Lena Ma is the winner of the Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant

Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant

Greater Toronto Chinese Pageant , renamed in 1999 to Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant or MCT for short is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild Television that selects Toronto's representative for the annual Miss Chinese International Pageant that is held in Hong Kong, organized by...

 2004. She participated in Miss Chinese International 2005 but did not place in the top 3.

In 2008, Lena participated in Miss World Canada

Miss World Canada

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. 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

Leah Ryerse

Leah Nicole Ryerse is a beauty queen who represented Canada in Miss World 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She completed her second year at McMaster with a double Honours Bachellor of Arts in Health and Social Work.-External links:*...

.

On March 21, 2009, Lena Ma won the title of Miss World Canada 2009. 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. She represented Canada at the Miss World

Miss World

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 contest, held in December 2009 in South Africa. She won Miss World Talent (tied with Sierra Leone), which fast-tracked her to the Top 16 and eventually placed as 4th runner-up overall.

She currently works as a teller for TD Canada Trust and attends Queen's University

Queen's University

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, where she is part of the Queen's Student Opera Company.

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• Name: Lena Ma 馬艶冰 (full name: Lena Yanbing Ma)
• Nickname: Lena
• Profession: Student, Model, Singer
• Date of birth: July 7, 1987
• Weight: 54.1 kg (119 pounds)
• Height: 1.79 m (5'10.5)
• Languages: English, Mandarin, Japanese, French
• Origin: Jinan, Shandong

Awards

• Miss World Talent 2009 Winner
• 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 Entrepreneur for Beauty with a Purpose
• Miss Chinese Toronto 2004
• Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 2004 Miss Friendship
• Canadian Fashion Designer Awards - Best Female Model Award