India & China have shown the way...I hope the boleh spirit could be achievable here ...Miss Zhang is a very lovely lady (isnt't it ?) and answer the question very well to the applause of judges...
For some of us who may not be following this Miss World event, this short news will definitely keep you up-to-date plus the photos, you may view here: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/lf/120107missworld;_ylt=AtJ0F0JwFYQsAbZOg54snJ32_sEF
by Peter Stebbings Sat Dec 1, 11:27 AM ET
SANYA, China (AFP) - Pre-contest favourite Miss China won the Miss World 2007 title in her own country late Saturday, much to the delight of the audience, in front of an estimated two billion viewers around the globe.
SANYA, China (AFP) - Pre-contest favourite Miss China won the Miss World 2007 title in her own country late Saturday, much to the delight of the audience, in front of an estimated two billion viewers around the globe.
Twenty-three-year-old Zhang Zilin was crowned the winner in Sanya, China. Miss Angola came second and Miss Mexico third at the beauty pageant, held on the southern holiday island of Hainan, dubbed China's answer to Hawaii.
Viewers in 200 countries were expected to tune in to watch the show, which saw Miss China take the crown ahead of 105 of the world's most beautiful and talented women.
The audience in the 2,000-capacity Beauty Crown Theatre, specially built for when Sanya first hosted the event in 2003, roared in delight as Zhang was crowned the winner at the end of the two-hour-long contest, which was conducted mainly in English.
The secretary from Beijing was the pre-contest favourite with British bookmakers, along with Miss Dominican Republic.
At 182 centimetres (six feet), Zhang was also the tallest contestant.
"There are 1.3 billion people behind me," she said during the interview stage of the contest, referring to China's population.
"If I win I want to become a link between the Olympic Games (in Beijing next year) and the Miss World Organisation."
"I want to use the power and beauty of Miss World to support those in need," she said, speaking throughout in hesitant English, adding a few words in Chinese.
Zhang earlier told the contest her favourite pasttimes were the 100-metre hurdles and the high jump.
Fireworks exploded above the crown-shaped theatre, where visitors had paid up to 300 dollars for tickets, after the popular decision was made.
4 comments:
I heard our Malaysian contestant was one of the early favourites this year, she managed to reach the last 16.
I only knew after reading from the newspaper the next morning as I was attending our insurance society dinner. :-(
Anyway it was a great achievement to China and also Asian as the history revealed that mostly the favourite are from the Western Countries..... But there is one thing that we should be proud of is that India is one of the two countries which won the most Miss World title by 5 times. The other one is Venezuela.
I scrolled through the pics of Miss World on yahoo news....she's really pretty. Her eyes and smile exudes out down-to-earth beauty...really pretty.
Never heard that our Malaysian is one of the early favourites..but believe one day one of our beauties will definitely be in the last 5.
when a lady admire another one, that lady shall be very pretty ;)
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