10 things about Miss World 2012 Yu Wenxia

Yu Wenxia (于文霞) won the 62nd edition of Miss World. It is the oldest existing international beauty pageant.

BIOGRAPHY

Yu is a Chinese singer, actor, television host, model and beauty queen. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She was born in Shangzhi, Heilongjiang, China.
2. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Chinese folk music at Harbin University in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
3. After graduating from Harbin University, she entered Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
4. She is 5’7″ tall.
5. In 2012, she visited France.
6. She won Miss China World 2012.
7. She won Miss World 2012.
8. In 2013, she visited Indonesia.
9. She participated at Miss World 2015 as a performer.
10. On August 6, 2024, she turned 35.

TIMELINE

Yu is the second Miss World from China. She followed Zhang Zilin, who was crowned in 2007.

2012

• On June 30, 2012, she won Miss China World 2012 at the Jinhai Lake Resort in Beijing, China.
• On August 18, 2012, she represented China at Miss World 2012 and competed against 115 other candidates at the Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. She won the title.
• On September 26, 2012, she attended the Liu Fang Presentation – Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring / Summer 2013 at Hotel Westin in Paris, France.

2013

• On July 14, 2013, she crowned her successor Miss China World 2013 Yu Weiwei at the Galaxy Soho in Beijing.
• On September 28, 2013, she crowned her successor Miss World 2013 Megan Young at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center in South Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.

2014

• On February 27, 2014, she attended the IRFE by Olga Sorokina show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2014-2015 in Paris.

2015

• She played a runaway sex slave in Camille Delamarre‘s film “The Transporter Refueled”, which was released in the U.S. on September 4, 2015 and in France on October 9, 2015.
• On December 19, 2015, she performed onstage at Miss World 2015 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China.

2020

• She starred with Cecilia Han and Daxun Wei in Tingbo Guo‘s film “Premarital Examination”, which was released in China on November 13, 2020.