Sanya International Bodybuilding & Fitness Bikini Contest kicks off

The 7th Sanya International Bodybuilding & Fitness Bikini Contest reeled off on Friday in Sanya, a city of south China's Hainan province.

More than 530 contestants from 15 countries and regions, including the United States, Australia, South Korea, Russia and the hosts, participated in the competition, vying for a total prize of 400,000 yuan (some 60,606 US dollars).

The finals feature professional bodybuilding, professional fitness, professional bikini and miss yatch (super buttock).

With the support of the Sanya municipal government, the annual contest was founded in 2011 by Qian Jicheng, China's first world champion in bodybuilding, with the finals slated from the end of November to the early December in Sanya.