Chinese receives title of Miss World 2007

The Chinese Zi Lin Zhang faturou this Saturday the title of Miss World 2007, after the jury of the contest of beauty to choose between four other finalists in the competition held in the city of Sanya in the tropical Chinese island of Hainan.

Zi Zhang Lin defeated the Angolan Micaela Reis, second placed, the Mexican Morán Carolina, which came in third, and Miss Sweden Miss Trinidad and Tobago, Annie Oliv and Valene Maharaj, respectively. The Brazilian Regiane Andrade, of 23 years, was not nor between the 16 semi-finalists.

The Chinese representative was one of the favorite because he had won one of the parallel competitions that qualified directly for the semi-finals, to Top Model. Besides the honor of becoming officially the finest in the world, embolsará a premium of $ 100 thousand.

The competition this year was dedicated to the fight against AIDS, which has its World Day celebrated this Saturday. Before the final decision of the jury, the 106 participants sang, and huge red ties, a song against the disease.

A 57 th edition of the Miss World contest was marked by the presence of 16 semifinalistas, instead of 15, after the Miss Ecuador and Miss Hong Kong empataram in the last part of competitions, from "Beauty with purpose," which tried to show the point social life of misses.