China wins Miss World title on home soil

Miss China, a 23-year-old music lover who wants to work with the poor, was crowned Miss World 2012 at a ceremony in Inner Mongolia over the weekend.

Mon, 20 Aug, 2012 - 01:00

Lily Kuo

Wearing a sparkling blue gown, Yu Wenxia waved to the audience in the Dongsheng Stadium in Ordos, located in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Organisers said Yu beat 115 contestants, a record, in the highly publicised annual international beauty pageant.

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Courts Place: Inner Mongolia Place: Dongsheng Stadium Place: Ordos Place: China Place: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Place: Gobi Desert Place: Wales Place: Australia Place: Venezuela Place: Dongsheng Person: Yu Wenxia Person: Yu Person: Zhang Zilin Person: Mariana Reynoso Person: Sophie Moulds Person: Jessica Kahawaty Person: Ivian Sarcos Organisation: China

Some 475 people, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the site on Friday, immigration authorities said (Corey Bullard/US Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

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