{{short description|National beauty pageant competition in China}} {{Infobox organization | caption = Miss World winner 2007 Miss China Zilin Zhang | image = | formation = {{start date and years ago|2002}} | type = [[Beauty pageant]] | headquarters = [[Shanghai]] | location = [[China]] | membership = [[Miss Universe]] | language = [[Chinese language|Chinese]] | leader_title = President | leader_name = Li Xiaoning | owner = Shenzhen Pudum Media | budget = | website = {{URL|missuniverseds.com}} }}
'''Miss Universe China''' ({{zh|环球小姐中国区大赛}}) is a national [[beauty pageant]] that selects [[China]]'s representative to the [[Miss Universe]] pageant since [[Miss Universe 2002|2002]].
==History== The Miss Universe China Organization was established in 2002. The first ever ''Miss Universe China'' titleholder, Zhuo Ling, was selected in Guangdong province in March, 2002. She represented her country in [[Miss Universe 2002]] and placed 2nd runner-up.
In July 2002, the Miss Universe license for China was awarded to Johnny Kao, a prominent [[Chinese-American]] entrepreneur and businessman. The organization held the Miss Universe China pageant for the next few years.
On January 6, 2011, the Miss Universe Organization designated media icon and entrepreneur [[Yue-Sai Kan]] as the official licensee for the People's Republic of China. Miss Universe officials and the then-reigning titleholder, [[Ximena Navarrete]] of Mexico, traveled to China to award the license to Kan. In her first year, Yue-Sai Kan set up an international calibre pageant, flying in foreign celebrities including [[Petra Nemcova]], [[Fadil Berisha]] and [[Riyo Mori]] to headline and launching a multimillion-dollar production with major corporate sponsors. In subsequent years, the pageant has raised millions of dollars for China's national charities as well as Kan's China Beauty Charity Foundation. Celebrities including [[Paris Hilton]] and [[Charles Aznavour]] have participated in the pageant, and former [[Harper's Bazaar]] chief [[Lizzette Kattan]] provides styling for each year's candidates. Celebrity makeup artist Yuko Takahashi, ruwnay trainer Lu Sierra and DIBS Beauty CEO Jeff Lee have historically prepared the most successful winners in advance of the Miss Universe finals. Under Yue-Sai Kan, the Miss Universe China Organization conducts a national search for its titleholder, consisting of a combination of regional preliminaries in major cities and provinces and direct auditions.<ref name=xinhua/> Contestants and titleholders are trained for both the Miss China and Miss Universe competitions by an international panel of experts who prepare them in a wide range of areas, including media skills, presentation, makeup and English lessons. Winners of the Miss Universe China pageant receive one of the most valuable national crowns in the world, a diamond and ruby-encrusted tiara from [[Luk Fook]] valued at over US$430,000, as well as wardrobes supplied by [[Shanghai Tang]], [[Sherri Hill]], [[LOVA]] and leading Chinese couturier [[Guo Pei]] and professional modeling portfolios. They are also invited to walk for various designers at [[New York Fashion Week]] and [[Shanghai Fashion Week]] and receive red carpet invitations to the [[Shanghai International Film Festival]] and [[Hawaii International Film Festival]].
Nearly every contestant fielded by Kan since she began heading the pageant has brought home an award from the Miss Universe finals, including three finalists and two special awards.{{cn|date=January 2025}}
In 2017, Jacky Fan, Xin Fu Lai Enterprise Management Co., LTD. took over Miss Universe China Organization. There will be 33 Regional Competitions happening across the country domestically, 1 Online Regional Competition Area, and 1 Overseas Special Audition happening in the US.
In 2021, Li Xiaoning, took over the Miss Universe China Organization as the new president along with the return of [[Yue-Sai Kan]] as official Honorary Chairman.
==Formats== Miss China beauty pageant is traditionally holding provincial representation every year. The 21 provinces across China will compete for the crown. In the final result, there will be Second Runner-up, First Runner-up, then finally Miss China winner. {{col-begin|width=auto}} {{col-3}} * Miss Anhui * Miss Fujian * Miss Gansu * Miss Guangdong * Miss Guizhou * Miss Hainan * Miss Hebei {{col-3}} * Miss Heilongjiang * Miss Hubei * Miss Hunan * Miss Jiangsu * Miss Jiangxi * Miss Jilin * Miss Liaoning {{col-3}} * Miss Qinghai * Miss Shaanxi * Miss Shandong * Miss Shanxi * Miss Sichuan * Miss Yunnan * Miss Zhejiang {{col-end}}
==Documentary== In 2014, the contest was the subject of a documentary series, "Finding Miss China" (寻找中国美), produced by Jonathan Finnigan and Lucky Devil Films of Singapore. The documentary featured three of the Miss Universe China 2014 contestants from their recruitment to their training and official visit to [[Colombo]] to meet [[Sri Lanka]]'s first lady [[Shiranthi Rajapaksa]]. The six online episodes of the documentary attracted over ten million viewers in their first month.<ref>{{cite web|title=Finding Miss China|url=http://iqiyi.com/yule/2014missuniverse.html|publisher=iqiyi.com}}</ref>
== Titleholders== {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification * {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists * {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner }} ::''On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) a runner-up is sent.''
