Chapter 157 Tournament Rules

During the military training, the two of them could not video chat as usual. To ease their longing for each other, they poured all their focus into the training.

One spent the training pondering how to quit the entertainment industry while minimizing the impact, while the other spent it thinking about how to secure a better result in the competition starting half a month later.

Time flew by, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye. Fu Wanwan was relieved to find that Yu Qian had not tanned after finishing her military training.

Although many models loved sun-tanning, it did not mean that fair skin, beauty, and long legs were any less popular.

As someone of Asian descent, Yu Qian looked even fairer than Caucasians, which was actually her advantage. If she had gotten tanned, it might have produced the opposite effect.

Learning from Wen Xiu that Zhou Jingchen still had half a month left of military training, she gave up the idea of taking time off to visit him and focused entirely on preparing for her exams.

Wen Xiu had long since made an agreement with the school: as long as Yu Qian's grades were sufficient and she could maintain her performance in all future exams, she would be granted leave.

Two days before the preliminary rounds, Yu Qian began her tests.

The teachers at No. 1 High School did not hold high expectations for Yu Qian.

Unlike Zhou Jingchen, who was already a company CEO with ample self-discipline—allowing the teachers to remain quite relaxed—what about Yu Qian? Although her grades had been good since junior high, she was young, and they feared she might be tempted by the entertainment industry and unable to settle down to study.

It was not until they finished grading her papers that they felt slightly relieved.

The papers given to Yu Qian were compiled by several teachers from the senior high group, based on previous years' college entrance examination formats. Their original intention was to give her a reality check, making her realize the difficulty and encouraging her to study hard, but they never expected Yu Qian to handle them effortlessly.

Looking at her test scores, anyone would believe she was a high school senior and a top academic student.

No wonder she dared to take an extended leave of absence.

The moment she got her leave pass, Yu Qian shook off her worries and headed home. The students in Class 1 looked at each other in dismay—she had run off before they even got a chance to get to know her.

Fu Wanwan cut her honeymoon short to return and accompany her through the competition.

With no other choice, throughout the entire Shining Star agency, Fu Wanwan was the only person with a deep understanding of the modeling industry, so she had to bear the burden.

To compensate the couple, Wen Xiu gave each of them a small share of equity. Although it seemed like a small amount, Shining Star was growing steadily and even preparing to transition into an entertainment conglomerate. Once successful, the annual dividends from these shares would be substantial.

At this, Fu Wanwan was overjoyed and became even more attentive toward Yu Qian.

On September 20th, the China regional preliminary rounds of the Global Model Contest officially kicked off.

Independently operated by the international organizing committee of the Global Model Contest, it is the most authoritative among the three major model brand competitions.

Divided into male and female categories, the competition features various individual awards in addition to the champion, runner-up, and second runner-up. Contestants are evaluated across six dimensions:

1. Physical fitness: body shape, weight, vital statistics, and basic physical endurance.

2. Aesthetic evaluation: knowledge, appearance, posture, intelligence, and health.

3. Stage performance: physical coordination, stage presence, and musical perception.

4. Expressive ability: camera presence, verbal articulation, and adaptability in emergencies.

5. Character evaluation: fashion awareness, discipline, teamwork, mutual assistance, and public welfare gratitude.

6. Talent performance: vocal music, dance, instrumental performance, general talent, and most importantly, the runway walk.

None of these six aspects could be omitted, but the preliminary round only tested one aspect: physical fitness.

Anyone who failed to meet the standards in any physical metric would be eliminated.

Yu Qian was still under 175 centimeters tall, which made her position precarious. However, she possessed two major advantages: her young age and exceptional body proportions.

Therefore, while Fu Wanwan nominally accompanied her to the competition out of concern, she was essentially enjoying a publicly funded vacation.