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태권도 4단인 2014년 미스 USA 니아 산체스가 세계태권도연맹(WTF) 홍보대사로 활동한다.
세계태권도연맹은 27일 서울 종로구 효자로 WTF 서울본부에서 산체스를 홍보대 사로 위촉했다.
세계연맹은 2007년 미국의 메탈밴드 메가데스의 리더 데이브 머스테인, 2010년 미스 태국 풍차녹 칸크랍 등 외국 유명 인사를 선정해 홍보대사의 임무를 맡겨왔다.
지난해 미스 USA에 뽑힌 산체스는 여덟 살 때 태권도를 배우기 시작해 현재 태 권도 4단증을 가진 '태권 미인'으로 알려져 화제를 모았다.
산체스는 15세 때 지도자 자격증까지 땄고, 지역 여성쉼터 등을 찾아 아이들에 게 태권도를 가르치기도 했다.
평소 태권도 종주국인 한국을 방문하고 싶어했다는 산체스는 전날 입국했으며 다음 달 1일 미국으로 돌아간다.
한국에 머무는 동안 국기원, 전북도청 등을 방문하고 오는 30일에는 경기도 평 택에서 열리는 2015 세계태권도한마당 개회식에도 참석할 예정이다. (연합)
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Beauty queen named world taekwondo ambassador
American beauty queen Nia Sanchez was named a global taekwondo ambassador on Monday.
The Seoul-based World Taekwondo Federation introduced the 2014 Miss USA as its latest goodwill ambassador. Sanchez is a fourth-degree black belt in the traditional Korean martial art and began practicing at the age of 8.
The 25-year-old is the first Miss Nevada and the fourth Hispanic to win Miss USA. She represented the country at the 2014 Miss Universe and finished as the first runner-up.
Sanchez started teaching the martial art at 12 and became a certified instructor three years later. She has called taekwondo "a full-body workout."
At her appointment ceremony, Sanchez said it has been "a dream of mine to come to Korea."
"Taekwondo has always been a part of my life that I value so much," she said. "I've learned discipline, integrity and perseverance. The life skills I've learned from taekwondo have helped me become successful in all parts of my life. Because of what I've learned in taekwondo, I was able to become Miss USA. Now, I have this platform as Miss USA to share taekwondo with the rest of the world."
During her stay here, Sanchez will visit Kukkiwon, also known as the world taekwondo headquarters, in Seoul and attend the opening ceremony of the 2015 World Taekwondo Hanmadang, an annual festival organized by Kukkiwon, in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province.
Sanchez will head back home on Saturday. (Yonhap)
