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11/28/2015 Canada's Miss World contestant: China's barred me - CNN.com http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/26/asia/china-canada-miss-world-anastasia-lin/index.html 1/2 Canada's Miss World contestant Anastasia Lin: China's barred me Updated 1525 GMT (2325 HKT) November 27, 2015 | Video Source: CNNI By Katie Hunt and Yazhou Sun, CNN Story highlights Beauty queen Anastasia Lin says she has been barred from entering China Lin was due in the resort island of Hainan to compete in the Miss World pageant Hong Kong (CNN)—Is China afraid of a beauty queen? That's what Canada's Miss World contestant is asking after she said she'd been barred from entering the country to take part in the beauty pageant because of her outspoken views on human rights in China. Anastasia Lin, who was born in China and moved to Canada as a teen, told CNN that she had been unable to board her Thursday connecting flight in Hong Kong to the city of Sanya, Hainan, where the Miss World contest is already underway. A Chinese official named Chen told her by telephone that she would not be granted a landing visa on arrival, she said. Outspoken critic Lin said that she had been publicly critical of China's religious policies and is a believer in Falun Gong, a spiritual group that is banned in China and which Beijing describes as a cult. "I think people should know about it. My story is just the tip of (the) iceberg," she told CNN. She said her father, who still lives in China, had faced harassment from security officials and had discouraged her from taking part in the Miss World contest. "He's scared to get on the phone with me," she said. "He's so frightened." The London-based organizers of Miss World didn't immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lin said she had earlier tried to apply for a visa to attend the pageant but, unlike other contestants, was not issued an invitation letter by officials in the host city. However, she said she decided to make the trip as, unlike elsewhere in China, citizens from 21 countries, including Canada, are eligible to get a tourist visa on arrival and stay for up to 15 days in Hainan, an island province best known for its beach resorts. READ: When politics and beauty pageants collide I'm in Hong Kong, but the Chinese government has barred me from getting the next flight to Sanya for Miss World. #AfraidOfABeautyQueen 6:24 PM 26 Nov 2015 119 81 Anastasia Lin @AnastasiaLinTO Follow
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Canada's Miss World contestant Anastasia Lin: China's barred me
Updated 1525 GMT (2325 HKT) November 27, 2015 | Video Source: CNNI
By Katie Hunt and Yazhou Sun, CNN
Story highlights
Beauty queen Anastasia Lin says she has beenbarred from entering China
Lin was due in the resort island of Hainan tocompete in the Miss World pageant
Hong Kong (CNN)—Is China afraid of a beauty queen?
That's what Canada's Miss World contestant is asking after she said she'd been barred from entering the country to take partin the beauty pageant because of her outspoken views on human rights in China.
Anastasia Lin, who was born in China and moved to Canada as a teen, told CNN that she had been unable to board herThursday connecting flight in Hong Kong to the city of Sanya, Hainan, where the Miss World contest is already underway.
A Chinese official named Chen told her by telephone that she would not be granted a landing visa on arrival, she said.
Outspoken critic
Lin said that she had been publicly critical of China's religious policies and is a believer in Falun Gong, a spiritual group that is banned in China and which Beijing describes as acult.
"I think people should know about it. My story is just the tip of (the) iceberg," she told CNN.
She said her father, who still lives in China, had faced harassment from security officials and had discouraged her from taking part in the Miss World contest.
"He's scared to get on the phone with me," she said. "He's so frightened."
The London-based organizers of Miss World didn't immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Lin said she had earlier tried to apply for a visa to attend the pageant but, unlike other contestants, was not issued an invitation letter by officials in the host city.
However, she said she decided to make the trip as, unlike elsewhere in China, citizens from 21 countries, including Canada, are eligible to get a tourist visa on arrival and stay forup to 15 days in Hainan, an island province best known for its beach resorts.
READ: When politics and beauty pageants collide
I'm in Hong Kong, but the Chinese government has barred me from getting the next flight to Sanya for Miss World. #AfraidOfABeautyQueen6:24 PM 26 Nov 2015
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