Beijing Olympics 2008

Photos: Beauty queens shoot music video for Olympics

Five contestants in the 57th Miss World pageant attend a press conference informing the media about the filming of the Olympic Torch Relay song “Light the Passion, Share the Dream” in Beijing on November 19, 2007. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

The 106 contestants in the 57th Miss World pageant sing the Olympic Torch Relay song “Light the Passion, Share the Dream.”
Beauties from over 100 countries around the world came to Beijing on Monday to shoot a music video for the Olympic Torch Relay song “Light the Passion, Share the Dream”.

The 106 pretty girls are contestants in the 57th Miss World pageant, to be held in Sanya, southern China’s Hainan Province on December 1st.
The Olympic Torch Relay song was written by Chinese mainland composer Huang Xiaomao, and composed by Chris Babida, or Bao Bida in mandarin, a senior musician from Hong Kong.
Filming of the music video is expected to be completed by the end of the month, before it premieres at the Miss World pageant final.
The song is among the first batch of a dozen promotional songs for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The public can watch the music videos from early next year on TV and via the Internet, according to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Games (BOCOG).

The torch relay, dubbed the “Journey of Harmony”, is planned to begin on March 25 next year. The flame will be lit at Olympia, followed by a one-week journey to Athens, where the Greek Olympic Committee will pass the torch to a representative from China on March 30.
The torch is slated to travel through 135 cities around the globe, covering 137,000 kilometers in 130 days before it finally arrives at the National Stadium in Beijing on August 8, 2008, involving a total of 21,780 torchbearers.

A contestant in the 57th Miss World pageant attends a press conference informing the media about the filming of the Olympic Torch Relay song “Light the Passion, Share the Dream” in Beijing on November 19, 2007. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

A contestant in the 57th Miss World pageant attends a press conference informing the media about the filming of the Olympic Torch Relay song “Light the Passion, Share the Dream” in Beijing on November 19, 2007. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

A contestant in the 57th Miss World pageant attends a press conference informing the media about the filming of the Olympic Torch Relay song “Light the Passion, Share the Dream” in Beijing on November 19, 2007. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

from: beijing2008.cn