Beauty contest for ethnic models

Ji Jie (R), a singer from the Yi ethnic group, performs with models during the 2011 China Ethnic Model Contest in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, Nov 24, 2011. Twenty-five ethnic models, mostly from the western part of China, competed in the final round of the competition on Thursday. The models are from different ethnic groups, which include Miao, Yi and Uyghur. Shan Yixin, a Miao woman from Guizhou won the championship. [Photo/Xinhua]

Ethnic models perform during the finals of the 2011 China Ethnic Model Contest in Guiyang, Nov 24, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]