46-579: Miss South Africa is a national beauty pageant in South Africa that selects South African representatives to compete in one of the Big Four international beauty pageants Miss Universe , and also selects another representative to participate in Sub-major international pageant Miss Supranational . The Miss South Africa organisation resorted to a contemporary format in selecting representatives which
92-757: A Hong Kong edition in 1997. By 2006, it had a reported circulation of 300,000, of which two thirds were in China and one third international. In 2010, it launched China Daily Asia Weekly, a tabloid -sized pan-Asian edition. In December 2012, China Daily launched an Africa edition, published in Nairobi , the capital of Kenya . This edition aimed expand the China Daily readership, of both African people and Chinese people who live in Africa, and showcase China's interests in Africa. In 2015, China Daily published
138-450: A fake op-ed which the publication claimed was penned by Peter Hessler . They combined part of the transcript of an interview he had done with comments from another person interviewed as well as completely fabricated parts and ran it as an op-ed under Hessler's byline without his knowledge or permission. The fabricated op-ed contained made up praise for China and misrepresented Hessler's own words by taking them out of context. According to
184-520: A one-month trial. It was initially led by Jiang Muyue, with Liu Zhunqi as editor in chief. It was the first national daily English-language newspaper in China after the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949. Its initial circulation was 22,000, which grew to 65,000 by the following year. The paper was a departure from other Chinese newspapers at the time: it was "a Western -style paper", in content, style, and organizational structure. By July 1982,
230-428: A position is indicated in bold The country/territory that was dethroned, resigned or originally held the position is indicated in striketrough The country/territory that was dethroned, resigned or originally held the position but was not replaced is indicated underlined China Daily China Daily ( Chinese : 中国日报 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó Rìbào ) is an English-language daily newspaper owned by
276-529: A report that cited China Daily and other state media outlets for "selective highlighting" of potential vaccine side-effects and "disregarding contextual information or ongoing research" to present Western vaccines as unsafe. In October 2021, the German Marshall Fund reported that China Daily was one of several state media outlets propagating a conspiracy theory concerning the origins of COVID-19 . In January 2022, China Daily alleged that
322-610: A simple mouthpiece" and has a "distinctive, if quixotic, status". In 2009, China Daily was called "the most influential English language national newspaper in China" according to University of St. Thomas scholar Juan Li. It is known for original reporting. Non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders has accused China Daily of engaging in censorship and propaganda. The New York Times wrote that China Daily 's inserts published in US newspapers "generally offer an informative, if anodyne, view of world affairs refracted through
368-534: A streak of six successive years. After winning Miss Earth 2019 , Puerto Rico became the first territory and fourth country to win all titles of the Big Four pageants. Puerto Rico currently has ten Big Four crowns: five Miss Universe , two Miss World , two Miss International , and one Miss Earth . After winning Miss Earth 2020 , the United States became the fifth country to win in all titles of
414-451: Is "one of our most important tools in carrying out external propaganda". A former copy-editor (or "polisher" as termed at China Daily ) for the newspaper described her role being "to tweak propaganda enough that it read as English, without inadvertently triggering war." Journalist Michael Ottey described his time working for China Daily as "almost like working for a public relations firm" and added "it wasn't really honest journalism. It
460-617: Is currently the only country to win back-to-back in Miss Universe 2008 and Miss Universe 2009 . Stefanía Fernandez won the Miss Universe 2009 title in which Venezuela earned a Guinness World Record to have the first Miss Universe winner succeeded by her compatriot, Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza . In Miss Earth, the victory of Angelia Ong in Miss Earth 2015 , succeeding Jamie Herrell , Miss Earth 2014 , made
506-617: Is the country with the most wins in the Big Four pageants - and the most wins in the latter two pageants' respective histories. By winning Miss Earth 2013 , Venezuela became the first and so far only country to win all four pageants multiple times. After winning Miss World 2013 , the Philippines was the third country and the first in Asia to win all titles of the Big Four pageants. The Philippines currently has six Miss International crowns, four Miss Universe crowns, four Miss Earth crowns -
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#1732782400221552-505: The Chicago Tribune to sever financial ties with China Daily . Media outlets such as The New York Times , NPR , Quartz , and BuzzFeed News have published accounts of China Daily 's dissemination of disinformation related to the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests . In September 2019, China Daily 's official Facebook account stated that Hong Kong protesters were planning on launching terrorist attacks on 11 September of
