Taiwan holds regional qualifier for International Super Model Contest
The Taiwan division of the International Super Model Contest has revealed the winners of this year’s qualifying round. Organizers held a regional qualifier for the event on Nov. 21, which was Taiwan’s second time being the host. The models are now gearing up for the Asia Final in China’s Chengdu. FTV reporter Stephany Yang takes us in for a closer look at the event and Taiwan’s contestants.
Models strut down the runway in elegant evening gowns featuring colorful flower prints. The flowers on these dresses were crafted by designers at a French flower school in Taiwan. This is the regional final of the International Super Model Contest in Taiwan.
Claude Cossec
Flower designer
I have a flower school here in Taiwan. I teach how to make flowers. We have a chance to collaborate with the CCIFT and also with the model to create some nice flower designs, so I provide the flowers on the dress for the catwalk and the fashion show.
Stephane Peden
French Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan
Today, I’m here at the event to be a judge for the competition. What we do at the chamber is also to help our members connect with other members in order to create events.
In first place for the Super Model category is Chung Chiu-yu . Lin Shih-ya took the top spot in the Fashion Model category, while Wang yu won the Male Model category. Winning the contest can give these aspiring supermodels a wide range of opportunities in the fashion industry both in Taiwan and overseas. For example, they can get signed by an international agency and participate in international fashion week shows.
Shahad Huang
International Super Model Contest
Our Taiwan champions from last year have already participated in the Chengdu Fashion Show. We are very happy because our contestants are all receiving training at the Taiwan Dream institute which is jointly established by Catwalk and Taiwan Creative Content Agency. We are very happy to see the results today. After the competition today, they will fly to Chengdu to compete in the Asian Finals.
The International Super Model Contest is in its 10th year. Every year, competitions are held in different countries including the U.S., Canada, China, Japan, Italy and Thailand. Taiwan held the regional contest for the second time this year. Models who competed in Taiwan hail from Taiwan, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Throughout the course of the competition, contestants completed a series of photo shoots around Taiwan and attended training sessions.
Shahad Huang
International Super Model Contest
We are very happy to have different models from Taiwan and Malaysia competing in Taipei this year. They are all outstanding models, and we really look forward to their performances, where they can demonstrate their conversation abilities and talents. We really look forward to their performances, and to their development as models, and their developments in acting, singing live streaming, and cheerleading. We all think they have great potential for development in all these areas.
The Italian Trade Agency Taipei director Enrico Condemi also attended the competition to support the models. He said that Taiwan and Italy have many areas of cooperation to look forward to in the fashion industry. He said there are a number of Taiwanese students studying fashion in Italy, and he also sees potential in exchanges between Taiwan and Italy on fabric design.
Enrico Condemi
Italian Trade Agency Taipei Office director
I believe that Taiwan and Italy can cooperate in the fashion field, especially by exchanging their talents. That is something that is already happening because there are a number of Taiwanese students that study fashion in Italy, Milan especially there’s a number. Florence as well. There are a number of very good fashion schools. As a matter of fact, there is a Taiwanese designer who has just been showing his creations at the Rome Fashion Week last February. I think another field, apart from talent exchange, another field where there is enough room for cooperation definitely is fabrics. Working on new textiles, non-woven. All of the textiles that are now used in sportswear, casual, and streetwear which day by day are becoming more and more part of Haute couture of fashion in the highest sense.
The finalists will now compete in the Asia Final contest in Chengdu.
2022-12-02