preface
When it comes to Miss World, the first thing that comes to mind must be the first Chinese "Miss World" champion Zhang Zilin, in fact, in addition to Zhang Zilin, China also produced the second girl to win the "Miss World" championship, but after she won the crown of Miss World, she has always been very low-key, so it is not well known.
For the Miss World champion, some people have questioned her looks, saying that she does not have Miss Hong Kong Li Jia Xinmei, how did she get the title of world champion? However, the beauty standard of "Miss World" can not only focus on appearance, but also pay attention to the comprehensive ability of the candidates in all aspects.
If you rely on beauty alone, everyone's aesthetic is different, and the standard of beauty is naturally different, but to get the laurel of Miss World must be the result of strict selection.
Unlike other Miss World, she does not have a glamorous background, no Kochi education, she was born in the countryside, and she once went to work as a nanny for life, but even so, she is still optimistic and embraces life with a positive attitude.
"The sword blade from the grinding, plum blossom fragrance from the bitter cold", after experiencing the hardships of life, she set beauty and kindness, in 2012 won the 62nd Miss World pageant global championship, although controversial, but after understanding her, you will find this "Miss World" champion, she deserves it!
01 Rural girls are talented and earn money to finish college
In 1989, in Xinhua Village, Yabuli Town, Shangzhi City, Heilongjiang Province, a little girl was born, although she was the second daughter in the family, but her parents were still very happy about her arrival, this little girl named Yu Wenxia, the future Miss World Champion.
Because the parents are honest farmers, the main source of income of the family is to live on one acre and three points of land, plus Yu Wenxia has a two-year-old sister above, and the life of the family of four is not rich.
But even so, the parents Yu Wenxia and her sister are very loving, as far as possible to provide a better life for the two children, Yu Wenxia's original family is still very happy and beautiful.
When I was a child, whenever my parents went to work in the fields, little Yu Wenxia would sit on the field to sing to her parents to relieve her boredom, and during the New Year's Festival, Yu Wenxia would also sing and dance for her relatives and friends at the dinner table, and perform programs for everyone, which attracted bursts of applause.
Later, Yu Wenxia and her sister reached the age of school, in order to provide a better learning environment for their daughters and let them receive a higher education, Yu Wenxia's father moved from the countryside to Yabuli Town with his family, and found a job driving a truck, and the whole family lived on his father's truck.
In 2005, Yu Wenxia was admitted to Heze Music and Art School, and the reason why she chose to study vocational high school was that she hoped to earn money to subsidize her family as soon as possible.
After going to school, the teacher found that Yu Wenxia's vocal conditions were very good, and encouraged her to strive for the opportunity to enter the university to study vocal music. At that time, in order to compete for the last train to participate in the college entrance examination, Yu Wenxia's teachers and principals were busy for her.
In 2008, Yu Wenxia was fortunate to be admitted to the Conservatory of Music of Harbin Normal University and entered the ethnic vocal music major to study vocal music, but the college tuition of tens of thousands of yuan was still very high for this ordinary family.
In order to save more money to pay tuition, but also to help her parents reduce their burdens, Yu Wenxia went to work part-time after the college entrance examination, worked hard as a greeter in a hotel in Harbin, and worked for a month to receive a part-time fee of less than 1,000 yuan. When it came time to report to college, the money for her schooling was still cobbled together by her parents.
Later, Yu Wenxia learned that she could apply for a state bursary, and the next college tuition, Yu Wenxia got this bursary, the problem of tuition fees was solved, and the living expenses had not yet been settled.
Knowing the hardships of her parents, Yu Wenxia also tried her best to go out to do part-time work to make money, with a good appearance and body advantages, Yu Wenxia in the four years of college, every weekend to go out to do part-time work, fashion show etiquette, car show model, fashion week model she has done, and even dozens of dollars a day of ribbon cutting work she also took.
Waking up at four o'clock in the morning and leaving at five o'clock, whether it was windy or rainy, she never flinched. After each performance, she did not forget to bring some snacks to her roommates, or invite everyone to go out for a meal to improve everyone's food.
In this way, in her sophomore year, Yu Wenxia's money from doing various part-time jobs was enough for her to pay tuition and usual living expenses, so she no longer looked for living expenses at home, and would send all the remaining money home to subsidize the family.
Although the family is not rich, but with the love and support of her parents, Yu Wenxia has always felt that she lives in a happy family.
02 Chinese Girls Talent Double Quan Yan Pressure Qunfang Won the "World Sister Champion"
Yu Wenxia, who combines beauty and talent, ushered in a turning point in her life in 2009.
In 2009, Harbin hosted the 24th Winter Universiade, Yu Wenxia learned about it and signed up to volunteer, with superior appearance and physical conditions, she became the guide of the Opening Ceremony China Team, this beautiful face with the unique Chinese oriental women appeared in front of the world.
In 2010, Yu Wenxia participated in the "Miss China Tourism" contest and successfully won the championship of Harbin Division. In 2012, Yu Wenxia was preparing to hold a solo concert at the school as a graduation report, and the Beauty Contest for Miss World China was also coming.
