Mongolia received the right to host the Silk Road International Fashion Week in 2019. A Mongolian team led by Mongolian International Model Association took part in the Silk Road International Fashion Week 2017, held in Chongqing, China from December 3 to 10, concurrently with the Global Finale of I CityTM AMA Asian International Super Model Contest. The Silk Road International Fashion Week is the world’s first fashion event that took the Silk Road as its theme rather than being named after the host city. The organizing committee of the event selects the host city for each edition of the event, among the cities around the world that have entered a bid, based on certain criteria. The event is considered the Olympics of the fashion industry, and cities in all the countries along the Silk Road are qualified to apply. Not only the fashion show, but also the Asian International Super Model contest, where models compete wearing outfits made by famous designers, takes during the fashion week. President of the Mongolian International Model Association A.Uyanga was invited as a judge of the event. Model N.Nandin-Erdene was named as one of the top 10 models and male model E.Enkhtuvshin claimed the title of International Super Model at the fashion week where the 72 models from 31 countries competed at. Furthermore, the Mongolian International Model Association joined the Asian Model Association and signed on a memorandum to cooperate with its branch in China.