A champion (from the late Latin campio) is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further (artificial) divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions can be accordingly styled, e.g. national champion, world champion. In certain disciplines, there are specific titles for champions, either descriptive, as the baspehlivan in Turkish oil wrestling, yokozuna in Japanese sumo wrestling; or copied from real life, such as the koenig and kaiser ('king' and 'emperor') in traditional archery competitions (not just national, also at lower levels) in the Low Countries.

The original meaning of the word partakes of both these senses: in the Feudal Era, knights were expected to be champions of both prowess in combat and of causes, the latter most commonly being either patriotic, romantic or religious in nature. This reaches its most literal in a trial by combat, in which each combatant champions the cause of one side of the trial. A "King's Champion" is appointed for ceremonial purposes at the coronation of an English Monarch, to defeat any challenger to the monarch's right to be crowned.

Shang Wenjie (Chinese: 尚雯婕; pinyin: Shàng Wénjié or Laure Shang; born December 22, 1982 in Shanghai), the champion of the third season (2006) of a singing contest in China, Super Girls (Chinese: 超级女声) or Super Voice Girl. She also won 2011 China Best Female Singer in MusicRadio Top Annual Ceremony

She majored in French in Fudan University and was French song contest winner of the second season.

She won TVB Most Popular New Singer, China Top Music Most Popular New Singer, Music Radio China Top Best Female Singer, China's Most Popular Female Singer and China Best Female Singer and other awards.

She is the spokeswoman for PETA, Guy Laroche, Visit Ireland Year, and other charity groups. She supports the charity project Shang Xue Lu Shang to support those children in poverty-stricken areas. The project has successfully opened more than 20 Libraries across China, including Tibet.

In May 2006, She participated in Hunan TV programmes - the third Super Girl, and finally won 5,196,975 votes in the final, the highest number of votes in the history. She wrote a travel essay, entitled "Parallel with the dream - XiaoSanr in France." sharing the feelings when she visited France two years ago.