Tokyo — The Ukraine-born winner of the Miss Japan pageant has relinquished her crown after a report emerged of an affair she had with a married doctor. Karolina Shiino's nomination in January first ...

(CNN) — The face of Japanese beauty is now a Ukrainian-born model — at least according to pageant judges who sparked a debate on cultural identity by naming 26-year-old Karolina Shiino as Miss Japan ...

Miss Japan winner Karolina Shiino gave up her crown two weeks after winning the beauty pageant. Shiino, who was born in Ukraine, sparked debate over what it means to identify as Japanese. The model ...

Introduction: Negotiating racial hybridity in community beauty pageants -- Race work and the effort of racial claims -- The Japanese American community in transition -- Japanese American beauty ...

TOKYO, Japan — Filipino-German stunner Anna Lakrini spoke before an assembly of Japanese women who aspire to become beauty queens someday. The 2025 Miss Supranational first runner-up was the “guest ...