43rd Miss Nippon grand prize for 20-year-old Keio University student
The 43rd Miss Nippon Contest was held on January 26 Tokyo. A total of 3,169 entrants were narrowed down to 12 women for the final round, and the grand prize was awarded to 20-year-old Marie Yanaka, a student at Keio University who is said to have scored a perfect 990 points on the TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) certification test.
The Miss Nippon Contest is a beauty contest that has been held by a beauty company and The Sports Nippon newspaper every year between winners of the Japanese block pageants.
This year’s two Miss Nippon runner-ups were 15-year-olds Chika Ehara and Hiroka Akiya. The other winners were:
* Miss Kimono: Hisae Arai (24), the daughter of former baseball player Hiromasa Arai
* Miss Marine Day: Ayano Higuchi (21)
* Miss Sky Day: Rina Kuribayashi (22)
* Miss Nature: Kaori Harada (22)
* Sponichi Special Prize (publicly voted): Rina Kuribayashi
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Time 26/01/2011 at 14:25
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