Twenty-one-year-old Chen Chen won the China Girl Model competition at the The Pearl Resort South Pacific Resort, Spa and Championship Golf Course in Pacific Harbour on Saturday night.

Ms Chen will now feature in Vivi magazine, China’s number one fashion magazine as part of her spoils for winning the title.

“I wasn’t expecting this win and to compete with these ten girls was amazing,” Ms Chen said.

The ten finalists who vied for the title were at the Pearl Resort for a week. They had been whittled down from an initial 60,000 entrants who applied from throughout the China.

“There wasn’t much challenges we faced ever since we landed to this paradise like its nearest place to the heaven,” Ms Chen said.

“Everybody is relaxed and all the staff of The Pearl Resort has been so kind and considerate to all of us; taking care of everything, it has been an amazing journey and a beautiful experience for all the girls.

“We love Fiji and hopefully we’ll come back to visit.”

China Girl 2016 Resource Integration Department general manager Johny Zhang said it was a good experience and the girls enjoyed every single day since it was their first ever trip to Fiji.

“We hope this is not the only competition that will be held here, we’re hoping to bring in more modeling competitions in the future,” Mr Zhang said.

“As a participator for the whole Fiji trip I believe all the girls are champions.  They were excellent and outstanding.”

China Girl model competition is the second largest model competition in China.

Edited by Rusiate Mataika

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