China’s Yu Wenxia has been crowned the 2012 Miss World.
This is the second time Miss China has been awarded the title. The last time was in 2007 when Zhang Zilin took the honour.
The first runner-up is Sophie Elizabeth Moulds of Wales, and second runner-up is Jessica Michelle Kahawaty of Australia.
The 23-year-old Yu is a music student who says she wants to become a music teacher.
Guyana’s entrant, Arti Cammeron did not make it to the Miss World Semi Final Round. Thanks Arti for your efforts. It is important to know that the Miss World Pageant is quite different from Miss Universe and the judging covers a wider range of events from sports and talent to beauty, swimsuit, intelligence, social media efforts and others.
This is the first time the Inner Mongolian city of Ordos has hosted the international beauty pageant.
The city is one of the richest regions in China thanks to its abundant natural resources. It hopes the world event will raise its profile for economic development and tourism.
Sanya, another Chinese city, has hosted the contest several times.