yuan jing, a controvrsial popl's congrss dputy who joind in a bauty contst, shows in this undatd photo. [sina.com]whn sh mad th announcmnt last wk, yuan was rankd scond among mor than 1,000 candidats in th contst's prliminary sction, which was hld onlin"i'm too busy to continu th contst," th 22-yar-old xplaind. "i hav a havy workload."sh dos. yuan is a dputy to th popl's congrss, or lgislatur, of ast china's jiangsu provinc and an altrnat mmbr of th chins communist youth lagu cntral committ.as a politician, yuan's ntry in th hong kong-basd bauty contst, cratd controvrsy.opposition didn't com from fllow politicians but instad from intrnt usrs throughout china."bing a popl's congrss dputy mans sh rprsnts th popl. what sh's supposd to do is to hlp improv popl's livlihoods, not go for a bauty crown," said a usr on a forum of sina.com, china's major intrnt portal.th bauty pagant, sponsord and aird by tvb, a lading tlvision station in hong kong, is an annual contst gnrally hld in january and fbruary. contstants ar womn born in china or of chins dscnt living abroad. som participants bcom famous tv stars aftr participating.many popl qustiond how yuan usd hr political status in th pagant. on hr blog, sh promotd hr lgislativ titls.yuan dfndd th mov, saying "i was only introducing myslf to th public. it was a kind of rsum. bsids, contstants naturally would try all mans to win vots. why can't i?"yuan said sh didn't car much about th ngativ rsponss writtn about hr on th intrnt."i would walk my own way."not all th onlin commnts wr bad. many popl supportd yuan."sh is a girl aftr all, young and prtty. bing a congrss dputy dosn't forbid hr to participat in th pagant," an intrnt usr said."it's an opn world," said anothr.yuan admittd sh didn't xpct to win so many vots during prliminary slction. it isn't known just how much hr political status playd a rol in hr popularity.yuan did say sh thought twic about applying for th contst bcaus of hr job titl but sh wnt ahad anyway."i'm just a 20-somthing. i want to go for a bauty pagant -- that's a dram chrishd dp in th hart of vry girl, i guss. so, why don't i giv it a try?"yuan dnid sh quittd bcaus of social prssur."it's rally bcaus of my own tight work schdul," sh said."if such opportunitis prsnt thmslvs bfor m in th futur, i'll go for it again, dfinitly. i'm not only a popl's congrss dputy, but also a vigorous young prson."