grand Prize winner, said, “I prepared for the contest using the skills I accumulated through various practical training programs such as school enterprise field training.”

The Shoe Fashion Department at Gyeongnam Information University is the only specialized shoe department in Korea.

Recently, in collaboration with Busan City, it has been attracting new students aspiring to become shoe designers through various specialized programs, including hosting a shoe creation idea contest.

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