All beauty queens want World peace, but this one actually puts forth an effort. Born in Iran, former Miss Canada, Nazanin Afshin-Jam speaks out about world issues and does what she can to help. “I have done a lot in my life,” Nazanin says, “and I hate to be seen as one-dimensional.”

Every model or beauty icon says that, right? It’s hard to think of one that does not claim to do “good work” for kids, animals, the world, or some other deserving cause. They want you to know that there’s more substance there than just a pretty face.

Well the truth is with Ms. Afshin-Jam there is. She had help save a young woman also named Nazanin from being executed in the beauty queen’s birth place. "She said she would never be able to thank me enough and I told her that it was the happiest day of my life," says Nazanin.

Now this pretty life saver speaks up for Darfur. She was there last Thursday at Darfur: The Montreal Conference was held at the Delta Centre-Ville Hotel. The conference was organized by Suburban editor Beryl Wajsman. The goal was to increase public awareness of the Darfur crisis, and to raise support — moral and material — for Save Darfur Canada, the umbrella organization for Darfur advocacy groups in this country.

There need to be consequences to genocide, said former International criminal court advisor, Professor Payam Akhavan. He said genocide is a political choice, and a man-made disaster. ‘Crime does not pay’ is the message we should be sending out.