Pageant Silences Beauty Queen, a Critic of China, at U.S. Contest

Anastasia Lin in Toronto last year. The Chinese authorities later blocked her from attending the Miss World pageant in China. Credit Ian Willms for The New York Times

After the Chinese authorities blocked the Canadian beauty queen Anastasia Lin from attending the 65th annual Miss World pageant in China last year, the event’s British organizers offered her a consolation prize, of sorts: They promised to allow her a chance to compete in the 2016 finals, which are currently underway in suburban Washington.

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