Julia Saner claims the crown of Elite Model Contest

By ZHOU Xin (Joe Sheen), Chief Journalist of Sanya-online English Post Sanya, China

17-year-old Julia Saner, a Swiss girl radiating youth and beauty, and more importantly, the great potential to be a super model like Cindy Crawford, won the 26th Elite Model Look World Final at the Chinese beach resort of Sanya on October 18, 2009.

In the Theatre of Beauty Crown, Julia Sander was crowned as the top model among all the competitive finalists, a group of 66 international hopefuls who already showed great potential to shine in the catwalk career in the future. At the moment when the result was revealed, she couldn't contain her excitement and d happiness. Then, she beamed a beautiful smile to all the audience and judges, who was conquered by her calm demeanour, perfect performance, and her uniqueness in the contest.

Elite model contest is the world’s most prestigious modelling contest, aiming at attracting new faces and talent internationally to shine in the future. The newly-won title will surely adds confidence to Miss Saner's future prospects in the modelling industry. From the stage of Sanya on, the sky is the limit for this beautiful Swiss girl, an aspiring super model of tomorrow.

Runners-up are Caterina Ravaglia from Italy, Mano Pieto from France and Emilie Smith from Great Britain.

According to Bernard Hennet, Chairman and CEO of Elite Model, choosing Sanya to host this fabulous event again in a strategic step and decision of the Elite Model Group. "Sanya is a very fashionable and dynamic city, and I am very impressed by the charm of the city. ", said he. He is happy to see that the Elite Model Contest brought Sanya and Elite Model to the limelight of world media again.

Sanya, a famous tourism city which is a tropical paradise for all the people, hosted the 25th Elite Model Contest successfully last year.