TOKYOTOKYO — The Ukrainian-born winner of this year’s Miss Japan beauty pageant and the contest’s organizers say she has renounced her title after a magazine published an article about her affair with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The face of Japanese beauty is now a Ukrainian-born model — at least according to pageant judges who sparked a debate on cultural ...

TOKYO (AP) — Crowned Miss Japan this week, Ukrainian-born Carolina Shiino cried with joy, thankful for the recognition of her identity as Japanese. But her Caucasian look rekindled an old question in ...