Pageant winners open to cosmos of opportunity

After five months of fierce competition, Chen Jiaoyi, a 24-year-old student at University College London, was named winner of the 2019 Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant.

As an annual event sponsored by Hong Kong broadcaster Phoenix TV, the beauty contest, in its 17th year, seeks out well-educated young women who have good taste. While the contestants are drawn from around the world, all are Chinese or of Chinese descent.

Organizers say the pageant - which has branch competitions in Europe and America - is a way to bring Chinese overseas together and serves as a platform to honor the modern Chinese woman.