"All three of us shed tears after learning we had become the winners," said Chen, 26, a journalist from a magazine in Shanghai.
Katz, Chen and Pouille will serve as Chengdu Pambassadors for one year in 2013, visiting all countries with pandas, including the US, Japan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Australia, to advocate for the protection and reproduction of the animals.
The Pambassador competition started on Sept 10, and nearly 1.2 million people from 30 countries and regions around the world took part.
The competition was organized by the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in partnership with WildAid, an NGO combating illegal wildlife trade, and the Yao Ming Foundation, run by the retired NBA basketball star Yao Ming, to raise awareness of giant panda conservation.
On Saturday morning, 16 winners from four subzones in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and the Chinese mainland participated in the final competition in Chengdu.
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