The Ukraine-born winner of the Miss Japan beauty pageant has given up her crown after a tabloid report revealed her affair with a married man.

Karolina Shiino, 26, was crowned Miss Japan two weeks ago but her win sparked public debate due to her heritage.

While some welcomed the naturalised citizen’s crowning, others said she didn’t represent traditional Japanese beauty ideals.

Amid the furore, a local magazine published an expose alleging an affair.

The article in the Shukan Bunshun reported that Ms Shiino had engaged in a relationship with a married influencer and doctor. The man has not provided any public comment.

  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    Abject misogyny and xenophobia in Japan? I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you.

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      11 months ago

      She fucked a married guy and that’s misogyny? How does that work exactly?

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        11 months ago

        Like you think Mr Japan would have to give up his golden mankini for cucking someone.

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          11 months ago

          Is there a Mr Japan? And if so, why aren’t the men’s beauty contests popular?

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            11 months ago

            My first guess would be that women are simply less interested in the concept, and male standards for males just turn into body building contests.

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    11 months ago

    I don’t really get any an affair would matter after the fact for what is essentially a popularity contest, but… sure I guess?

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      11 months ago

      Participants can‘t even be married so it‘s probably quite big of a deal to them. And that might be shocking to some, but in many aspects the oh so praised Japanese culture is really lacking behind the west in many aspects.

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        11 months ago

        Who is praising Japanese culture? Off to the reeducation camps with them!

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    11 months ago

    Why do people still pay attention to this weird beauty contest bullshit? Why is it news? How is it still a thing?

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    Wow. People don’t have enough problems as it is, they have time to care who people fuck?

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The Ukraine-born winner of the Miss Japan beauty pageant has given up her crown after a tabloid report revealed her affair with a married man.

    Karolina Shiino, 26, was crowned Miss Japan two weeks ago but her win sparked public debate due to her heritage.

    While some welcomed the naturalised citizen’s crowning, others said she didn’t represent traditional Japanese beauty ideals.

    The article in the Shukan Bunshun reported that Ms Shiino had engaged in a relationship with a married influencer and doctor.

    In its initial response to the report last week, the pageant organisers defended Ms Shiino, saying she hadn’t known the man was married.

    Ms Shiino also apologised to her fans and the general public in a statement on Monday, where she said she had acted out of fear and panic in response to the report.


    The original article contains 320 words, the summary contains 137 words. Saved 57%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

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      11 months ago

      On the thumbnail she looks like a blobfish but that’s just how the picture is taken. There is another one in the article where she looks much better.

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      11 months ago

      Is it just me… or is that like, entirely irrelevant and frankly rude?

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    I remembered that Japan adheres to the jus soli system, meaning that every person born in Japan must indirectly be a Japanese citizen.
    But in the end if she born in Ukraine she’s not japanese citizen

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      Jus soli would mean that every person born in Japan would directly be a Japanese citizen, but not that citizenship can’t be acquired through other means as well.