Ariana Miyamoto (宮本 エリアナ 磨美子) Miss Japan 2015

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There's an interesting story behind it.

The first ever mixed race Miss Japan has lifted the lid on some of the horrific racial abuse she has faced on her way to the top.

Ariana Miyamoto says it was often punishing growing up as the only black girl in her class in the port town of Sasebo near Nagasaki, where the US has a naval base and where her African-American father met her Japanese mother.

The 20-year-old was born and raised in Japan, speaks fluent Japanese, and was last month chosen to represent her country in the Miss Universe pageant.

'I was called a n****r by some of my peers. Some of them threw trash and even a blackboard duster at me.

'I'm Japanese through and through, but in Japan if you look "foreign" you are often not accepted as Japanese. But I am Japanese - 100 percent.

'Skin colour bears no relationship to what a person is. It's just one of the differences like wearing blue clothes or wearing red clothes.'

'I have no objections against the word 'hafu' and I accept myself as being hafu.

'With so little multi-culturalism in Japan the term is somehow understandable, although it has made me wonder who I am at times.'

Ariana has been inspired by American singer Mariah Carey's struggle to get to the top as a mixed race artist, exemplified in her film Glitter, in which she plays a young singer battling discrimination to make it to the top.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-father-African-American.html#ixzz3WeJjAVu2

Well, I thought that Japan is more open to differences.

Second, it seems if you are a little bit out of 'ordinary' or 'acceptable' appearance, you have problems.

It happens everywhere. Back in 1998., national beauty pageant in Croatia (Miss Croatia) was held and a girl called Lejla (Leila) Sehovic won and was crowned. Five days later, they've found some 'irregularities'
in the process and they've given the crown to another girl. Leila showed up at the press conference and said that they usurped her title and crown because of her nationality. And she was right.
You see, she was of Bosnian (and not Croatian descent) - but she was a Croatian citizen - and her name was Leila - which doesn't sound 'Croatian' enough. Soon after, the crown and the title was returned to her.
(She's happily married now but she says the whole thing left very unpleasant memories.)

Miss Croatia 1998, Leila Sehovic

Third 'case'. When John Lennon started dating Yoko Ono, they've also had problems.
John said that the British press even called her 'ugly' and added:
'She's not ugly - and even if she were - you shouldn't write that, you shouldn't be so mean in the papers.
I've never seen that being said about any woman or men before. The papers write about awful looking people that they are attractive just to be kind.'

Yoko Ono

 

[shinigamie]

She shouldnt have won. I saw this story a while back.

This was a politically correct move.

A " hey look, we are progressive!!!! LOOK!!! LOOK SHES BLACK, DIVERSITY!!!"

She looks so basic. And when you compare her to the other girls who were in that competition you can definitely notice.

You would say " Yeah, this was definitely a bullshit move for good PR with the world."

Poor girls who were in the competition. Fucked over cause of this whole bullshit the USA is going through with "Hey, blacks are just as good as everyone else."

Now Japan is getting their fair share of SJW.

If she had legitimately won he competition. There would be no complaining.

But you can obviously see it was total SJW agenda bullshit.

Soon, Japan will have to be careful with what they say, everything will be a sensitive subject. Just like us.

 

[Elldallan]

She shouldnt have won. I saw this story a while back.

This was a politically correct move.

A " hey look, we are progressive!!!! LOOK!!! LOOK SHES BLACK, DIVERSITY!!!"

She looks so basic. And when you compare her to the other girls who were in that competition you can definitely notice.

You would say " Yeah, this was definitely a bullshit move for good PR with the world."

Personally I think she's quite beautiful, do I think some of the other contestants are more beautiful, sure.
But the definition of beauty is very subjective. But do I think that she's unworthy of the title, no.

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Fucked over cause of this whole bullshit the USA is going through with "Hey, blacks are just as good as everyone else."

It sounds like you're trying to imply that they're not, that they're somehow substandard, I hope I'm wrong.

Now Japan is getting their fair share of SJW.

If she had legitimately won he competition. There would be no complaining.

Unless she actually cheated and bribed the judges she won it legitimately. And I'm sure that there would be complaining anyway, some people seem to be more hung up on the fact that she's a hafu and that she doesn't look japanese more than whether she's beautiful or not. So even if she was the most gorgeous woman on the planet I'm sure it'd be controversial.

But you can obviously see it was total SJW agenda bullshit.

Soon, Japan will have to be careful with what they say, everything will be a sensitive subject. Just like us.

Possibly, I occasionally get annoyed with the media climate here in Sweden as well.


Miss Japan 2015 Contestant lineup

 

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Miss Japan 2015 Contestant lineup

Thanks for the link.

 

[ShogunXXX]

Of course that's political, don't be naive. The girl is beautiful, that's not the point. As a Miss Japan, she is supposed to represent Japanese people, the "ideal" Japanese woman according to their standards of beauty, and not those imposed by the West or influenced by Western values.

The existence of different ethnic groups/peoples/races is something natural and great, humanity is rich because of that diversity, but the mixing of those groups has always been a source of troubles, tensions, conflicts and even wars.

Ever seen a waterlily and a cactus in the same pot ? No, why should we mix elements that are not compatible ? The danger of massive mixing and globalization is that, in the long run, all differences will be eroded and wherever you will go, people will be all the same, in the way they think, speak, cloth, etc. and probably even physically. We should keep diversity alive and not eroding it, and that requires some kind of isolation.