Yu Wenxia, who had won the miss tourism championship in Harbin, was persuaded by teachers and classmates to participate in the Miss World pageant, and with the encouragement of teachers and classmates, Yu Wenxia finally decided to sign up.
And she herself did not expect that participating in the competition this time would allow her to win the title of Miss World, which would become another major turning point in her life.
In June 2012, the 62nd Miss World China Finals with the theme of "Beauty Sets Sail, Love is on the Road" kicked off in Beijing. Among the 39 contestants in the country, Yu Wenxia passed through layers of competition, passed the level, and finally won the overall title of Miss World China Division.
With the identity of "Miss China", Yu Wenxia officially stood in the selection field of Miss World and advanced to the global finals of Miss World.
The Miss World Championship was held for almost a month. After the start of the match, in the first few fierce competitions, Yu Wenxia's ranking only ranked fourth, and everyone originally speculated that this northeastern girl would definitely not have the opportunity to win the championship.
But accidents always come suddenly, in the last round of singing competition, Yu Wenxia sang a song "Lu Hua", a beautiful singing voice like a natural sound, stunning four seats, but also deeply shocked the hearts of the judges present.
It is precisely because of this song that the whole situation was reversed, and Yu Wenxia rose from the fourth place to the first place, winning the championship in one fell swoop and becoming the second Chinese Miss World champion.
Not only that, with her excellent performance on the field and her stunning singing, Yu Wenxia also won the "Best Talent Award" award and the title of "Beautiful Queen of the Asia-Pacific Region" in this competition, which is already a great honor for the contestants.
In the award ceremony, Yu Wenxia wore a blue dress, the whole temperament is outstanding, dignified and elegant, in the acceptance speech, she said this: "Since I was a child, I feel very happy, I am very grateful to those who have helped me, I hope that in the future days, I can also uphold the purpose of Miss World, help more children in need, let them also feel happy and happy." ”
In a warm applause, the former Miss World champion Ivy Ann Sachs put on the back crown for Yu Wenxia. At this time, Yu Wenxia was full of shining light, and this honor was earned by her hard work, the best actress of the night, and she deserved it.
For Wen Xia, being elected as the winner of Miss World opened the way for her to charity and brought her into a new field of charity.
03 Abide by the duty of the World Sister Champion to help global charity activities
After being elected as the winner of Miss World, Yu Wenxia began to appear in charity events or public welfare activities held around the world.
This is not because Yu Wenxia is too high-profile, but she shoulders the responsibility and mission of Miss World, and because of this, it also opens her future public welfare road.
At the beginning of the "Miss World" beauty contest, the main purpose of the "Miss World" beauty contest was to establish the image of an outstanding woman to promote world peace and help hungry and disabled children, mainly to advocate "meaningful beauty".
Therefore, for the world sister champions who stand out from the competition, they not only represent the image of beauty, but also need to assume the responsibility of "first-class public image", and go to poor countries and regions around the world to carry out various charitable donations and other public welfare activities.
This responsibility is no exception for Yu Wenxia, who has become an ambassador for charity and public welfare, shuttling around the world where help is needed. During her one-year tenure, Yu Wenxia traveled to more than 20 countries and participated in countless charity activities.
During her tenure as the winner of Miss World, Yu Wenxia not only witnessed the embarrassing lives of people in poor areas, but also planted a seed of charity in her heart.
During her tenure as Miss World, Yu Wenxia went to Haiti to investigate the local poverty situation, and recalling that experience, Yu Wenxia said that it was the one she was most impressed with.
When she arrived in Haiti, she saw the curious eyes of the children through the car window, remembered their bare little feet, remembered the depression scene on the street at that time...
These images of poverty were deeply imprinted in her mind, and she desperately hoped to help those children with her own strength.
Generally speaking, after participating in charity or research activities, Miss World will be interviewed and reported on the situation, mainly to talk about which country they went to, how much money they raised, and what they did...
After seeing the poverty in various countries and places, Yu Wenxia felt that it was not enough to just tell the superficial situation, she was more willing to think about the causes of problems, and was more willing to explore solutions to problems.
In Yu Wenxia's view, Haiti's poverty is not enough through financial assistance alone, nor can it fundamentally solve the problem of poverty in this country and region, because Haitian poverty is caused by the backwardness of their thinking and the inertia of their behavior.
Unlike other Miss World, Yu Wenxia can see the inner essence through the phenomenon, which is rare!
During her tenure, Yu Wenxia also participated in the 39th Variety TV Marathon fundraising campaign with Francisco Escobar, the 2013 Mr. World champion, where she raised a total of US$3.603 million in charitable funds, breaking the US$3.45 million charity record set by the 2007 Miss World champion Zhang Zilin.
As the 22nd Miss World winner invited to the event, Yu Wenxia raised the highest amount of money in the 39 years since the event was founded.
