Chinese beauty Zhang Zilin took the crown in the final round of
contest of the Miss World Pageant 2007, which concluded Saturday in
Sanya, a tourist resort of south China's island province
Hainan.
Miss Micaela from Angola and Miss Carolina from Mexico came in
the second and the third place in the Pageant, respectively.
As one of the three most prestigious world beauty contests, the
57th Miss World Pageant came to China for the fourth time. Beauties
from 106 countries and regions took part in this year's
contest.
This event was judged by a penal chaired by Miss World
chairwoman Julia Morley.
Miss World pageant is an international beauty pageant founded in
the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. After Morley died in
2000, his widow, Julia, succeeded him and is now executive
chairwoman of the organizing agency.
(Xinhua News Agency December 2, 2007)