Miss Universe China (Chinese:环球小姐中国区大赛) is a nationalbeauty pageant that selectsChina's representative to theMiss Universe pageant since2002.

The Miss Universe China Organization was established in 2002. The first everMiss Universe China titleholder, Zhuo Ling, was selected in Guangdong province in March, 2002. She represented her country inMiss Universe 2002 and placed 2nd runner-up.

In July 2002, the Miss Universe license for China was awarded to Johnny Kao, a prominentChinese-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 entrepreneurYue-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 includingPetra Nemcova,Fadil Berisha andRiyo 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 includingParis Hilton andCharles Aznavour have participated in the pageant, and formerHarper's Bazaar chiefLizzette 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.^[1] 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 fromLuk Fook valued at over US$430,000, as well as wardrobes supplied byShanghai Tang,Sherri Hill,LOVA and leading Chinese couturierGuo Pei and professional modeling portfolios. They are also invited to walk for various designers atNew York Fashion Week andShanghai Fashion Week and receive red carpet invitations to theShanghai International Film Festival andHawaii 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 ofYue-Sai Kan as official Honorary Chairman.

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.

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 toColombo to meetSri Lanka's first ladyShiranthi Rajapaksa. The six online episodes of the documentary attracted over ten million viewers in their first month.^[2]

On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) a runner-up is sent.

• Miss China World
• Miss International China
• Miss Grand China
• Miss Earth China

• "Miss Universe, China Organization". misschinauniverse.com. Archived fromthe original on 22 August 2006. Retrieved15 May 2008.
• "Introduction". misschinauniverse.com. Archived fromthe original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved15 May 2008.

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