She has rubbed her gorgeous elbows with political prisoners, royalty, the prime minister, the Dalai Lama and even a billionaire online gambling tycoon who boasts of staying a step ahead of the law.
Now Nazanin Afshin-Jam, 31, is the new girlfriend of one of the most highly recognizable serial monogamists in the country.That would be Defence Minister Peter MacKay, who she met six years ago when she came to Ottawa to speak about human rights abuses.
HUMAN RIGHTS CRUSADERS L – R: Beryl Wajsman, president of the Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal: Liberal MP Irwin Cotler; international human rights activist Nazanin Afshin-Jam; and former Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific David Kilgour (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
She is an international model and actress and in 2003 she became Miss World Canada and joined in the Miss World contest in Sanya, China.
She ranked second there, behind Rosanna Davison, Miss Ireland 2003.
Nazanin entered the Miss World competition whose motto is “beauty with a purpose” to have a stronger platform to speak on human rights issues.
Nazanin traveled worldwide representing many causes including helping victims of the tsunami in India and Sri Lanka, raising funds for the earthquake victims of Bam, supporting fistula patients in Ethiopia, fundraising for Variety the Children’s Charity,bridging the digital divide through youth advocacy and raising awareness on the practice of Bear Bile Farming in China.
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