Japan Miss Universe contestant, Ariana Miyamoto, is facing backlash at home after winning the beauty pageant. Ariana has been criticized by fans for not being Japanese enough to represent their ...

Shiino’s win comes almost 10 years after Ariana Miyamoto became the first biracial contestant to be crowned Miss Universe Japan, one of several other national-level pageant titles. Miyamoto went ...

also faced fierce criticism when she was chosen to represent Japan in the Miss Universe pageant in 2015. When tennis star Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo ...

SEOUL--An 81-year-old South Korean fashion model fell short in her bid to become the oldest Miss Universe contestant after competing in the country’s national pageant against rivals old enough ...