Tara Teng
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Teng wearing her Miss BC World sash
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| Born |
August 16, 1988 British Columbia, Canada |
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| Residence | Fort Langley |
| Education | Bachelor of Education |
| Alma mater | Trinity Western University |
| Occupation | Former pageant winner |
| Years active | 2010–2012 |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Hair colour | Brown |
| Eye colour | Brown |
| Title(s) | Miss BC World Miss Canada Miss World Canada |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss World 2012 |
| Official website | |
Tara Teng (born August 16, 1988) is a Canadian former pageant winner. She was named Miss Canada in 2011 and Miss World Canada in 2012. During her title reigns she was an advocate for human rights and spoke about human trafficking.
Tara Teng's father is a church pastor and she was raised as a Christian. She was homeschooled until the age of 15. She received a Bachelor of Education from Trinity Western University.
Teng spent four months studying at TWU's Laurentian Leadership Centre (LLC) in Ottawa, participating in the Laurentian Leadership Program. While in Ottawa, she had a year-long internship with Joy Smith, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kildonan—St. Paul in Winnipeg, who had been working to implement laws to reduce the demand for prostitution in Canada and on improving awareness about human trafficking.
In 2010 Teng won the Miss BC World contest and the pageant's online People's Choice Award. In 2011, she was crowned Miss Canada. She won the Miss World Canada pageant in 2012, and represented Canada at the 2012 Miss World pageant. Teng failed to place as a finalist in the Beauty with a Purpose segment of the competition or as a top 30 quarter-finalist.
In October 2010, Teng met with Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to discuss human trafficking. In November 2011, Joy Smith and Bruce Stanton, Assistant Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, hosted a reception in Teng's honour, at which she gave a speech to Senators and MPs about human trafficking.
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