Chinese beauty takes Miss World crown

By Tom Hancock in Ordos | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-20 08:01

The Miss World 2012 winner Yu Wenxia (center) of China waves as she stands next to Sophie Moulds of Wales, the second-place contestant (left), and Jessica Kahawaty of Australia, the third place contestant (right), during the pageant's final ceremony at the Ordos Stadium Arena in Ordos, a city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Saturday. Ed Jones / Agence France Presse

Miss China won the coveted title of Miss World on Saturday, triumphing on home soil during a glitzy final held Ordos, a city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.