Hair color Black Role Model Parents Bryant Stanfield | Eye color Brown Name Ariana Miyamoto Height 1.73 m | |
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Born 12 May 1994 (age 29) Nagasaki, Japan ( 1994-05-12 ) Similar People Pia Wurtzbach, Shigeru Miyamoto, Riyo Mori, Laura Spoya, Ariadna Gutierrez Profiles | ||
Miss Japan challenges the norm
Japanese React to Mixed-race Miss Universe Japan Ariana Miyamoto (Interview)
Ariana Miyamoto (宮本 エリアナ 磨美子, Miyamoto Eriana Mamiko, born 12 May 1994 in Nagasaki) is a Japanese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2015. She will represent Japan at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant, but after her victory she faced some criticism on social media for not appearing to be Japanese; she is the first mixed-race woman to be Miss Japan.
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Early life and education
Miyamoto was born to a Japanese mother and an African American father, Bryant Stanfield, who was stationed at a United States Navy base in Sasebo. She attended elementary school in Japan and, at age 13, emigrated to the United States to live with her father in Jacksonville, Arkansas, where she attended Jacksonville High School for two years. Upon return to her native Japan, she did not immediately complete high school, but worked odd jobs, including that of a bartender.
In 2015, Miyamoto won the title of Miss Nagasaki and represented her prefecture at the Miss Universe Japan contest.
Miss Universe Japan 2015
On 12 March 2015, Miyamoto was crowned as Miss Universe Japan 2015 (Miss Japan 2015) at Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo in Bunkyo-ku, while Miss Oita and Miss Chiba were the runners-up. The winners of Miss Universe and Mister Japan 2015 (Junpei Watanabe of Akita) will compete at the Miss Universe and Mister International competitions.
Miss Universe 2015
As Miss Japan 2015, Miyamoto will compete at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.