598-562: The Associated Press , the editorial repeated Chinese Communist Party talking points and China Daily refused to retract it although it subsequently removed the English language version of the op-ed. In 2018, the paper fabricated a quote by the mayor of Davos , Tarzisius Caviezel. A January 2020 report by Freedom House , a U.S. non-governmental organization , noted that China Daily had increased its spending from $ 500,000 in
644-417: The Big Four are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. The Wall Street Journal , BBC News , CNN , Xinhua News Agency , and global news agencies such as Reuters , Associated Press and Agence France-Presse collectively refer to the four major pageants as the "Big Four". In October 2005, Cynthia Kanema of Zambia earned the distinction of becoming
690-602: The Big League Pageants refers to the four major international beauty pageants for women — Miss World , Miss Universe , Miss International and Miss Earth . The group was first described by the China Daily newspaper in 2004 as "the world's four major beauty contests". In April 2008, the South China Morning Post described them as "four of the world's top beauty pageants";
736-525: The Miss World titles in 2014, 1974 and 1958 respectively. Three women from South Africa have won the title of Miss Universe - Margaret Gardiner in 1978, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters in 2017 and Zozibini Tunzi in 2019. Prior to the establishment of the official Miss South Africa, South African Pictorial ("The Union's National Weekly") held annual Beauty Competitions starting in 1923. This evolved later into Miss South Africa. The first winner of this prize
782-756: The People's Daily . According to its 2014 annual report, China Daily is formally managed by the State Council Information Office (SCIO), which was formed from the Central Publicity Department in 1991. The SCIO holds regular meetings with journalists and editors from China Daily on what they should publish. In 2014, the SCIO was absorbed into the CCP's Central Publicity Department. The SCIO has stated that China Daily
828-910: The Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party . China Daily has the widest print circulation of any English-language newspaper in China. The headquarters and principal editorial office is in the Chaoyang District of Beijing . The newspaper has branch offices in most major cities of China as well as several major foreign cities including New York City , Washington, D.C. , London , and Kathmandu . China Daily also produces an insert of sponsored content called China Watch that has been distributed inside other newspapers including The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , The Washington Post , and Le Figaro . Within mainland China,
874-592: The Big Four pageant titles in any of its titles streak. France became the first nation to win at least two of the Big 4 beauty pageant titles in the same year, winning in 1953 (Miss Universe and Miss World), followed by Brazil in 1968 (Miss Universe and Miss International), Australia in 1972 (Miss Universe and Miss World), Venezuela in 1981 (Miss Universe and Miss World) as well as in 2013 (Miss Universe and Miss Earth), India in 1994 and 2000 (Miss Universe and Miss World), Ecuador in 2011 (Miss International and Miss Earth), and
920-544: The Big Four pageants. It currently has nine Miss Universe crowns - the most in the pageant's history - alongside three crowns in Miss World and three crowns in Miss International . After winning Miss Earth 2024 , Australia became the sixth country and the first in the oceanic region to win in all titles of the Big Four pageants. The country has two Miss Universe crowns, two Miss World crowns and three crowns in Miss International . The Philippines holds
966-587: The Chinese Communist Party. In June 2020, China Daily awarded a tender for a "foreign personnel analysis platform" to the Communication University of China to scan social media and automatically flag "false statements and reports on China." In September 2020, India's Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement saying that comments made by China Daily were falsely attributed to Ajit Doval . In September 2023,
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#17327824002211012-618: The Miss SA competition. Prior to that, people of colour competed in the Miss Africa South pageant, which was renamed Miss Black South Africa in 1977. This was just the beginning for the Miss South Africa organisation; of the 60 women who have worn the crown, only the last 27 winners have been chosen from the entire population of South Africa and not just white individuals. Since then, hundreds of young women have entered
1058-664: The Philippines in 2013 (Miss World and Miss International) and 2015 (Miss Universe and Miss Earth). In Miss World, three back-to-back victories have been recorded. In its first two editions, Sweden recorded back-to-back with Kiki Hakansson and May-Louise Flodin in Miss World 1951 and Miss World 1952 , respectively. United Kingdom contestants Ann Sidney and Lesley Langley duplicated this feat in Miss World 1964 and Miss World 1965 , respectively. The most recent back-to-back Miss World victories came from India, with Yukta Mookhey in Miss World 1999 and Priyanka Chopra in Miss World 2000 edition. In Miss Universe, Venezuela