In 2013, Bali, Indonesia held the 63rd Miss World Global Finals, as the winner of the previous Miss World, Yu Wenxia was invited to attend, and put on the back crown of Miss World for Miss Megan Young of the Philippines, who won the overall championship.
04 After leaving office, sow love and spare no effort to devote himself to public welfare undertakings
For many world champion champions, after leaving office, they will generally choose other jobs, such as entering the entertainment industry as a star, or marrying a rich family to live a rich wife's life. But Yu Wenxia did not choose such a life, and after leaving office, she was more enthusiastic about doing charity and public welfare activities.
She took the initiative to teach poor areas across the country, participated in various public welfare activities, and did her best to spread her love in all corners.
In November 2013, Yu Wenxia led the "Chevrolet Red Chalk Rural Education Program" teaching team, a total of 12 people to the Shuixi Township Miaoqian Primary School in Ninghua County, Fujian Province, to carry out voluntary teaching activities.
The life and conditions in poor areas can be imagined, but Yu Wenxia stayed for many months, in the branch diocese, she devoted herself to improving the children's learning and life, and for this gentle and beautiful "big sister", the children are very fond of it.
In 2015, Yu Wenxia followed the Angel Sunshine Fund of the Red Cross Society of China to a hospital in Qinghai to screen and rescue children with congenital heart disease, where she visited children with congenital heart disease who lived in the hospital.
They are all special children, and the world of these children is also different from other normal people, but here Yu Wenxia saw the optimism of the children, and was also touched by their positive attitude towards life, and secretly vowed in her heart that she would do her best to help these children.
With Wenxia's enthusiastic help, the children's lives have been greatly improved, and their faces are full of charming smiles. Seeing the children's childish faces, on the occasion of parting, Yu Wenxia was unwilling, and the same reluctance was also the group of children.
When leaving, Yu Wenxia also instructed the staff that the altitude here is relatively high, the children have physical diseases, usually pay special attention to keep warm, remember to wear more clothes, and put forward that if there is financial difficulty, you can tell her that she will do her best to help them.
This kind world lady, not only looks beautiful, but her heart shines with brilliance, and under the tears of the children, Yu Wenxia and them reluctantly say goodbye.
Not only did she personally go to various poverty-stricken areas to support teaching and visit sick children, Yu Wenxia also participated in a marathon for public welfare.
On September 20, 2015, the Beijing Marathon officially kicked off, as a member of the China Athlete Education Fund Champion Charity Running Group, Yu Wenxia also signed up for this event, although it was the first time to participate in North Malaysia, But Yu Wenxia was full of confidence in herself.
"Before the race, I set myself a target of 10 kilometers, but I didn't expect to run and find that I could continue to run, so I had the idea of running a complete horse." Yu Wenxia said when talking about this North Horse.
Because it is the first time to participate in the North Horse, and it is a race for public welfare, Yu Wenxia still did not give up after reaching the goal she set, insisted on continuing to run, she constantly surpassed the goal she had set, and insisted on running to 39 kilometers, because of too much force, she finally had to give up the race.
It turned out that when Yu Wenxia was running, she injured her ankle because of too much force, but she did not want to give up, she still insisted on running 39 kilometers with the injury, "When I felt that my feet were uncomfortable, I ran on tiptoe, and as a result, I felt more and more wrong, and the pain was very bad." ”
"At that time, the runners around me were shouting that they couldn't give up and must persist until the end, but I obviously felt that my body had reached its limit, and if I continued to run, it might cause very serious consequences." After struggling for a long time, I finally chose to give up, and I didn't want this first marathon of my life to turn around and become the last. Looking back at the north horse race, although Yu Wenxia has regrets, she does not regret it, which is Yu Wenxia, who spares no effort for public welfare.
In 2015, Yu Wenxia also participated in Hunan Satellite TV's "Every Day Upward" program with Lang Lang, Deng Ziqi and other star artists, and agreed to make more efforts for charity with pianist Lang Lang.
epilogue
"The corners of the eyebrows hide the delicate spirit, the voice is smiling and gentle", using these short crosses to describe Yu Wenxia, who was once the World Miss Champion, is the most appropriate!
Yu Wenxia in life has always been a smiling face, any time you see her is smiling, idyllic and elegant, she can always convey full of positive energy to the people around her.
When she won the Miss World title, she was also questioned by many people, many people compared her with the former "Miss Hong Kong" Li Jiaxin, she was more beautiful than Li Jiaxin.
"Beauty" is not only empty with a good-looking skin bag, no matter how beautiful the appearance is, there will always be a day when Shaohua passes, but the inner spiritual beauty in the bones can last forever.
And Yu Wenxia's body has many good qualities that are not found in the so-called beauty - simple and independent, positive and optimistic, filial piety and kindness, and self-improvement.
The good-looking skin bag, the noble quality, the sincere heart that is enthusiastic about public welfare, and the spirit of bravely climbing the peak through thorns are all the shining points of Yu Wenxia's body, which is where she admires, and also makes her a beautiful thing!
These valuable qualities possessed by Yu Wenxia are enough to deserve the title of "Miss World Champion"!
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