Miss Karolina Shiino, the Ukraine-born winner of the 2024 Miss Japan beauty pageant, has relinquished her crown amid controversy, contest organisers reported on Feb 5.
World News - Miss Karolina Shiino, the Ukraine-born winner of the 2024 Miss Japan beauty pageant, has relinquished her crown amid controversy, contest organisers reported on Feb 5. Her resignation came after a magazine claimed she was involved with a married man. The Miss. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Ukraine-born Miss Japan relinquished her title following a tabloid report that she was having an affair with a married man and weeks of heated public debate on her eligibility.
Some have questioned whether Carolina Shiino, who has lived in the country since she was five years old, should have won the gong as she has no Japanese ancestry.