50 contestants for the 17th New Silk Road Model Contest finals have arrived in the coastal city Sanya for the final round of the contest.

Contestants posing during an outdoor photo shoot on Sept. 14

Archlyn Bruce, a 21 year old beauty from Liberia, won the first  Miss Africa in China beauty pageant on Friday 4, September in Beijing. The runners-up are Victoria Michael from Namibia and Penda from Senegal.

Miss Liberia Archlyn Bruce crowned Miss Africa in China 2009 in Beijing on Sep. 4, 2009

Jessica Cui, 21, won the title of Miss NY Chinese 2009 at Mohegan Sun on Sunday, August 30, 2009. She will represent the city at the Miss Chinese International 2010 pageant next year. The runners-up are Fanny Jiang and Esther Pang.

Miss NY Chinese 2009 and the Runners-up on Aug. 30, 2009 in New York

Ekaterina Grushanina, a 23-year-old choreographer from Russia has been crowned Miss Tourism Queen International 2008 on Friday August 28, in Zhengzhou, China. The Runners-up are Miss Brazil, Miss Guinea, Miss China and Miss French Polynesia.

From left to right : Miss French Polynesia, Miss Guinea, Miss Russia, Miss Brazil and Miss China

Miss Venezuela, Stefanía Fernández, 18, was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Sunday, beating out 83 other contestants. Miss China Wang Jingyao, 19, was named Miss Congeniality.

Wang Jingyao during the Miss Universe pageant in Nassau, Bahamas on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009

Stacy Wang, 20, has won the third Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant of the Americas on Saturday August 22, 2009 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. She will represent the Americas to compete in the 2009 Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant final in Macau this October.

Jennifer W. Radzwill (2nd Runner-up), Stacy Wang and Du Chanchan (1st Runner-up)