So yeah those contests are political and subjective.

In exclusivity for you, welcome to next year Miss Japan, be open, be modern !

and Miss Congo 2016

 

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shuujou desu~

 

[Ceewan]

I don't know....not sure I really care.

For the sake of argument both sides make good points. Lineage is still important to many people and someone whose parents are not both born in Japan, their skin-color notwithstanding, may easily be seen as not a proper representative of the Japanese people by some. People have the right to their opinion, even though some opinions may be unkind or seem unjust:

“That big mouth, that gaudy face. This is Miss Japan?” one person wrote on social media. Another said Miyamoto resembled an ant.

source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20...nge-homelands-thinking-identity/#.VT_5bqPLcTs

Japan is one of the least ethnically diverse countries in the world, with 98 percent of the population being Japanese nationals.

source: http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollyw...pan-criticized-for-not-being-japanese-enough/

Of course I have read that this was an attempt by some in Japan to be more competitve in the Miss Universe contest. If so it seems they have failed:

Trump, the owner of the Miss Universe organization announced that he has decided to disqualify Miss Japan, Ariana Miyamoto, and the newly-crowned Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach, from participating in this year’s Miss Universe Pageant.

The reason? Both beauty queens are ‘half and half,’ meaning Miss Japan is only half Japanese and Miss Philippines is half Filipina.

Sound unreasonable? Here is more:

In making his decision to disqualify the Asian candidates, Trump said, “the goal of Miss Universe is to choose a world beauty that represents her country to the fullest extent. Having a half and half candidate from any participating country is not in keeping with the Miss Universe ideals.”

Activists immediately criticized Trump, a Republican, and accused him of racism. Trump responded by saying that “this is not about racism. Rather, it is about celebrating the purity of diversity in our universe.”

source:
http://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/...-competing-in-the-2015-miss-universe-pageant/

 

[Elldallan]

Of course that's political, don't be naive.

It's not necessarily political, although it certainly has become politicized, it's not sure that the judges had any political motives, they might simply think she's more beautiful and had better answers than the others. If they didn't have any political motivations for their choice it's not a political decision regardless of how controversial.

The girl is beautiful, that's not the point. As a Miss Japan, she is supposed to represent Japanese people, the "ideal" Japanese woman according to their standards of beauty, and not those imposed by the West or influenced by Western values.

She obviously filled the requirements to participate in the competition or she would have been disqualified, she is a Japanese citizen, of at least partially Japanese descent, and genetically female.

The existence of different ethnic groups/peoples/races is something natural and great, humanity is rich because of that diversity, but the mixing of those groups has always been a source of troubles, tensions, conflicts and even wars.

Generally isolation and with it usually comes the opinion that you're superior has been the leading cause of wars that haven't directly been about natural resources. "mixing" may have been a source of internal friction and persecution but not so much wars.

Ever seen a waterlily and a cactus in the same pot ? No, why should we mix elements that are not compatible ?

Now this is one of the most stupid arguments I've heard in a very long point, it's so circa the beginning of the last century. Because in case you haven't noticed, any human male can physically breed with any human female assuming both are fertile etc and produce viable offspring.
Also barring allergies any human can eat the food of any other human, they might not like the taste but it won't kill them. So if you want to make a likening that's not hysterically wrong you'd compare it to mixing two very closely related varieties of cactuses in the same pot... and people do that all the time.

We should keep diversity alive and not eroding it, and that requires some kind of isolation.

No we should make no special efforts to prevent people from going where they generally please and breeding with whoever they want(assuming both parties are consenting adults), cultural diversity is likely to persist for a long long time and with it generally some manner of genetical isolation will persist. It's not something that should be especially enforced.

So yeah those contests are political and subjective.

No it's only political if there is a political motive, not merely because the issue is controversial.

In exclusivity for you, welcome to next year Miss Japan, be open, be modern !

Conchita is not genetically female plus he is of Austrian descent, and therefore he's disqualified from participating in Miss Japan on two accounts.

and Miss Congo 2016

Now if Kitagawa Keiko was of Congolese descent and a Congolese citizen that would certainly be plausible, but again your comparisons are horribly inaccurate and about a lightyear from any reasonable comparison.

Of course I have read that this was an attempt by some in Japan to be more competitve in the Miss Universe contest. If so it seems they have failed:

Sound unreasonable? Here is more:

source:
http://adobochronicles.com/2015/03/...-competing-in-the-2015-miss-universe-pageant/

I think you got trolled Ceewan, everywhere I've checked seems to agree that adobochronicles is a satire site and that that article is a complete hoax. A
nd from a legal standpoint it seems likely that it is, if Donald Trump really disqualified them with justifications like that wouldn't they have a damn excellent case for discrimination because of race?

 

[Ceewan]

I think you got trolled Ceewan, everywhere I've checked seems to agree that adobochronicles is a satire site and that that article is a complete hoax. A
nd from a legal standpoint it seems likely that it is, if Donald Trump really disqualified them with justifications like that wouldn't they have a damn excellent case for discrimination because of race?

Trolled is an inappropriate term. However you are right that the article I included was just a hoax and that is all that site is good for (except some excellent humor). I always include my sources though and hey! made for interesting reading though, huh? Nor was there a better way to make my point. Glad you were paying attention.