Last year's winner Ariana Miyamoto had to face an ugly backlash for not being a 'pure' Japanese and winning the title of Miss Japan. A half-Indian beauty queen with an elephant trainer's licence was crowned Miss Japan on Monday, striking a fresh blow for racial equality. Priyanka Yoshikawa's tearful victory comes a year after Ariana Miyamoto faced an ugly backlash for becoming the first black woman to represent Japan. "Before Ariana, haafu girls couldn't represent Japan," Yoshikawa told AFP in an interview after her exotic Bollywood looks helped sweep her to the title. "As Miss Japan, hopefully I can help change perceptions so that it can be the same here too.

Source: dna September 05, 2016 16:18 UTC