Miss Universe Returns To Japan
Video of Miss Universe, Riyo Mori, returning to Japan yesterday to a crowd of photographers:
In other Riyo Mori news, today’s WaiWai column mentions how many Japanese men are particularly impressed with her, thinking that she “lacks Japanese cuteness.” However, the article also makes mention of French trainer Ine Ligron, who helped Japan field strong candidates for the contest:
Don Konishi, a judge on the 2006 Miss Japan Contest, is also a Ligron fan.
“Models popular in Japan now, like Yuri Ebihara and Moe Oshikiri, just haven’t got what it takes to make it on the global stage,” he says. “Frankly, I think women who look like little more than nightclub hostesses are more of an embarrassment to Japan than anything else.”
Ligron knows what she’s looking for and her results speak for her achievements — three top five finishes, including Mori’s win and Kurara Chibana finishing runner-up last year.
“In Japan, there’s still too much of the idea of punishing those who stand out,” Ligron tells Shukan Bunshun. “Don’t think the same things as everybody else and show more of your own personality. Don’t just copy the fashions of popular idols. It’s important to take care of your own personality.”
And finally in a story apparently unrelated to the fact that Miss Mori doesn’t look like a nightclub hostess, an article reports that Riyo Mori is dating Rocco Ancarola, the owner of a popular New York nightclub.
