
Japanese are wondering who on earth judged a recent “Miss Japan” competition, regarding the parade of supposed belles as average at best.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Nov 3, 2010 06:43 JST
- Tags: Awards, China, Events, Idol, Marketing, Mass Media, Miss Japan, Norway, Politics

China is being accused of rigging the Miss World 2010 competition to ensure a loss for Norway, the nation which it holds responsible for awarding one of its political prisoners a Nobel Peace Prize.
Additionally, the Chinese audience refused to acknowledge Miss Japan, and a Miss Taiwan was out of the question.
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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.”
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