Zhang Zilin, the pre-contest favourite won the Miss World title in her own country in 2007. Zhang was also the tallest among all the contestants that year, standing at 182cm. Zhang's career in modeling and pageantry started in 2003 where she participated in a beauty pageant organized by New Silk Road Modeling Agency. You will also be interested to know that Zhang lent her voice for the 2008 Summer Olympics soundtrack and also appeared in the music video for the same song entitled Beijing Welcomes You.