Langley girl wins Miss World Canada

published by asingh on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 10:40

Tara Teng of Langley British Columbia was officially crowned Miss World Canada 2012 recently at the River Rock Casino and Resort in Richmond.

Teng, who was competing with 23 other young women from across Canada for the coveted Miss World Canada title on May 13th, will now move onto the International competition to be held in Ordos, China in August.

Teng will now also become the official ambassador and spokesperson for Variety the Children’s Charity for this coming year.

The organization is proud to have Teng representing it and believes that she is a great example of the pageant’s mission “Beauty With A Purpose!”

Teng, whose passion is to fight against human trafficking, and whose humanitarian efforts are focused on abolishing modern day slavery are the driving forces that led her to run in this year’s competition.

The Langley girl will also be part of a brand new leadership program being pioneered by Miss World Canada chairman Ike Lalji. The program allows the contestants to be engaged in various leadership opportunities throughout their lives so that the pageant becomes a genuine, ongoing mentorship community, even for the girls that don’t take the crown.

Teng who is nominated this year for the prestigious YWCA’s Women of the Year award, has also been a previous title holder of Miss BC 2010, was nominated in the Globe and Mail’s most Transformational Canadians and was awarded one of the Canadian Women of the Year awards for 2011, just to name a few recognitions.

Currently, Tara is living back in her hometown of Langley, BC after living in the nation’s capital of Ottawa and working on Parliament Hill. In her spare time she can be found rock-climbing, swing-dancing, writing or visiting the belugas at the Vancouver Aquarium.

You can follow Tara’s activities at www.missworldcanada.org, read her blog at www.tarateng.wordpress.com, or follow her on twitter @MissTaraTeng.