British Columbia·CBC Investigates Former Miss Universe Canada contestant accused of giving Botox and dermal filler injections without registration from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. Former Miss Universe Canada contestant accused of giving Botox, other injections without proper registrationJackie McKay · CBC News · Posted: Oct 10, 2025 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoThe College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. has accused former Miss Universe Canada candidate Jeeti Virk and her sister Rajan Virk of running filler and Botox businesses without the proper licensing to do so. (Miss Universe Canada/YouTube)The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. is cracking down on a pair of sisters whose cosmetic-filler operation allegedly resulted in a client’s physical deformity.Jeeti Virk — a former Miss Universe Canada contestant — and her sister Rajan Virk are accused of running a series of businesses in B.C.’s Lower Mainland through Instagram, advertising body-contouring services meant to increase lip and “booty” size with dermal filler, according to a petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court by the college.The court documents say the Virks are not licensed to do procedures such as botox and dermal fillers. The Virks have not responded to the petition in court.The sisters are also the subject of a lawsuit filed by a former client who also told her story as part of the college’s petition. The woman says she was left with “deformities” from the Virks’ services and needed to seek hospital attention.In the suit, the Virks are accused of negligence and misleading the client by saying they were trained to perform a procedure where they injected the client’s buttocks with dermal filler. The sisters did not respond to the lawsuit. The court ordered a default judgement to pay the client damages of an unspecified amount.’Blood-tinged gelatinous fluid’ leaking from buttocks, petition claimsAccording to the college’s petition, the client started speaking with Rajan and Jeeti Virk through Instagram last year to inquire about their body-contouring services. She agreed to pay $14,500 for 2000 millilitres of dermal filler to be injected into her buttocks — a procedure meant to add volume to the area. An Instagram page offering services from an account alleged to be run by the Virk sisters, according to court documents. Captured Sept. 26, 2025. (harmanybeauty.lounge/Instagram)The petition says that before the procedure, Rajan told the client to go to a physician and complain of a toothache in order to obtain antibiotics to take after the butt-filler procedure. Rajan told the client during the injections she needed 200 millilitres more dermal filler than they originally agreed upon and it would cost her an additional $1,300. The client agreed. The filler’s brand name, according to the petition, was Avanescence. CBC News confirmed with Health Canada that this product is currently not approved for use. The petition says that in the days after the procedure, the client began to leak a “blood-tinged gelatinous fluid” from a puncture site. She felt ill and had trouble standing on her own. The petition claims when she reached out to the Virks, Rajan sent the client superglue through UberEats from a nearby 7-Eleven intended to seal the puncture hole.CBC News was unable to reach the Virk sisters for comment. After making several attempts to reach them, CBC News spoke to someone who answered the phone at one of the numbers they advertise on Instagram. That person would not discuss the allegations.The college declined to comment on this story, saying the matter is before the courts. Multiple hospital visitsAlmost two weeks after the filler procedures, the client sought medical care at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Medical staff stitched the leaking puncture hole and the client was prescribed antibiotics, according to the petition. The client visited the hospital two more times because she was swollen, experiencing “deep pain,” and other puncture holes had started to leak fluid. An Instagram account named in the The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. petition to the court is pictured in a screen grab on Sept. 26, 2025. (harmanybodylounge/Instagram)The court document says swabs taken at St. Paul’s showed the leakage from her buttocks was filler and fat necrosis from dying fat cells. After a third visit to St. Paul’s, the client met Jeeti Virk, who administered a dissolver to break down the dermal filler, according to the petition. A few days later, Rajan Virk offered a partial refund of $1,600 but the client refused and blocked contact with the Virks on social media, says the documents.CBC News reached out to the client through her lawyer. Both declined to comment on this story.In total, it took over a month, from the time of the filler injections, for the holes to stop leaking and the client continues to suffer “bodily deformities,” says the petition.’These are medical procedures’According to the B.C. Ministry of Health, botox and dermal filler can be administered by physicians who are regulated by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., registered nurses who are regulated by the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives, naturopathic doctors who are regulated by the College of Complementary Health Professionals of B.C. and dentists — for Botox only — who are regulated by the B.C. College of Oral Health Professionals.Parveen Sangha, a licensed nurse practitioner and the medical director of Promethean Clinic, says fillers can be dangerous if someone injecting them doesn’t know what they are doing. Parveen Sangha is a licensed nurse practitioner and the medical director of Promethean Clinic. (Nav Rahi/CBC )If they are injected incorrectly, it could go into an artery, which can cause a blockage and lead to tissue death, permanent blindness, infection and scarring in some of the worst scenarios. “They come with a lot of risks — scary risks,” said Sangha. She said providers must be able to prescribe medication, assess and diagnose complications and refer the patient to a plastic surgeon, if needed.“Unfortunately, we have seen patients here at the clinic to correct problems from unqualified injectors,” said Sangha. Underground IndustryCourt documents for the petition say the Virks used Instagram accounts under the names Injector Barbie, Harmany Beauty and Harmany Body Lounge to advertise their services.CBC News also found similar Instagram accounts in the Lower Mainland under different names using the same marketing materials . Jeeti Virk is pictured in a screen grab of an Instagram account winning for best traditional costume in the Miss Universe Canada contest. (Missuniversecanada/Instagram )Some of the accounts also offer to train others in cosmetic injection techniques. Sangha said licensed providers should offer clients a thorough consultation, where they review the individual’s medical history, discuss possible complications and sign consent forms. “Anyone can call themselves an expert injector on social media,” she said.ABOUT THE AUTHORJackie McKay is a Métis journalist working for CBC Indigenous covering B.C., and winner of a 2025 Canadian Screen Award for best local reporter. She was a reporter for CBC North for more than five years spending the majority of her time in Nunavut. McKay has also worked in Whitehorse, Thunder Bay, and Yellowknife.
Court petition calls for ‘Injector Barbie’ to stop cosmetic procedures due to alleged deformations