1104-566: The Philippines to date the only country to win back-to-back in the Miss Earth pageant. The Miss International competition, on the other hand, has yet to see a back-to-back win. As of the Miss Universe 2024 edition that took place on November 16, 2024, there have been 15,533 entrants and 3,378 placements in the Big Four international beauty pageants. Not replaced resigned or dethroned titles appear in bold and assumed titles appear in bold underlined. The country/territory that assumed
1150-596: The South and Southeast Asian Media Network. China Daily has continued to partner with other provincial "International Communication Centers" established by provincial CCP propaganda departments. In a 2004 journal article, University of Sheffield professor Lily Chen stated that China Daily was "essentially a publicly funded government mouthpiece". Judy Polumbaum stated in the Berkshire Encyclopedia of China (2009) that China Daily "resists definition as
1196-497: The U.S. planned to pay athletes to "sabotage" the 2022 Winter Olympics . In March 2022, China Daily published an article in Chinese which falsely claimed that COVID-19 was created by Moderna , citing a page on The Exposé , a British conspiracist website. A 2019 critical discourse analysis of China Daily 's coverage of Chinese Muslims found them to be portrayed as "obedient and dependent Chinese citizens who benefit from
1242-636: The US Department of State accused the Chinese government of information laundering by using a fictitious opinion columnist named "Yi Fan" writing in China Daily and other outsets to present state narratives as "organic sentiment". In January 2024, China Daily and the Yunnan International Communication Center, a project of the propaganda department of the Yunnan provincial CCP committee, jointly launched
1288-721: The first half of 2009 to over $ 5 million in the latter half of 2019 for increased print runs. China Daily said it had a circulation of 300,000 in the U.S. and 600,000 overseas. In February 2020, a group of U.S. lawmakers asked the United States Department of Justice to investigate China Daily for alleged violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Later the same month, the United States Department of State designated China Daily , along with several other Chinese state media outlets, as foreign missions owned or controlled by
1334-589: The first woman to have participated in all four of the world's top beauty pageants: Miss World 2003 , Miss International 2004 , Miss Universe 2005 , and Miss Earth 2005 . In 2011, Miss South Africa Bokang Montjane became the first woman to both compete in all of the Big Four pageants and place in any of them: Miss Earth 2007 (Top 16), Miss International 2009 , Miss Universe 2011 , and Miss World 2011 (Top 7). The following countries and territories have won each Big Four pageant at least once: The first country to win all four major international pageant titles
1380-570: The government's intervention." In January 2021, a China Daily article praised a report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences , stating that government policies in Xinjiang had "emancipated" the minds of Uyghur women so that they are "no longer baby-making machines". The article drew condemnation as being a justification for reproductive policies which persecute Uyghur people , and sparked calls for Twitter to remove links to
1426-469: The height of mass demonstrations. The newspaper's coverage of the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak was reported to be more critical, fact-driven, and less laudatory than that of the People's Daily . A 2018 discourse analysis from Uppsala University found that prior to Xi Jinping 's accession, many China Daily articles portrayed their government as a particular kind of democracy, with democratic ideals such as
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1472-649: The implementation of universal suffrage (in Hong Kong) and grassroots elections sometimes endorsed. After his accession, articles became more negative in tone toward democracy and shifted focus to portraying the "vices" of democracies in the West, particularly the United States. Scholars have described China Daily as effectively controlled by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Ideologically, it tends to adopt similar perspectives to
1518-523: The lens of the Communist Party." In response to criticism, The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Daily Telegraph , and Nine Entertainment Co. ceased publishing China Daily 's China Watch inserts in their newspapers. In March 2024, US senator Marco Rubio publicly called on The Seattle Times , Houston Chronicle , The Boston Globe , Los Angeles Times , Time , USA Today , Financial Times , Sun Sentinel , and
1564-526: The license of Miss World South Africa pageant. Established in 1956, the first official Miss South Africa pageant was organized to send a representative to London for the Miss World pageant. That year Norma Vorster was crowned Miss South Africa. Two years later, an 18-year-old secretary from Durban, Penny Coelen, was crowned and would later go on to make history and win Miss World. It was not until 1977 that all persons of all races were allowed to compete in
