Iranian-Canadian author

Nazanin Afshin-Jam

Nazanin Afshin-Jam is an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author, public speaker and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Canada 2003.

By globalcelebwiki Auto-import · Published 6 October 2026

Profession
Iranian-Canadian author
Born
1979-04-11
Portrait of Nazanin Afshin-Jam
Photo: Korona Lacasse / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Overview

Nazanin Afshin-Jam is an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author, public speaker and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Canada 2003. She is also president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions, as well as the founder of The Nazanin Foundation. She emigrated to Canada with her family in 1981 and is married to Peter MacKay, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.

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