Anastasia Lin was born in China, but moved to Canada when she was 13, and has since become a Canadian citizen. For the past two years, she's been chosen to represent Canada in the Miss World ...

Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin has not been allowed to speak to press because she has spoken out about China's human rights violations Last year, Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin was blocked from ...

Human rights activist and Canada’s Miss World contestant, Anastasia Lin, has been refused permission to enter China to compete in the beauty pageant, apparently in retaliation for her comments on the ...

HONG KONG — Canada’s outspoken Miss World contestant said she was barred Thursday from entering China to take part in this year’s pageant, and she accused Beijing of overreach in extending its ...

"I don't think this is an administrative issue. It is not. I think this is a matter of principle," said Lin, who also is a practitioner of Falun Gong, a spiritual group banned in mainland China.

Anastasia Lin may never see her family in China again. Shortly after winning the Miss World Canada title in 2015, Beijing deemed China-born Lin "persona non grata" — a powerful diplomatic term that ...

When Anastasia Lin was given the chance to compete in the 2016 Miss World competition in Washington, D.C., she thought things would be different from last year. Lin, who was born in China but now ...

Anastasia Lin just wanted her father to see her face. Prevented from taking part in Miss World 2015 when China refused to allow her to enter the country, where the final was being held, she tried ...

Last year, Miss World Canada Anastasia Lin was blocked from boarding a plane to China to attend the Miss World finals due to her outspoken advocacy for human rights in the country. This year, she is ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's China-born Miss World contestant said on Tuesday her visa to travel to the beauty pageant at a Chinese resort has been delayed and her father has been harassed by Chinese ...