Miss China Crowned Miss World 2012

DHAKA: Miss China, a 23-year-old music lover who wants to work with the poor, was crowned Miss World 2012 at a ceremony in Inner Mongolia, pageant organisers said.

Wearing a sparkling blue gown, Yu Wenxia waved to the audience in the Dongsheng Stadium in Ordos, located in China`s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Organisers said Yu beat out 115 contestants, a record, in the highly publicised annual international beauty pageant.

China also won the Miss World title in 2007, when model Zhang Zilin took the crown.

`I love to smile and I like music,` Yu said in a video posted on the pageant`s website, in which she talks about her study of Chinese folk music.

Sophie Moulds, a 19-year-old business student from Wales, took second place. Jessica Kahawaty, 23, a law student from Australia, was third, reports the Hurriyet.

BDST: 0151 HRS, AUG 20, 2012
Edited by Robab Rosan, Cultural Affairs Editor