Nazanin Afshin-Jam talks about her life with Canadian Defense Minister
Former (Iranian-born) Miss World Canada, Nazanin Afshin-Jam recently married Canada's defense minister Peter MacKay in a private ceremony in Mexico. She has discussed her new life and work with Behnood Mokri of VOA PNN (in Persian)
Nazanin Afshin-Jam, born 1979 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, singer, songwriter, model, actress, pilot, former Miss World Canada (2003) and Miss World 1st runner up. Afshin-Jam immigrated with her family to North Vancouver, B.C., in 1981 after having fled Iran for Spain when she was just a baby. Her father had been general manger of the Sheraton Hotel in Tehran where music, alcohol and parties were part of the routine before the 1979 Islamic revolution. After the revolution, he was thrown in jail but a friend managed to secure his release.
Afshin-Jam speaks three languages and was once named one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.
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