Nazanin Afshin-Jam | |
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نازنین افشین جم | |
![]() Afshin-Jam-MacKay at the arrival of Prince Charles in Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
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Alma mater | University of British Columbia (B.A.) |
Title | Miss World Canada 2003 |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Miss World Canada 2003 (winner) Miss World 2003 (1st runner-up) |
Nazanin Afshin-Jam (Persian: نازنین افشین جم, Nāzanin Afŝin Jam, born April 11, 1979) is an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author, public speaker and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Canada 2003. She is also president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions, as well as the founder of The Nazanin Foundation.[1] She emigrated to Canada with her family in 1981 and is married to Peter MacKay, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.