Beijing 2008 - Miss World becomes image ambassador for alma mater's Olympic volunteers

Zhang Zilin, the newly crowned Miss World 2007, accepted on Wednesday an invitation from the University of Science and Technology to become an image ambassador for the university's Olympic volunteers.

"I am very glad to become the image ambassador for the Olympic volunteers of the University of Science and Technology Beijing. I will employ beauty, love, and wisdom to serve the Olympics, and together with the USTB volunteers, I hope to write the best name card for Beijing with our smiles," Zhang, an alumna of the university, said in her reply to the invitational letter from the university's volunteer association.

Zhang, age 23, won the Miss World 2007 title in Sanya, Hainan, on Saturday in front of an estimated two billion viewers around the world. She is the first Miss World from China.