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For Miss World Canada Contestant, Beauty With a Purpose
Miss World Canada contestant Anastasia Lin is one busy lady. A film and television actress, model, human rights activist, and fulltime student at the University of Toronto, this year she has added...
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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. Pageants have a long...
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Human Rights Activist Anastasia Lin Crowned Miss World Canada
Human rights advocate Anastasia Lin of Toronto was crowned Miss World Canada in an event in Vancouver on Saturday, May 16. Born in China, 25-year-old Lin campaigned on a human rights platform, pledging...
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Newly Crowned Miss World Canada Says Father Threatened in China
Chinese security forces have moved quickly to silence newly crowned Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin, threatening her father who lives in China that if she keeps up her human rights advocacy he and the...
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Threats Against Miss World Canada: Common, Say Canadians
Canada’s newly crowned Miss World candidate Anastasia Lin has drawn attention to a grim reality for many Canadians of Chinese heritage: They are being watched by Chinese security forces in Canada, and...
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Miss World Canada and Human Rights Realities
If Anastasia Lin, newly crowned as Canada’s Miss World contender, were 50 years old and weighted 150 plus pounds, she would have not attracted a scintilla of the attention for her cause that she has....
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Petition Asks Chinese Leader to Intervene for Anastasia Lin, Miss World Canada
Anastasia Lin, Miss World Canada, should be in China right now, competing for the Miss World Title. But she isn’t. She never received her invitation letter from China—the one issued to every other...
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Inside Miss World Canada’s Secret Plan to Get Into China
TORONTO—Miss World Canada, Anastasia Lin, was midway over the Pacific Ocean when the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa decided to tell a reporter she was not welcome in China. The beauty queen had been excited...
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Miss World Canada, Stuck in Hong Kong, Explains Attempt to Enter China
HONG KONG—Anastasia Lin‘s plan in passing through Hong Kong last night was not to create another media storm; but that’s just what happened after authorities in the Chinese province of Hainan denied...
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The Real Reason China Had to Ban Miss World Canada
Anastasia Lin, a 25-year-old Canadian actress who holds the title of Miss World Canada, has made headlines for the last week after being denied an invitation letter, and then a visa, to enter China for...
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Miss World Canada, Anastasia Lin, Returns Home to Hero’s Welcome
TORONTO—Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin returned home to cheers and camera flashes after spending a week in Hong Kong, where she garnered international attention for her attempt, ultimately...
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Miss World Canada Toasted By Friends and Celebs
TORONTO—Miss World Canada, Anastasia Lin, won’t be in China to compete in the Miss World finals in Sanya City this Friday, but that didn’t stop her from celebrating. Lin was honoured at a reception on...
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Luncheon for Miss World Canada, Anastasia Lin, Examines Censorship, Free Speech
WASHINGTON—She should be in China competing to wear the Miss World crown on Dec. 19. But the Chinese regime denied Anastasia Lin, Miss World Canada, entry into the country and declared her “persona non...
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Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin Wins Leo Award
The reigning Miss World Canada—who was prevented from competing in the 2015 Miss World finals in China due to her human rights work—has won Best Actress in the 2016 Leo Awards, held in Vancouver on...
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