Ariana Miyamoto: Miss Universe Japan Is Not Japanese Enough?

Some Japanese are saying that the winner of Miss Universe Japan, Ariana Miyamoto, isn’t Japanese enough to represent the country in the prestigious beauty pageant. The biracial 20-year-old beauty queen’s mom is Japanese and her dad is African-American.

Miyamoto was born and raised in Nagasaki and speaks fluent Japanese.

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Miyamoto will represent Japan in the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.