Zeng Zheng, center, who took the crown, poses on stage with runners-up Fang Xingtong and Cheng Lin at the 2012 China-US Super Model Contest China Final in Beijing on Dec 2, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.