4/11/2020 0 Comments When Japan won its first Miss International crown and the lingering controversy that followedAdvertisementsPowered by wordads.coSeen ad many timesNot relevantOffensiveCovers contentBrokenREPORT THIS AD normannorman.comor you can simply call this site “Norman’s Blog”When Japan won its first Miss International crown – and the lingering controversy that followed![]() Miss International 2012 Ikumi Yoshimatsu of JapanUnlike Miss Universe (which crowned an American winner – Miriam Stevenson – only three years after it started) and Miss World (which rewarded a Miss UK representative – Rosemarie Frankland – with the title eleven years after the pageant’s inception), Miss International finally approved of a hometown victor – Ikumi Yoshimatsu – more than five decades after its very first edition last 1960. Japanese discipline and patience, you might add? Regardless, that one and only shining moment (so far) last 2012 was not without controversies. ![]() Ikumi – who is an actress, stunt woman and book author – reigned as Miss International 2012 but never reached full circle in terms of crowning her successor a year after (Miss International 2008 Alejandra Andreu crowned our very own Bea Rose Santiago as Miss International 2013). In this article by the Tokyo Weekender back in 2013 where she spoke in a Press Conference in front of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan: Ikumi Yoshimatsu during the Press Conference
Ikumi stated that:
![]() Check out the entire article because it reads like a suspense-drama plot for Netflix release. Life can indeed be stranger than fiction. Perhaps, it will take a decade or two before another Japanese would even make it to the top in Miss International. But that shouldn’t be cause for concern with the locals. They do have pride in seeing a Miss Japan win the crown. But I reckon that they would rather see more of an Akiko Kojima or Riyo Mori in Miss Universe or a very first Miss World maybe? Have a reflective Good Friday, dear readers! ![]() AdvertisementsPowered by wordads.coSeen ad many timesNot relevantOffensiveCovers contentBrokenREPORT THIS ADAdvertisementsPowered by wordads.coSeen ad many timesNot relevantOffensiveCovers contentBrokenREPORT THIS AD Rate this:Rate This Share this:RelatedAre you ready for Bea Rose Santiago in Miss International 2013?In “1 Pageant Pages” No farewell walk for Ikumi YoshimatsuIn “1 Pageant Pages” After Molly, will it be Elián Herrera’s turn to be jolly?In “1 Pageant Pages” Posts navigation← Memories of Miss Universe 2006 courtesy of Zuleyka Rivera and Kurara ChibanaMiss Universe 2004 Jennifer Hawkins: The Quintessential Australian Beauty → 3 comments on “When Japan won its first Miss International crown – and the lingering controversy that followed”
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