Chinese Model Contest Controverses Chubby Body Winner..The organizing committee said, "Sponsor intervention? Actually, no."
Nov 21, 2025
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The women's Cantonese championship trophy was awarded to the 15th participant at the '28th International Model Competition China General Election' award ceremony held in Shenzhen, China on the 16th. The video showed the 15th contestant on stage wearing a colorful costume and wearing a crown and a winning band. However, some Internet users criticized him saying that his body shape is too full and his walking and facial expression are somewhat poor, adding that he does not meet the standards of the modeling competition.
Later, Na Un-ki, vice chairman of the organizing committee of the competition, said in an interview with Chinese media 'Sina' on the 19th that `The 15th participant is actually the winner of 'Girgee Women's category', and the 37th participant in the female model group Guangdong is correct.' He then explained that "the certificates and trophies of this competition are a unified open form, misrepresented by the on-site staff's error.".
The organizing committee explained the situation to participants 15 and apologized, and separately delivered a certificate of victory for 'Graduated Women'. Also, contestant '15 who spread online contributed to participate' emphasized that the rumors were not true.
This incident led to the issue of 'fairness in the selection of winners' online. Some netizens argued that various standards of beauty should be respected, but the majority pointed out that professional model competitions should have clear evaluation criteria and that the reliability of the screening and procedure is suspected.
Meanwhile, the competition was divided into various categories such as children's groups, male model groups, and female model groups. However, questions were raised about the professionalism and fairness of the competition due to certificates and trophy errors on the spot, and the absence of some judges.
The organizing committee will take this opportunity to reorganize the process and increase the transparency of the screening and award process" he said.
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