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== Miss World ==
Afshin-Jam is international model and actress and in 2003 she became Miss World Canada[1] and joined in the Miss World contest in Sanya, China. She ranked second there, behind Rosanna Davison, Miss Ireland 2003. She entered the Miss World competition whose motto is “beauty with a purpose” to have a stronger platform to speak on human rights issues. Afshin-Jam traveled worldwide representing many causes including helping victims of the tsunami in India and Sri Lanka, raising funds for the earthquake victims of Bam, supporting fistula patients in Ethiopia, fundraising for Variety the Children's Charity, bridging the digital divide through youth advocacy and raising awareness on the practice of Bear Bile Farming in China.