China copies Brazil's 'Miss BumBum' contest with its own 'celebration of women's beautiful buttocks'
Dozens of women shook their shapely buttocks in skimpy thongs in Shenyang, China, on June 24
They were competing at the 'Beautiful Buttocks Contest', a copy of Brazil's famous beauty pageant
Contestants were judged by the 'roundness, curviness and firmness' of their bums, organiser said
The final competition is set to take place at Bird's Nest, the Chinese national stadium, on December 24
By Tracy You For Mailonline
PUBLISHED: 09:22 EDT, 30 June 2017 | UPDATED: 09:40 EDT, 30 June 2017
Writhing, wiggling and shaking, dozens of scantily-clad women did whatever they could to show off their shapely bottoms at a packed Chinese mall.
Crowd were restless, cameras were flashing and the young winner was hailed by the onlookers.
Welcome to the Communist version of 'Miss BumBum', likely the most surreal beauty pageant in the world.
China hosts own Miss Bum Bum competition in Shenyang show
About 50 contestants flaunted their shapely backsides at the Yulong Shopping Centre in Shenyang, China, on June 24
They were competing at the 'Beautiful Buttocks Contest', which is China's answer to Brazil's famous 'Miss BumBum' pageant
The competition will be held in five cities around China and the final competition is set to be held in Beijing on December 24
So called the 'Beautiful Buttocks Contest', the event is China's answer to Brazil's lavish and fiercely-contended 'Miss BumBum' competition.
But the irony is there.
In a culturally conservative country where just 20 years ago wearing a bikini on the beach would draw a woman disapproving stares, young female contestants now sport skimpy thongs and twerk their backsides at a shiny shopping centre.
A series of five contests have been organised by Saipu, a Beijing-based fitness club, to impress spectators around the country.
'With the development of the times, men are looking for more visual stimulation, and the public want more entertainment,' Zang Zhichao, an employee in charge of the contest from Saipu Fitness Club, told MailOnline.
Mr Zhang claimed that he had not heard of the 'Miss BumBum' contest in Brazil.
The regional Chinese 'Miss BumBum' contests were held in Beijing on June 18 (pictured) and Shenyang on June 24
More competitions would be staged in Xi'an, Wuhan and Shenzhen between July and December when the final contest is
Female contestants did whatever they could to show off their shapely bottoms in order to catch the judges' attention
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