Editing Miss World (section)

===China 2015===
{{Main|Miss World 2015}}
[[Anastasia Lin]], [[Miss World Canada]], was not given a visa to travel in China and hence missed the official deadline of 20 November 2015 for entry to the 2015 pageant, and was declared ''[[persona non grata]]'' by the [[Chinese Embassy, Ottawa|Chinese Embassy in Ottawa]] for openly criticizing [[Human rights in China|China's human rights violations]]. The Miss World Organization later allowed her to compete at Miss World 2016.<ref name=theglobeandmail27471171>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com//news/national/miss-world-canada-blocked-from-contest-due-to-china-visa-denial/article27471171|title=Miss World Canada blocked from contest due to China visa denial|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=24 November 2015|access-date=19 June 2016|last1=Offman|first1=Craig}}</ref><ref name=theglobeandmail27476426>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/miss-world-canada-deemed-unwelcome-by-china-ending-contest-hopes/article27476426/|title=China declares Miss World Canada contestant 'persona non grata'|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>