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Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Miss China, Yu Wenxia as Miss World 2012 - Shall we Hug Her?


Miss China, Yu Wenxia was recently crowned Miss World 2012 and we're wondering if we should give her a big hug right now or save it for later.

Personally, I would say she deserves a very warm hug and that we send it out to her right away but of course, that's for you to decide.

Did you know that to achieve this feat, she defeated more than 100 other beauty queens at a glittering ceremony in a Chinese mining city on the edge of the Gobi desert.

Last year's Miss World Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela handed over her crown in the futuristic Dongsheng stadium in the northeastern city of Ordos.
A total of 116 contestants - the highest number ever - took to the stage after a dance by a troupe dressed as Mongolian warriors at the start of the contest, watched annually by about a billion people around the globe.

This year it takes place on the arid and sparsely populated steppes of Inner Mongolia, where Ordos, around 700 kilometres (440 miles) from the nearest beach, makes an unusual venue for the world's biggest beauty pageant.

Sweden's Kiki Hakansson was the first Miss World, while Oscar-winning US actress Halle Berry was a finalist in 1986 and Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai took the crown in 1994.

Venezuela has produced the most Miss Worlds, with six winners, while India and Britain claim five titles each.

China has already hosted the competition five times, most recently in 2010 on the tropical southern island of Hainan.
In 2002, the pageant was moved from Nigeria to Britain after more than 200 people died in clashes sparked when a newspaper suggested the Prophet Mohammed would have chosen a wife from among the contestants had he been alive.

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