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The Miss World Canada 2012 Gala Celebration included talent performances by contestants/delegates. Courtney Woodford from Triton, Newfoundland and Labrador sang an opera aria. Adding to the multicultural flavor of the evening, Poonam Punni and Nisheeth Proshanti danced to South Asian songs and music for some Bollywood-style entertainment. The night’s activities took place on May 13, 2012 at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond BC near Vancouver.

For the “Beauty with a Purpose” pageant (meant to emphasize both inner and outer beauty), Tara Teng of Langley BC was crowned the winner and will represent Canada to compete in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China for the Miss World 2012 title on August 18, 2012. Miss World Canada 2012 helped raise funds for Variety-The Children’s Charity.

VIDEO – Courtney Woodford opera singing


VIDEO – Poonam Punni and Nisheeth Proshanti South Asian act


River Rock Show Theatre – 8811 River Road, Richmond, BC

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Evening gown designs by Sandra Sung. Tara Teng won the crown as Miss World Canada 2012 with 1st Runner-up Lisa Deane and 2nd Runner-up Tanya Halata. The event took place in the Greater Vancouver area on May 13, 2012 at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond BC. Tara Teng will represent Canada to compete in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China for the Miss World 2012 Title on August 18, 2012. Emphasizing both inner and outer beauty, the “Beauty With a Purpose” beauty contest helps raise funds for Variety-The Children’s Charity.

VIDEO – Miss World Canada Sandra Sung Evening Gowns

River Rock Show Theatre – 8811 River Road, Richmond, BC

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One of the highlights of the Miss World 2012 Canada “”Beauty with a Purpose” pageant was the swimwear competition during which all contestants strutted the catwalk in sexy bikinis. Tara Teng was crowned Miss World Canada 2012 with 1st Runner-up Lisa Deane and 2nd Runner-up Tanya Halata. The event took place in the Greater Vancouver area on May 13, 2012 at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond BC. Tara Teng will represent Canada to compete in Ordos, China (Inner Mongolia) for the Miss World 2012 Title.
VIDEO – Miss World Canada 2012 Contestants in Swimwear

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The crowning of Tara Teng as Miss World Canada 2012, 1st Runner-up Lisa Deane and 2nd Runner-up Tanya Halata took place in Vancouver on May 13, 2012 at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond BC.

The “Beauty With a Purpose” beauty contest helps raise funds for Variety-The Children’s Charity. Tara Teng became the next ambassador representing Canada to compete in the Miss World Pageant in Ordos, China (Inner Mongolia) later this year.

Miss World® Canada helps raise funds for Variety-The Children’s Charity. So far, the organization has raised more than $500 million globally. Beyond philanthropy, the pageant also aims to inspire women and enrich those contestants who participated for a lifelong career of giving, helping the less fortunate especially children with special needs and enabling them to build a better future.

The winner of Miss World Canada receives an all-expense paid trip to Ordos in China to compete in the Miss World® pageant, as well as scholarships, prizes, and leadership opportunities. This year’s pageant falls right on Mother’s Day and is therefore dedicated to the occasion.

VIDEO – Tara Teng Crowned Miss World Canada 2012

River Rock Show Theatre – 8811 River Road, Richmond, BC

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Be your own model and fashion designer. You can have your cake and eat it too! That’s how Vancouver area models and fasionistas have fun.

At the Empress Spring Fashion Soirée 2012, a group of models, beauty pageant contestants and friends gathered together and enjoyed an evening of show-off your own fashion and style on runway, music and good food at the 0755 Restaurant & Lounge in Richmond, BC on April 19, 2012.

The evening’s activities was hosted by Lingli Kong, a Vancouver TV personality and a founder of Empress Communications. Increasingly, this westcoast Canadian city is having more and more of this type of events that can attract a diversity audience from different communities for people who are seeking entertainment, fashion, music, style and glamour and audience participation.

Each year, Vancouver-based Empress Communications organizes the World Music Fashion Festival (http://wmff.ca/about) and tours China with an ensemble cast of international models and fashion designers to put up catwalk runway shows in different Chinese cities. In 2011, its inaugural year, the WMFF 2011 visited Shanghai, Dalian, Chengdu, Neijing and Hangzhou during August and September.

VIDEO – Empress Spring Fashion Soirée 2012
[Video by Ray Van Eng, V21 Media.]

0755 Restaurant & Lounge, 3779 Sexsmith Road, Richmond BC.

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Designer Jeff Garner and his company Prophetik brought a touch of Hollywood glamour to close the Vancouver Eco Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2012 which took place April 10-12, 2012.

As the world is more and more in tune with the environmental-friendly, green, recyclable, tree-hugging, carbon-reducing principles, you will see an abundance of Hollywood stars wearing greens as they walk the red carpet. Already, Jeff Garner Tinseltown clients include Cameron Diaz, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Sheryl Crow, the Kings of Leon and the Jonas Brothers.

Vancouver is one of the few cities in the world that host an independent ethical fashion show event.

VIDEO – Eco Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2012 – Prophetik

Robson Square Ice Rink, Vancouver BC

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Event: Eco Fashion Week F/W 2012
Designers: Eason Wang, La Isla, Mala Imports, SVENSK, Bitru Fariel, Myriam, Laroche, Adhesif and more
Dates: April 10-12, 2012
Venue: Robson Square, Downtown Vancouver
Keywords: Ethical, Recyclable, Sustainable, Green Clothing Fashion Show.

VIDEO –Eco Fashion Week 2011

800 Robson Street, Vancouver BC

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Event: Sakura Days Japan Fair 2012
Dates: April 7-8, 2012
Venue: Van Dusen Garden
Activities: Cultural performances, arts and crafts, food and sake, taiko drumming, martial arts, koto etc. There also a tea ceremony, ikebana (flower arranging), origami paper folding, haiku or calligraphy. Many visitors also come dressed in traditional kimono.

VIDEO – Sakura Days Japan Fair Vancouver 2011

Van Dusen Garden, 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver BC

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Appearing as part of a preview of the CelticFest 2012 on March 10, 2012, The Gothard Sisters from Seattle, WA performed a number of tunes including Scotland The Brave, Scarborough Fair (an old British folk song turned Simon and Garfunkel classic) and others at The Village in Vancouver’s Southeast Falsecreek, site of the former Olympic athletes residents of 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Other bands also making an appearance included Lorne Warr & The Streels, Good For Grapes, Jocelyn Pettit Band. Many of them will also perform later in the main events of the Celtic festival in Vancouver from Mar 14-18, 2012. The week long celebration festivities end with a St. Patrick’s Day parade in downtown Vancouver on Sunday.

VIDEO – CelticFest 2012, The Gothard Sisters

VIDEO – [SONGS] 2012 Cultures of China, Festival of Spring


VIDEO – [DANCES] http://vancouver21.com/?p=3045

The “Cultures of China, Festival of Spring” 文化中国，四海同春is sponsored by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) of China’s State Council and the China Overseas Exchanges Association (COEA), presents art performances overseas during the Chinese Lunar New Year, bringing the spirit of unity, harmony and peace to wherever it travels. The North American tour included six cities – Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Montreal and last stop Vancouver, Canada on Feb 16, 2012.

2012 is the Year of the Dragon and this year’s performances included folk songs, classical dances, acrobatics, magic and Peking Opera.

Seven groups of performers journeyed through 18 countries and regions, bringing 46 memorable shows to audiences in 36 cities. “Cultures of China, Festival of Spring” acts as a bridge that connects Chinese people from all over the world with art and culture and unites them together with the rhythm of the homeland.

The Vogue Theatre 918 Granville Street, Vancouver BC

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