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Riyo Mori to represent Japan in Miss Universe contest

Update: Riyo Mori has been
named Miss Universe!
For more pictures, and a chance to comment:
New Article Ms. Universe 2007!
Congratulations, Riyo!

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And the winner of this year’s contest to become Japan’s representative at the Miss Universe competition is….

Riyo Mori, a 20-year-old ballet dancer from Shizuoka Prefecture, has been chosen to represent Japan in the Miss Universe Competition, after earning top place in a final screening session on Thursday….

….The selection event on Thursday went ahead with a show under the theme “Casino Finale,” and 11 candidates appeared on stage wearing short dresses. In the swimsuit judging section, the models danced as they took off fur coats, showing off hot La Perla swimsuits.

If you’re interested in listening to her speak, or just want to see more of her, check out this video interview or these photos of her. She says that she would like to become a world class dancer and run her own studio someday. Does this beautiful ballerina have what it takes to become the runner-up like last year’s Miss Japan, or better yet, Miss Universe?

29 Comments [Comments are now closed for this post] Posted by James - March 16, 2007 at 7:27 pm

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Roaf

Wow! Hubba, and indeed, Hubba. Both her and last years entrant are amazing.
madne0

Roaf is 100% correct. They’re both gorgeous.
the overthinker

Nope, gonna violently disagree here. Tons of better-looking girls than her in Japan. That middle photo is particularly heinous. She looks like a transvestite.
http://www.asiatourismtravel.com/recipes/ Anna

She looks like lee young ae
Sonagi

Eyelids, nose, cheekbones, lopsided breasts – she’s looks so fake she could pass for a mannekin. She doesn’t stand a chance against beauty factories like India, Thailand, and Venezuela.

D

har har har, she won 2 hours ago
Skinny Cow

HAHAH LOSER! EAT IT SUCKER! SHE JUST WON! IN YO FACE!

Andrew Shepherd

good job riyo mori, i was cheering you on the whole way. im glad she got in. you should meet this girl if you have the chance, she is possibly the nicest girl you would ever meet. good job riyo!!

よいジョブriyo のmori 、私はチャンスを有すれば嬉しい全方法im の彼女得たあなたが、彼女多分であるあなたがよいジョブriyo に! 会う良い女の子この女の子に会うべきであるin. を元気づけていた!

the overthinker

Is this a computer translation? It seems like that. Very strange indeed. I don’t want to put anyone off practicing their own Japanese of course, so if this is your own work no offence is intended, but this really looks like a machine job (for one thing, I’m assuming that no human, no matter how new to Japanese, would ever write a Japanese name as “riyoのmori”). And that show just how far computers have to go before human translators become obsolete.

“Good job Mori of Riyo, I if I have a chance happy entire method im’s you who got her, she perhaps is you is good job to Riyo! Meet good girls this girl you should meet in. Gave genki-ness!”

Yup, machine translation has a loooong way to go. I once had to translate a letter a prof of mine had written using a computer to do the initial translation: ‘hajimemashite’ become ‘it begins it’, which is definitely an unusual greeting…

Andrew Shepherd

hahaha yeah, i def used a translator, im not japanese at all. lol. hahahahaha, and the translation sounds halarious. i used my macbooks built in translators. i dunno how nicely they worked. my japanese friend said the translation was excellent, but when you try to translate from japanese to english… it sucks. oh well. i thought it was nessessary to do it, just incase someone read who was japanese. oh well. haha, “it begins it” lol.
stupid translators…

Andrew

the overthinker

Out of curiosity, I ran this through my MS Word (Japanese version) built-in translator. This is what I got:
よい仕事のriyoのmori、私は方法全体的に見ると元気づけていた。嬉しいim彼女は入った。チャンスを有すればこの女の子に会うべきである、彼女は多分あなたが会う良い女の子である。よい仕事のriyo!!

“Good work, mori of riyo, when I saw [you] method-entirely I was cheered [made genki: genki being one of those words I personally think should be used in English as it's so all-round useful]. Happy im she is in. If there is a chance [you] should meet this girl, she is perhaps a good girl for you to meet. Good work riyo!”

So it seems like a better translation, possibly as my computer and OS and all that is Japanese and may have a better Eng-to-Jap translation matrix, but it’s still not acceptable.

mojo19

Yeah, I agree Andrew Shepard, Riyo is such a sweet heart. Definitely one of the nicest people I’ve talked to. I really hope she wins. You know Riyo from school in Belleville, right? I think I recognize your name from kayla L’s wall on facebook, so i’m guessing you went to school there too.

adams

sure! i would love to meet her. But, for some reason, i feel she doesnt look Japanese. Guess i’m talking in a typical sense. I think there are better chicks to represent Nippon.
Koroke

She’s okay, I’ve seen av actress better looking than her.
Thea

She used to go to my high school in Canada as an exchange program for ballet. There’s a huge bullitin there now saying congrats ro Riyo. Except instead of Riyo Mori, it says Riyo Sakurai.
Anyways. Yeah, I’m glad she won!
Melissa Galvin

RIYO!!! i love you! congrats!!!!
Brandon Barton

I Took Riyo to my prom, and Andrew is right. Riyo is an awsome girl.
anyone who says anything negative Has Poor Taste.

Way to Go Riyo.

Andrew Shepherd

BRANDON!!!

http://arinaholic.blogspot.com Jo-Ryan

Congratulations Riyo-tan! I called it, and I got my mojo back. You did me proud.
http://www.myspace.com/jhira2 Jahaira Cochrane

You dont know how excited im am about this years miss universe 2007…

I am so HAPPY Riyo Mori is MISS UNIVERSE 2007! BONZAI!!!!
http://kawaiiyukinohime.blogdrive.com/ Aya

she won!
congratulation ^^
Tamie

I am very happy Miss Japan won MISS UNIVERSE 2007!!!
Proud of her!!!
Beth Morgan – モーガン・ベス

Congratulations, Mori-san, on winning Miss Universe 2007!! I am very proud of you!!

森さん、おめでとうございます！！　＿^___^
http://http//www.friendster.com/34953850 benjo

hi riyo..u did a very gud job congats he he he …i was amazed by you ur so beautiful…he he he CONGATULATIONS..benjo of philippines
nancy

omg..she so plain normal looking.
fumiko

I thought miss korea was prettier, but congrats miss japan
mariner

Miss korea was prettier. I think it carzy.

Congatulations mori chan.

No.1 in the world.
http://www.japanprobe.com James

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