Miss Canada News: Defense of human rights cost the Canadian hero shot in the Miss World contest

Miss Canada:

He explicitly Miss World Canada that it was prevented Thursday from entering China to participate in the contest this year, Beijing accused of overtaking in the expansion of its campaign to control even beauty contests.Chinese-born Anastasia Lin said they were not able to board a connecting flight from Hong Kong to province the southern island of Hainan after a Chinese official told her over the phone that they would not be granted a visa to arrival.Lin is one of the most prominent critics of China's religious policy and a follower of the meditation practice Falun Gong, which was banned by the ruling Communist Party of China in 1999.
Miss World Canada:
Toronto - Shabak cooperation with young people in the red scarves of the Communist Youth League, and racers descended from more than 110 countries in the Hainan Island in southern China this week during 65 annual Miss World contest.Advertisers
But one contestant was absent from the opening ceremony: Miss Canada, otherwise known as Anastasia Lin, aged actress 25-year-old pianist classically trained, who has been the refusal to grant Chinese visa to attend the festival months, apparently because of her defense outright for human rights and religious freedom In China.
After vainly waiting for several weeks, packed Ms. Lin up her Canadian Evening designed on Wednesday and climbed quietly heading to Hong Kong plane in the hope that they may get a visa request at the border and perhaps slip unnoticed one in mainland China.
Miss Canada:

Beauty Canada Organization gained the exclusive rights to send a Canadian representative to the Miss Universe contest in 2002. Created by Brandon McLennan, president of the company and is the Nicaragua-born Canadian Denis Davila.
Hold the Miss Canada competition for the first time in 2003, with the first winner is Jan Marie Cecile. Cecil the top 10 feet in the Miss Universe 2003 contest.
Natalie Glebova was crowned the winner in 2005 and went on to become considered Khalifa Miss Universe in 2005. Glebova, and Alice Panikian strong contender to win the Miss Universe crown in 2006 and placed in the top 10.

Argument:

In 2010, Miss Canada made headlines when competing Maria Al-Masani, the first beauty pageant contestant of Yemeni origin. This was controversial because of accommodating religious beliefs by allowing her to wear semi-transparent sarong to swim her clothes. In 2012, named CNN News of the World has one of eight agents of change to follow, the only Canadian to receive this appointment.
He accused the competition of 2012 transphobia after disqualifying sexually transgender contestant, Jenna Talackova (Jana Talačková), because they are not "naturally born female." A spokesman for the release of Miss Canada issued a statement in which she said she is not eligible because it is in the form of entry stated that she was born female, which did not happen. In the end, Talackova was allowed to return to competition. [8]
On May 27, 2013, two days after the Miss Universe Canada competition after 2013, it was announced that Denise Garrido was the winner. As it turned out, it was actually Garrido 3RD runner and athlete because of error was named the winner. Calgary satisfaction Santos, was the actual winner. During the validation of the results of computerized scoring (that took place the next day), the discovery was a typo in the top 5 articles, which greatly affected the final results of the competition.