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INTERVIEW LEADERS 10” X 12” FULL PAGE w/Bleed, 4C Issue Date:10/2012 InterviewVIEW Ship Date:8/15/12 In art the best is good enough. Beauty as a Johann Wolfgang von Goethe INTER Source of Power An Interview with Luo Zilin, Miss Universe China 2011 EDITORS’ NOTE A Chinese fashion model, With all the development, there are Luo Zilin was crowned Miss Universe China so many opportunities in China and I’m in July 2011. She represented China in the so proud right now to be Chinese. At the Miss Universe 2011 Pageant in Sao Paolo, same time, I hope the rest of the world Brazil, where she was fourth runner up. will link up with China so we can help Zilin graduated with a degree in Tourism each other grow and develop. Management from Ouhua College in Would you elaborate on the pro- Shanghai in 2009. She started her career as cess you’ve gone through in achiev- a professional model in 2003 and has done ing this title? work for well-known brands like Chanel, I used to be so shy – I barely ever Louis Vuitton, UPS, and Qingdao Beer. spoke in class. I attended a modeling com- She has also served as the brand spokesper- petition just for fun and won fi rst place son in Shanghai for the Shangri-La Hotel in Shanghai. After that, I developed tre- Jade 36 Bar. Zilin participated in New mendous confi dence, but it was still just York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012, onstage. I never considered myself attrac- the 2011 Shanghai Fashion Week, the tive – I wished to have white skin and thin 2006 China Fashion Week, and the 2005 lips when I was a child because that is the Singapore Fashion week, and has been a traditional beauty standard in China. red carpet or VIP guest for brands such as A good friend suggested I enter Miss Ferrari, Mercedes, and Coca-Cola. She Luo Zilin Universe China last year. I hesitated because earned second place in the 2003 Shanghai I never believed I could make it, but the last International Model Finals while still in This past June in Shanghai, I was host to a minute decision to enter changed my life. high school, was the winner of the 2004 5th 1,000-person charity gala dinner to help raise I flew to Beijing from Shanghai to CCTV Model Competition for the Hefei Region, money for women’s and children’s causes. the pageant and got crowned on July 10th. It and 3rd runner-up overall in China for the 2004 During the beauty pageant in Brazil, I attended was the most special night of my life – like 5th CCTV Model Competition National Finals. the Operation Smile event; I went to the hos- a dream. After that, I flew to New The delegates who become York and got one month of part of the Miss Universe training to prepare for the Organization compete with International events like Miss Universe world final in Brazil, where the hope of advancing their I was chosen as the fourth careers, personal, and hu- runner up. manitarian goals, and as China foster communication between China After that, I started at- women who seek to improve tending all kinds of events: I the lives of others. How do and the rest of the world. We hope more went to different countries, at- you intend to fulfi ll this role tended the Monaco Rose Ball, as Miss Universe China? events like this will be held in China to help did a fashion show in New I’m trying to build the bridge York, and went to London for between China and the rest of the Olympics; my life became the world, giving people who are promote the tourist industry in the country, so colorful. interested the opportunity to get What are your specific Art by Barbara Kraft to know the real China. I have as well as assist in overall development. goals for the future, both per- been invited by Brazil to promote sonally and professionally? the World Cup for Soccer, so I -Mario Garnero, Brasilinvest I hope to have my own will try my best to show the cul- fashion jewelry brand and to In Hospitality, the best is never enough. ture and values of China, as well also work at helping more as how beautiful and amazing the people around the world. games in Brazil will be. pital to visit the children prior to their opera- How has the involvement of Yue-Sai How do you hope to change percep- tions to cheer them up. I also Tweet in Chinese Kan impacted the Miss Universe China tions of China by representing the country about the value of respecting our elders. pageant? in international competition? What kind of an impact will events like Yue-Sai let more people know about I’m trying to do more charity work in per- Miss Universe China have on the coun- beauty and pageants, and encouraged son and ask more people to join us, to help try in the future? Do you anticipate more women to use their beauty as a source of them realize how important giving back is. events like this in China over time? power.• www.THEARTOFRENEWAL.com | 800.367.2343 180 LEADERS POSTED WITH PERMISSION. COPYRIGHT © 2012 LEADERS MAGAZINE, INC. 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