Park Jeong-a, topping the female star ranking for 18 consecutive weeks... Kim Hee-jin and Lee Da-hyun also in the TOP 5: "Female star popularity remains strong even during the off-season"

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It is truly overwhelming. Park Jeong-a (33, Korea Expressway Corporation) has held the number one spot in the star ranking for 18 consecutive weeks.

Park Jeong-a secured first place with 48,084 votes in the 52nd Star Sports female star ranking poll, which was tallied from 3:01 p.m. on the 18th to 3:00 p.m. on the 25th. This marks her 18th consecutive week at the top since the 35th poll.

Badminton queen An Se-young (24, Samsung Life) garnered 12,104 votes, pushing the previous second-place finisher Kim Hee-jin (35, Hyundai E&C) down to third place (8,469 votes) and claiming second place herself. Korean women's table tennis star Shin Yu-bin (22, Korean Air) received 1,386 votes to take fourth place, while Lee Da-hyun (25, Hana Financial Group) secured fifth place with 924 votes.

As with last week, three of the top five were female volleyball stars, drawing attention.

Meanwhile, starting from the 49th poll, the number of candidates increased from the previous 15 to 20, making the competition even fiercer. Yang Hyo-jin (volleyball), who has retired, was removed from the candidate list, while Go Ye-rim, Choi Jeong-min, and Choi Seo-hyun (all volleyball), Heo Ye-eun and Park So-hee (both basketball), and Kim Gil-li (short track) were newly added as candidates.

Including these new additions, a total of 20 candidates competed: Park Jeong-a, Kim Hee-jin, Lee Da-hyun, and Kang So-hwi (all volleyball); An Se-young (badminton); Shin Yu-bin (table tennis); Kim Dan-bi, Shin Ji-hyun, Kang Yi-seul, and Shin Yi-seul (all basketball); and Yoon In-a, Go Jin-young, Park Sung-hyun, and Park Hyun-kyung (all golf).

Meanwhile, the 53rd Star Ranking female sports poll will run from 3:01 p.m. on the 25th until 3:00 p.m. on July 2.

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