Miss World 2007

Zi Lin Zhang - Miss World 2007

China's Zi Lin was born in Shijiazhuan Hebei on 22 March 1984. She went to high school in Beijing and continued her studies at the University of Science and Technology where she attained a degree in business administration in 2006, a year before the contest that saw her reach for the stars and walk away with the glittering prize - the Miss World crown. Zi Lin was working as a company secretary when she entered the pageant.
Zi Lin's hobbies and sporting interests include travel, reading, movies, writing, classical and folk dancing and folk music. She is also a formidable sportswoman. She excels in triple jump and hurdles, and has trained professionally in the 100m hurdles. A keen swimmer, she was the holder of the Sports Advance Distinction Award at university. Zi Lin's personal motto is "Where there's a will there's a way" and that's exactly the sort of determination, and philosophy that makes a Miss World a great Miss World.
Zi Lin's career in modeling started in 2003. In 2006, Zi Lin was short listed as one of the top ten professional supermodels in the Chinese Fashion and Culture Awards and in the same year she appeared in Georgio Armani's autumn/winter show in Paris.

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Miss World 2007 Zi Lin Zhang has also won Miss World 2007 Top Model title, one of the five fast-track events in the competition. Thus she automatically secured a place in the semi-final round.
Zi Lin Zhang is the first representative from China to have won the Miss World title. Zi Lin Zhang received the Miss World 2007 crown from the reigning Miss World 2006 Tatana Kucharova from Czech Republic.
She is the ninth winner of Miss World from the Asia Pacific region.
Zi Lin Zhang likes fruit, chocolate, and ice cream.
More than 2 billion people across the world watched her victory in the final of Miss World 2007 beauty pageant in December in Sanya.
Zi Lin Zhang was the tallest participant of Miss World 2007 competition with 182 cm height.