On a recent weekend in Metro Vancouver, shoppers, spectators and stage parents alike flocked to Tsawwassen Mills shopping mall where there was a children’s modelling contest.

The event, held near one of the sprawling, suburban mall’s many entrances, would see young competitors strut their stuff down a makeshift runway for the chance to compete in the finals, held in Hangzhou, China later this summer.

But from across the crowd, it was easy to spot Ruby Weihong Liu coming into the mall, sparkling runway or not.

Liu boasts frenetic, boss lady energy, sweeping in and waving hello to influencers snapping photos, while others had no idea a reported billionaire entrepreneur was in their midst.

Liu is the founder of Central Walk, the B.C.-based real estate investment firm which bought Tsawwass

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