Nazanin Afshin-Jam
Nazanin Afshin-Jam (Persian: نازنین افشینجم, born April 11, 1979) is an Iranian-Canadian entertainer, public speaker and human rights activist. She is a former Miss World Canada. She is also president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions. She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1981. She is married to Peter MacKay, as of 2013, Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
Education and Red Cross work
Afshin-Jam graduated from the University of British Columbia with degrees in international relations and political science. Following her matriculation, Afshin-Jam served with the Red Cross as a Global Youth Educator, becoming involved in such matters as land mines, children and war, the poverty-disease cycle, and natural disasters. She returned to university and received M.A. in diplomacy with a concentration in international conflict management from Norwich University.
Miss World competition
In 2003, Afshin-Jam became Miss World Canada and joined in the Miss World contest in Sanya, China, where she ranked second.
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