Miss China - Zi Lin Zhang - has now become the new favorite to win Miss World 2007. The competition, held on Saturday, will take place in China. She is the home country favorite.
Her odds had been as long as 25/1 (or +2500) at BetUS.com. Zi Lin Zhang was now offered at 10/3 odds at BetFred.com, which was equivalent to around a US$300 payout for every $100 bet compared to $400 for every $100 bet on the previous favorite to win, Miss Dominican Republic.
Heavy betting on the China representative is anticipated from the Chinese gambling community throughout the world.
Miss China 2007 Could be Crowned Miss World
Zi Lin was born in Shi Jia Zhuang City in Hei Bei Province
She attended the University of Science & Technology and attained a Degree in Business Administration.
She is working as a company secretary.
Hobbies and sporting interests: travel; reading; watching movies, writing, sports; 100 meters jump & hurdle, triple jump, swimming, both classical and folk dancing, and listing to folk music.
Her favourite food is; fruit, chocolate, and ice cream.
Zi Lin’s personal motto is “Where there’s a will there’s a way”.
In other Miss World 2007 betting news, Miss Lithuania has been gaining steam. She wasn't even listed among the original odds offerings at BetUS.com and suddenly she's catapulted to 10/1 odds at BetFred.
The top 10 favorites listed with 3/1 odds to 20/1 odds include the likes of Miss Jamaica, Miss India, Miss Puerto Rico, Miss United States, Miss Malaysia, Miss Mexico, Miss Austria and annual favorite, Miss Venezuela.
"It's a very volatile betting scheme," admits Payton O'Brien, Senior Editor of Gambling911.com.
And there is a reason for this.
Pageant Upsets
This past May, Miss Japan became one of the biggest upsets in online gambling history when she won Miss Universe 2007.
"Nobody had money on Miss Japan," said one online gambling analyst. And because BetUS.com was one of the few North American facing online gambling establishments taking bets on the hugely popular beauty pageants, it is widely believed the company had one of its best weekends in months, profit wise.
A $100 bet on Miss Japan to win Miss Universe 2007 would have resulted in a $2200 win. A $200 bet would have paid out $4400 and so on.
"The amount of money being placed on each of these girls is nominal," explains Payton O'Brien, Senior Editor of Gambling911.com. "But the sheer volume and fact that bets were being placed from all over the world most certainly made a tremendous impact on BetUS.com's bottom line."
This is not necessarily true of the Miss World competitions where national pride takes on a whole different meaning. High rollers often get into the action.
Likewise, Miss World is the second biggest television show in the world, second to the Olympic Games, with in excess of two billion viewers across 150 countries worldwide. When all is said and done, millions of dollars could be bet on the event.
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