Family Of Miss World 2015 Contestant Reportedly Threatened In China?

The family of a Miss World 2015 contestant representing Canada in the pageant later this year is reportedly being threatened in China, after claiming her national title in Vancouver last May, The Globe and Mail recently reported.

Twenty-five-year-old Miss World 2015 contestant Anastasia Lin reportedly said that she has received "harrowing text messages from her father" after her win to represent Canada in the pageant, claiming that her father has been threatened to lose his support.

"He said that the security services threatened him with turning my family into something from the Cultural Revolution," she said in the report.

According to history information website, the Cultural Revolution in China was among the worst genocides in history, having claimed around 30 million lives. Families then were reportedly encouraged to disown one another.

She was also reportedly asked to avoid talking about politics, considering her Falun Gong beliefs - a religion branded as "evil cult," causing many of its followers to get detained and killed, a report on The Guardian said.

But this Miss World 2015 contestant reportedly said she will not renounce her beliefs, saying "I feel my presence in that country would give people hope."

According to The Guardian, millions of people practice the Falun Gong belief in China, a mixture of meditation, moral philosophy and qigong exercises. However, the report further mentioned how some of its followers were killed and detailed in Chinese camps.

This Miss World 2015 contestant Anastasia Lin recently just went open on her Falun Gong practice, after winning the national title.

She reportedly said that her voice will "stop the demonization" of the Falun Gong faith and hopes to provide a platform for more people oppressed for their beliefs.

"If I don't, oppression will never stop," Miss World 2015 contestant Anastasia Lin said in the report.

Miss World 2015 will be held in Sanya, China later this year.