Background
The second of two daughters to farming parents, she was born on 6 August 1989 in Shangzhi, Heilongjiang in northeast China.
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Yu Wenxia
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Education
She completed a four-year university course in Chinese Folk Music at Harbin University.
Career
Yu dreamt of becoming a singer as a child, enjoying classes in music and nature. Mission China 2012
On 30 June 2012, Yu was crowned Mission China 2012 at the Jinhai Lake Resort in Beijing. Mission World 2012
She was also named Mission Talent, where she performed her winning talent—Chinese folk song on stage during the final.
Surprised and very happy.
Winning Mission World is a big responsibility. There is so much to learn.
I very much look forward to working with the Mission World Organisation sharing my compassion and love and helping to improve the lives of many people throughout my year of reign. Mission World 2013
She appears in the film The Transporter Refueled.
Achievements
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She won Mission World 2012 in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, the second Chinese national to do so after Zhang Zilin in 2007. On 18 August 2012, Yu won the 2012 Mission World pageant held in Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. When asked how she felt at winning the Mission World crown, she replied: I really admire Zhang Zilin, my country’s first Mission World winner, I hope to follow her example, but at the same time make my own mark. During her reign as Mission World, Yu traveled to the United Kingdom, Italy, France, South Africa, India, Australia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Russia, United States, Haiti, Brazil, Turkey, Ghana, Hungary, Ukraine and China. On the grand final of Mission World 2013, Yu performed "Tanzette" along with the Talent competition winner and runner-up, Vania Larissa from Indonesia and Erin Holland from Australia.
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Nationality
People's Republic of China