On Saturday, August 24th, 2002, Lynsey Bennett was voted by three judges (including former Toronto Blue Jay, Kelly Gruber) as Miss Canada International 2003. Lynsey, from Ottawa, represented Canada at the Miss World pageant in Abuja, Nigeria in November 2002.

Before Lynsey Bennett left for Nigeria, she began a campaign across Canada to have people send letters and petitions in support of women’s rights in Nigeria, as a young woman named Amina Lawlal, was to be sentenced to death by stoning for having given birth to a child out of wedlock.

In preparation for the trip to Nigeria, Lynsey met with diplomats in the Nigerian Embassy and with officials with the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa to discuss safety concerns. After these consultations, Lynsey decided to represent Canada by attending the Miss World pageant in Nigeria.

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