Ariana Miyamoto (C) from Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, makes a speech in Tokyo on March 12 after being chosen to represent the country at this year's Miss Universe contest.

The newly crowned Miss Universe Japan — who was born and raised in Nagasaki and speaks fluent Japanese — isn’t Japanese enough, some critics say. Ariana Miyamoto has had to defend… ...

Ariana Miyamoto was recently crowned as Japan Miss Universe. — -- Japan's newest beauty queen is fighting back against critics inside the country arguing that she is a foreigner because the ...

"The face of Miss Universe Japan is obviously [that of] a foreigner!" griped another. "I wasn't surprised by it," Miyamoto says to Newsweek of her reaction. "I was expecting it, actually." ...

Crowning a Japanese and African American Miss Universe is a big deal for the queen’s country. Like every part of the world, Japan has a set list of beauty standards.

Ariana Miyamoto, who will represent Miss Japan in the Miss Universe pageant, speaks fluent Japanese, was born and raised in Nagasaki … and is apparently “not Japanese enough.”. Miyamoto ...

Mixed reactions over Ariana Miyamoto’s victory has revived discussion over Japan’s treatment of mixed-race residents and its openness to diversity.

Ariana Miyamoto should be on top of the world right now. After all, the 20-year-old was just selected to represent Japan in the 2015 Miss Universe pageant.

It was actually about time that a mixed-race Japanese girl won the Miss Universe pageant." Japan is not the only country that has faced beauty pageant backlash related to its winner's ethnicity.

Mexico City - A 20-year-old dancer from Japan was crowned Miss Universe 2007 on Monday night, marking only the second time her country has won the world beauty title. Dressed in a black, red and ...

"Not Japanese enough" is the criticism the winner of Miss Universe Japan is getting as the biracial beauty queen gets ready to represent the island nation. Ariana Miyamoto's mother is Japanese and ...

*It appears the country of Japan thinks Black is beautiful, too. This, despite the nation’s reputation for a lack of diversity. Ariana Miyamoto, the daughter of a Japanese mother and African ...