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Japan: Miss Universe

Written byOiwan Lam
Posted 29 May 2007 19 years ago

Marie Mockett from Japundit comments on Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, who has just taken the crown of Miss Universe pagent: As long as the Japanese were sticking to their version of “kawaii,” they were never going to win a thing.

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