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The winner of this year’s Miss Japan Grand Prix is Miyata Marino, a 17-year-old high school student and the first of someone in her age group to earn the award in the past ten years(the previous one was Komatsuda Ari in 1999).

The beauty queen discussed her career plans to become a business journalist along with an announcement she made to her audience during the awards ceremony: “I love the anime Macross Frontier. I think anime is a part of Japan’s culture.”

Miss Miyata’s inspiration to enter the Grand Prix came from the 1992 winner Eriane Sayaka.

According to her mother, her participation in the contest was to help boost her confidence: “I want to be proud of my title as Miss Japan and try my best.”

When asked about whether or not she had a boyfriend she bashfully replied: “Not currently. If I go to college I’ll think about it.”

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It seems as though anime fans are becoming more open nowadays in Japanese society though some of them express their interests more extremely then others.

Via Mainichi.

More pics of Miss Miyata and her competitors can be found here.



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    46 Comments
    Comment by MaimeDaifuku
    17:20 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I would like to thank anime, which gave me the idea of becoming a grand prix girl!

    Comment by Jack Mark
    17:53 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Congratulations Miyata Marino-san. A glorious day indeed. May your travels in life be as colorful as this one.

    Comment by GHS
    17:35 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    She'll probably get trampled by otaku once she gets into college.

    Comment by Phenie
    17:37 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    She looks so worried in all those photos ^^;

    Comment by Keigami
    20:23 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Cause she's not sure which camera to look at XD

    Comment by linkinstreet
    17:37 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    the pics needs photoshopping

    Comment by Restore
    17:44 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    First time I noticed one of your articles. Belated welcome to you I guess.

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:03 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    She could have at least did the little "kira~!" thing, way to fuck up easy fanfare.

    Comment by Techeese
    18:16 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Deculture! XD

    Comment by Orestes
    18:21 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    At least take a cute girl for you miss, dumb japaneses.

    omg, plain girl is plain.

    Comment by Robert Patrick
    18:32 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    She's ugly. I can walk any street in Japan and find 10 girls more attractive.

    Comment by tingle
    19:07 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i gotta agree here

    Comment by Riot Gear
    01:29 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    but the question is,they will like you as an otaku?Certainly not...

    Comment by Pit
    03:01 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'd hit her with a 2 by 4.

    Comment by TehBoringOne
    14:26 02/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    But are they open fans of Macross Frontier?

    Comment by iapfah
    18:53 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    At least her personality seems somewhat interesting.

    Comment by Anonymous
    19:11 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    the criteria for ms.japan must've been pretty low for her to win. I say take off all the contestant's tops and let us judge for ourselves.

    Comment by Ace
    20:02 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Oh I agree on that. =D

    Comment by tuyosi
    19:47 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    moe-shulu kawaii

    Comment by Jarmel
    19:58 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Wow all those girls in that contest are ugly. Is that a beauty pageant?

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:10 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's usually what happens when the pictures aren't photoshopped as much! Welcome to real life.

    Comment by Jarmel
    23:43 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    No, they're just ugly.

    Comment by SnooSnoo
    20:41 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    So... where's the nude-filter?

    Comment by i386
    21:30 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "I love macross because my target audience is otakus and nerds who love macross and who're the ones who'll be buying my calendars and future idol vids. thanks for your patronage!"

    Comment by Channing
    21:43 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Welp, if YOU all are disgusted by them I guess I'll just have to take them for myself,...

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:44 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    is it just me or her bikini seems to be hidding something? o.o is it a trap?

    Comment by E.J.
    21:53 27/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I was thinking the same thing...

    Comment by AnonX
    00:11 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    One word: Unshaved

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:30 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    it seems something is poking out XD

    Comment by Icy-nee-san
    00:12 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I guess she looks nice, needs more loli though :P

    Comment by Jin Stevens
    00:51 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    It just wouldn't be Sankaku without someone mentioning traps, shopped or nude filters.

    Although I agree that for a Miss Japan, she seems strangely uncharismatic.

    One thing that's struck me is that the swimsuits are oddly unflattering...I haven't checked to compare, but aren't they the red version of the same one worn by Aya Hirano in her epic fail bikini photo?

    Comment by nckl
    01:17 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Uncharismatic-looking indeed. The "wtf am I doing here?" face in the last pic doesn't help. =D

    I don't know if that's the same bikini as Ms. Hirano, but IMO it looks too loose ... almost flabby-like.

    But enough bashing from me. She looks like a nice girl with a pleasant personality, so congrats to her for winning.

    Comment by Onanimous
    01:48 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    fugly

    Comment by gohome
    02:41 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    looks like she's smuggling plums, or hasn't shaved in decades.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:48 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    IT'S A TRAP

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:15 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    BIG BUSH LOL

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:48 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    the fact that I checked for a trap when i first saw the picture makes me rofl

    Comment by Tim
    10:08 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Actually, the first thing that I thought odd was that crown and bow ribbon. It looks so odd. :D

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:06 28/01/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    that is one big bulge. danger! danger!

    Comment by LlamaBomber
    09:15 28/07/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i agree. I hope thats just a sock or two in there o.o

    Comment by Tommy
    22:56 03/02/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Congrats to Miyata Marino!~

    Comment by lolwut
    21:14 28/07/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    beauty queen?
    lolwat...

    and can someone tell me where that beauty is?
    cuz i dun see one in any of those pics.

    Comment by o_O
    13:12 05/08/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    so is she 18 now? can I fap for her without any danger from feminazis? fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:38 04/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    what's with the bulge in her panties?

    Comment by zeeohsix
    14:49 19/11/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    it's like she even had padding down there...

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:29 19/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Now if she would dress up like Ranka Lee and do that "Nyan Nyan" dance maybe it would be cute.

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