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Miss Japan beauty queen criticized for not being Japanese enough
CNN ^ | 25.Mar.2015 | will Ripley

Posted on 03/25/2015 11:31:16 PM PDT by Cronos

Edited on 03/26/2015 2:17:50 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Half-Japanese and half African-American, Miss Nagasaki Ariana Miyamoto is the first-ever mixed-race Miss Universe Japan.

But changing perceptions here can be an uphill struggle. In a culture that typically prefers pale -- where "pure Japanese" white skin is considered a symbol of beauty -- the darker skinned Miyamoto's crowning last week was a revolution on the runway.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Japan
KEYWORDS: blasian; gaijin; gaikokujin; goddess; hottie; japan; missuniverse; missuniversejapan
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To: fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA

Blackanese. Your verdict, gentleman?


81 posted on 04/09/2015 4:31:38 PM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Impy

She’s got great teeth.


82 posted on 04/09/2015 4:49:28 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; KC_Lion

Yes. Oh yes!!!


83 posted on 04/09/2015 5:24:16 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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