Lu Jingjing (center), Lan Lan (right) and Chen Lanfang (left) are crowned in the China contest for Miss Asia pageant in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province September 28, 2004.

The three, together with three others, will represent China to take part in the Miss Asia final to be held in Hong Kong on October 24.

Lu, the first-place winner, is a student of Zhejiang University, and the third place winner Chen is a student from the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. Lan is from Dalian in northeast China.

(China Daily September 29, 2004)