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Miss World Canada
The Real Reason China Had to Ban Miss World Canada
It seems to defy logic that a beauty queen would be barred from a pageant because of her activism—but in China’s case, it makes perfect sense.
Inside Miss World Canada’s Secret Plan to Get Into China
Miss World Canada, Anastasia Lin, was midway over the Atlantic Ocean when the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa announced that she was not welcome in China.
Petition Asks Chinese Leader to Intervene for Anastasia Lin, Miss World Canada
The petition asserts Lin has been excluded from competing in the Miss World finals in China because she’s vocal about human rights abuses in China
Miss World Canada and Human Rights Realities
In evaluating the work of Miss World Canada to publicize human rights abuses in China, a dose of realism is needed.
Threats Against Miss World Canada: Common, Say Canadians
Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin barely had her crown before security forces threatened her father in China. She went public, revealing a grim reality that can threaten any of a million Chinese Canadians who speak out.
Newly Crowned Miss World Canada Says Father Threatened in China
Anastasia Lin campaigned for title on human rights platform, now faces direct threat against her family
Human Rights Activist Anastasia Lin Crowned Miss World Canada
Anastasia Lin of Toronto was crowned Miss World Canada in an event in Vancouver on Sunday.
Not Just a Pretty Face
The world’s oldest and largest beauty pageant is making some fundamental changes to the way it contributes to the development of its contestants, and Canada is leading the way.
For Miss World Canada Contestant, Beauty With a Purpose
Toronto student Anastasia Lin in the running for Miss World Canada 2013, hopes to advocate for religious freedom.
