1. Tara Teng was crowned Miss Canada 2011 and Miss World Canada 2012.
13 Facts About Tara Teng
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Tara Teng received a Bachelor of Education from Trinity Western University.
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Tara Teng spent four months studying at TWU's Laurentian Leadership Centre in Ottawa, participating in the Laurentian Leadership Program.
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In 2010 Tara Teng won the Miss BC World contest and the pageant's online People's Choice Award.
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Tara Teng won the Miss World Canada pageant in 2012, and represented Canada at the 2012 Miss World pageant, although she did not place as a finalist in the Beauty with a Purpose segment of the competition or as a top 30 quarter-finalist.
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Tara Teng was inspired to begin working against human trafficking when, at age 16, she moved to suburban Vancouver and met a neighbour whose daughter had been lost to human trafficking when she was 14 and prostituted by the girl's then-boyfriend.
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In October 2010, Tara Teng met with Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to discuss human trafficking.
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Tara Teng participated in an anti-human trafficking task force in her hometown of Langley, British Columbia, producing a report on measures the community could do to tackle it.
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Tara Teng partnered with World Vision International to give speeches at events raising funds for International Justice Mission, which rescues children from brothels.
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In Chiang Mai, Thailand, Tara Teng spoke to an audience of 40,000 people at the MTV Freedom Concert in support of MTV EXIT, a campaign to end human trafficking and exploitation.
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In February 2012, Tara Teng was a keynote speaker at the Freedom and Honor Conference in Seoul.
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Tara Teng's book, Your Body is a Revolution: Healing Our Relationships with Our Bodies, Each Other and the Earth was published in 2023.
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Tara Teng left mainstream Christianity due to the scrutiny she faced as an Asian bisexual woman.