The universe has a new beauty queen: Riyo Mori, 20, of Japan. Of the five finalists – those representing Japan, South Korea, Brazil, the United States and Venezuela – the first won the Miss ...

Ten years ago, Ariana Miyamoto, the multiracial daughter of a Japanese woman and an African American man, won Miss Universe Japan 2015 eliciting a huge public response. Read also: Japan and ...

Ariana Miyamoto, a native of Nagasaki who has a Japanese mother and an African American father, also faced fierce criticism when she was chosen to represent Japan in the Miss Universe pageant in 2015.