{| class="wikitable " style="font-size: 90%;" !width="60" |Year !width="150" |Province !width="250" |Miss China !width="150" |Simplified Chinese !width="150" |Traditional Chinese !width="250" |Placement at Miss Universe !width="250" |Special awards !width="250" |Notes |- ! colspan="8"|Yue-Sai Kan ownership & Li Xiaoning directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe from 2020 |- ! [[Miss Universe 2026|2026]] | [[TBA]] | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | | | |-style="background-color:#FFFF99; " ! [[Miss Universe 2025|2025]] | [[Shandong]] | [[Zhao Na (model)|Zhao Na]] | 赵娜 | 趙娜 | Top 12 | * Miss Universe Asia | |-style="background-color:#FFFF99; " ! [[Miss Universe 2024|2024]] | [[Sichuan]] | Jia Qi | 贾琪 | 賈琪 | Top 30 | | Jia Qi was Miss China 2023, she withdrew from Miss Universe 2023 and allocated to Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico. |- ! [[Miss Universe 2023|2023]] | colspan=7 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |- ! [[Miss Universe 2022|2022]] | [[Shanghai]] | Sichen Jiang <ref>{{cite web |date=2022-11-21 |title=与美共冕 剑桥研究生问鼎环姐桂冠 70届环球小姐上海总决赛完美收官 |url=https://news.sina.com.cn/sx/2022-11-21/detail-imqmmthc5404492.shtml#/ |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=[[Sina Corporation|Sina]] |language=Chinese}}</ref> | 姜思晨 | 姜思晨 | Unplaced | | |- ! [[Miss Universe 2021|2021]] | [[Zhejiang]] | Shiyin Yang | 楊诗尹 | 楊詩尹 | Unplaced | | |- ! [[Miss Universe 2020|2020]] | [[Beijing]] | Jiaxin Sun | 孫嘉欣 | 孫嘉欣 | Unplaced | | |- ! colspan="8"|Jacky Fan (Xin Fu Lai Enterprise Management Co., LTD.) directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 2017―2019 |- ! [[Miss Universe 2019|2019]] | [[Hebei]] | [[Rosie Zhu Xin]] | 朱鑫 | 朱鑫 | Unplaced | | |- ! [[Miss Universe 2018|2018]] | [[Liaoning]] | Meisu Qin | 秦美苏 | 秦美蘇 | Unplaced | | The second runner-up of Miss China 2017 awarded as Miss China 2018. |- |- style="background-color:#FFFF99; " ! [[Miss Universe 2017|2017]] | [[Sichuan]] | Roxette Qiu | 邱蔷 | 邱薔 | Top 16 | | Dethroned after competing at Miss Universe 2017. |- ! colspan="8"|Yue-Sai Kan directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 2011―2016 |- ! [[Miss Universe 2016|2016]] | [[Zhejiang]] | [[Li Zhenying]] | 李珍颖 | 李珍穎 | Unplaced | | |- ! [[Miss Universe 2015|2015]] | [[Guangdong]] | [[Jessica Xue]] | 薛韵芳 | 薛韻芳 | Unplaced | * Best National Costume (4th Runner-up) | |- ! rowspan="2" | [[Miss Universe 2014|2014]] | [[Beijing]] | [[Hu Yanliang|Karen Hu]] | 胡彦良 | 胡彦良 | Unplaced | | Karen was a runner-up of Miss China 2014. She competed at Miss Universe, after her winner decided to withdraw at Miss Universe 2014. |- | [[Henan]] | [[Nora Xu]] | 许乃蜻 | 許乃蜻 | colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not compete}} | Resigned before competing at Miss Universe, [[Nora Xu]] resigned her title to complete her undergraduate education and was succeeded by [[Hu Yanliang|Karen Hu]]. |- |- style="background-color:#FFFF99; " ! [[Miss Universe 2013|2013]] | [[Beijing]] | [[Jin Ye]] | 靳烨 | 靳燁 | Top 16 | * Miss Congeniality | |- |- style="background-color:#FADADD; " ! [[Miss Universe 2012|2012]] | [[Jilin]] | [[Xu Jidan]] | 许继丹 | 許繼丹 | Unplaced | * Best National Costume | |- |- style="background-color:#FFFF66; " ! [[Miss Universe 2011|2011]] | [[Shanghai]] | [[Luo Zilin]] | 罗紫琳 | 羅紫琳 | 4th Runner-up | | |- ! colspan="8"|Johnny Kao directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe between 2002―2010 |- ! [[Miss Universe 2010|2010]] | [[Heilongjiang]] | Tang Wen<ref name="china2010" /> | 唐雯 | 唐雯 | Unplaced | | |- |- style="background-color:#FADADD; " ! [[Miss Universe 2009|2009]] | [[Shandong]] | [[Wang Jingyao]]<ref name="china2009" /> | 王静瑶 | 王靜瑤 | Unplaced | * Miss