1610-410: The longest streak of winning at least one of the Big Four pageant titles in a single year with wins in six consecutive years from 2013 to 2018 ( Miss World 2013 and Miss International 2013 , Miss Earth 2014 , Miss Universe 2015 and Miss Earth 2015 , Miss International 2016 , Miss Earth 2017 , and Miss Universe 2018 ), and is currently the only country in the world to win at least once in all of
1656-462: The most wins in the pageant's history - and one Miss World crown. By winning Miss World 2013 , Miss International 2013 , Miss Earth 2014 , Miss Earth 2015 , and Miss Universe 2015 , the Philippines achieved the feat in a span of only three calendar years. After winning Miss International 2016 , Miss Earth 2017 , and Miss Universe 2018 , the Philippines currently holds the distinction of longest streak of wins in all four major beauty pageants with
1702-409: The newspaper and its various international editions as an "instrument of China's public diplomacy ." China Daily 's editorial policies have historically been described as slightly more liberal than other Chinese state news outlets. Its coverage of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre was overwhelmingly sympathetic to the student protests with many of its journalists joining in at
1748-631: The newspaper had plans to publish editions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and tentatively Australia. Initially, it struggled to find English-speaking journalists. China Daily began distribution in North America in 1983. It has been registered as a foreign agent in the United States under the Foreign Agents Registration Act since 1983. China Daily introduced an online edition in 1996 and
1794-400: The newspaper targets primarily diplomats , foreign expatriates , tourists, and locals wishing to improve their English. The China edition also offers program guides to Radio Beijing and television, daily exchange rates, and local entertainment schedules. It has been used as a guide to Chinese government policy and positions of the Chinese Communist Party . Scholar Falk Hartig describes
1840-423: The pageant vying for the title. Miss South Africa (or a runner-up in some instances) has always competed at Miss World, but the first Miss South Africa to compete at Miss Universe was Kerishnie Naicker in 1998 . Prior to 1998, South Africa's representatives at Miss Universe qualified via other national pageants. Three Miss South Africas, namely Rolene Strauss , Anneline Kriel and Penelope Coelen , have won
1886-508: The same description was also used by South Korea's leading newspaper, Chosun Ilbo in 2010. In 2017, the Latin Times considered the group as the "most important pageants in the world". In 2018, NBC News referred to them as the "four biggest international pageants". Agencia EFE in 2019 classified them as the "four most influential beauty pageants in the world". Among the hundreds of thousands of beauty contests held annually,
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1932-678: The same year. In May 2020, CNN , Financial Times , and other media outlets reported that China Daily censored references to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic from an opinion piece authored by European Union ambassadors. In January 2021, China Daily inaccurately attributed deaths in Norway to the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine . In April 2021, the European External Action Service published
1978-408: Was Brazil, when it won Miss Earth 2004 . Brazil has won two Miss Universe crowns, two Miss Earth crowns, one Miss World crown, and one Miss International crown. In winning Miss Earth 2005 , Venezuela became the second country to win titles for each of the Big Four pageants. With two Miss Earth titles, seven Miss Universe titles, nine Miss International titles, and six Miss World titles, Venezuela
2024-675: Was Mrs. Doris Ferramosca (née Doris Gwendoline Helliwell ). In 2020, Miss South Africa franchised the Miss Supranational license. In 2022 , Miss South Africa 2021 , Lalela Mswane became the first South African woman have won the title of Miss Supranational . The following women have represented South Africa in two of the Big Four major international beauty pageants for women. These are Miss World and Miss Universe ; Miss International and Miss Earth are held by separate national beauty pageants in South Africa. Big Four international beauty pageants The Big Four or
2070-562: Was inaugurated in 2018. Following their newer method, both a Miss World South Africa and a Miss Universe South Africa were selected as representatives. From 2021 onwards, the winner of Miss South Africa will be competing in Miss Universe , and Miss Supranational . The current Miss South Africa 2024 is Mia le Roux . On May 11, 2023, the Miss South Africa Organisation has lost its license as a Miss World licensee holder to Carol Bouwer Productions, which has taken over
2116-466: Was more 'Let's make the Chinese government look good.'" Writer Mitch Moxley, who worked at China Daily from 2007 to 2008, wrote in 2013 that many of the articles published in the newspaper's opinion pages "violated everything [he] had ever learned about journalistic ethics , including China Daily' s own code: 'Factual, Honest, Fair, Complete.'" China Daily was officially established in June 1981 after
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