LENA YANBING MA FROM NEW YORK IS THE NEWLY CROWNED MISS WORLD CANADA 2009 ON MARCH 21, 2009

Lena Ma (馬艶冰, Ma Yan Bing), born on July 7, 1987, is the winner of the Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 2004. She participated in Miss Chinese International 2005 but did not place in the top 3.

In 2008, Lena participated in Miss World Canada. She ended up as the 4th runner-up. She also received the Miss Photogenic and Miss Entrepreneur award. The winner of Miss World Canada 2008 was Leah Ryerse.

On March 21, 2009, Lena Ma won the title of Miss World Canada 2009. She will now represent Canada at the Miss World contest to be held late in 2009 in South Africa. At Miss World Canada 2009, Lena also won the Miss Talent award (vocalist), Beauty With a Purpose Award (judged on community/charity volunteering), Best in Evening Gown Award, Best in Interview Award, and the Top Model Award.


Lena Ma Yan Bing the newly crowned Miss World Canada 2009 Profile/Biodata:

Name: Lena Ma Yan Bing (馬艶冰)
Nickname: Lena
Profession: Student, Model, Singer
Date of birth: July 7, 1987
Height: (5'10.5)
Languages: English, Mandarin, Japanese, French
Origin: Jinan, Shandong

Awards

Miss World Canada 2009 WINNER
Miss World Canada 2009 Talent Award
Miss World Canada 2009 Beauty With A Purpose Award
Miss World Canada 2009 Best in Evening Gown
Miss World Canada 2009 Best in Interview
Miss World Canada 2009 Top Model Award
Miss World Canada 2008 4th Runner-Up
Miss World Canada 2008 Miss Photogenic
Miss World Canada 2008 Miss Entrepenuer for Beauty with a Purpose
Miss Chinese Toronto 2004
Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 2004 Miss Friendship
Canadian Fashion Designer Awards - Best Female Model Award


TORONTO - Lena Yanbing Ma, a model/soprano from North York, Ontario, was crowned Miss World Canada 2009 at an event held on March 21st.

The 1.80 m beauty, who currently pursues a Bachelor of Music and Life Sciences, will compete at the Miss World 2009 pageant in Johannesburg next December. She also won the Talent portion of the competition and the Best in Evening Gown Award.

Her runner-ups were Nelly Hadi (1st), Sabeen Chaudhary (2nd), Jasmine Pham (3rd), and Patricia Singh (4th).

(Thank you and credits to http://en.wikipedia.org, http://www.globalbeauties.com, http://bellezadelmundo.blogspot.com and all sources for the information and pictures)