Congeniality | |- ! [[Miss Universe 2008|2008]] | [[Guizhou]] | [[Wei Ziya]]<ref name="history" /> | 魏子雅 | 魏子雅 | Unplaced | | |- |- style="background-color:#FADADD; " ! [[Miss Universe 2007|2007]] | [[Liaoning]] | Zhang Ningning<ref name="history" /> | 张宁宁 | 張寧寧 | Unplaced | * Miss Congeniality | Zhang was a runner-up of Miss China 2007, after the main winner, Wei Ziya allocated to Miss Universe 2008. |- ! rowspan="2" | [[Miss Universe 2006|2006]] | [[Heilongjiang]] | Gao Yinghui<ref name="history" /> | 高英慧 | 高英慧 | Unplaced | | Qi Fang was replaced by Gao Yinghui as the official representative to [[Miss Universe 2006]]. |- | [[Shanxi]] | Qi Fang | 齐芳 | 齊芳 | colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |- ! [[Miss Universe 2005|2005]] | [[Sichuan]] | Tao Siyuan<ref name="history" /> | 陶思媛 | 陶思媛 | Unplaced | | |- ! [[Miss Universe 2004|2004]] | [[Tianjin]] | [[Alina Zhang|Zhang Meng]]<ref name="history" /> | 张萌 | 張萌 | Unplaced | | |- ! [[Miss Universe 2003|2003]] | [[Fujian]] | Wu Wei<ref name="history" /> | 吴薇 | 吳薇 | Unplaced | | |- |- style="background-color:#FFFF66; " ! [[Miss Universe 2002|2002]] | [[Shanghai]] | Zhuo Ling<ref name="china2002" /> | 卓灵 | 卓靈 | 2nd Runner-up | | |}
==See also== *[[Miss China World]] *[[Miss International China]] *[[Miss Grand China]] *[[Miss Earth China]]
==References== {{reflist|2|refs=
<ref name=xinhua>{{cite news|title=Miss Universe China contest officially launched|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2011-02/25/c_121123758.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628210636/http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2011-02/25/c_121123758.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2011|access-date=25 February 2011|newspaper=[[Xinhua]]|date=February 25, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name=china2002>{{cite news|title=Crown becomes a cross|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=August 4, 2002|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020804/herworld.htm#4|access-date=15 May 2008}}</ref>
<ref name=china2009>{{cite web|title=Girls in Miss Universe 2009|url=http://www.nanyang100.com/entertainment/7791.html|access-date=25 February 2011|publisher=nanyang100.com|date=August 6, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810130555/http://www.nanyang100.com/entertainment/7791.html|archive-date=10 August 2009}}</ref>
<ref name=china2010>{{cite news|title=China's new hope for Miss Universe|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90782/90872/7072430.html|access-date=25 February 2011|newspaper=[[People's Daily]]|date=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name=history>{{cite web|title=History|publisher=misschinauniverse.com|url=http://www.misschinauniverse.com/en/history/|access-date=15 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222011844/http://www.misschinauniverse.com/en/history/|archive-date=22 December 2007}}</ref>
}}
=== Other references === * {{cite web|title=Miss Universe, China Organization|publisher=misschinauniverse.com|url=http://www.misschinauniverse.com/en/missuniverse/missunivchina.shtml|access-date=15 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822182351/http://www.misschinauniverse.com/en/missuniverse/missunivchina.shtml|archive-date=22 August 2006}} * {{cite web|title=Introduction|publisher=misschinauniverse.com|url=http://www.misschinauniverse.com/en/missuniverse/|access-date=15 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222011900/http://www.misschinauniverse.com/en/missuniverse/|archive-date=22 December 2007}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20110321003126/http://missuniversechina.com/}}
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