The Ukraine-born winner of the Miss Japan beauty pageant has given up her crown after a tabloid report revealed her affair with a married man.
Karolina Shiino, 26, was crowned Miss Japan two weeks ago but her win sparked public debate due to her heritage.
While some welcomed the naturalised citizen’s crowning, others said she didn’t represent traditional Japanese beauty ideals.
Amid the furore, a local magazine published an expose alleging an affair.
The article in the Shukan Bunshun reported that Ms Shiino had engaged in a relationship with a married influencer and doctor. The man has not provided any public comment.
Abject misogyny and xenophobia in Japan? I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you.
She fucked a married guy and that’s misogyny? How does that work exactly?
Like you think Mr Japan would have to give up his golden mankini for cucking someone.
Is there a Mr Japan? And if so, why aren’t the men’s beauty contests popular?
My first guess would be that women are simply less interested in the concept, and male standards for males just turn into body building contests.
I don’t really get any an affair would matter after the fact for what is essentially a popularity contest, but… sure I guess?
Participants can‘t even be married so it‘s probably quite big of a deal to them. And that might be shocking to some, but in many aspects the oh so praised Japanese culture is really lacking behind the west in many aspects.
Who is praising Japanese culture? Off to the reeducation camps with them!
Because the miss thing is supposed to represent the epitome of Japanese women on the international stage and having an affair is bad PR.
She wasn’t the one having the affair. He was.
But of course it falls upon women to ensure a husband’s fidelity, because we men are all slobbering troglodytes without a will of our own, only an incessant craving for cunt. Or something.
Yeah, that’s a discussion you won’t win.
I’ve tried everything from “she’s not the one who promised loyalty” to the fact they were two consenting adults so mind your own business.
Blame the cheater, not the person who they cheated with, I fully agree - but I think lemmy and reddit have been cheated on a few too many times.
In Japan, you can be on the hook (sued) for knowingly engaging in a relationship with someone you know to be married. It’s usually about breaking up the marriage, from what I understand. Sex of the people involved doesn’t matter here.
Oh wow, you are right! They have civil liability for adultery. That’s wild.
An affair still involves two people (or more!) even if only one is married
Yes. What is your point?
She was in an affair
No, she got some dick.
The extra marital affair was him.
And?
You said she wasn’t, but she was.
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Politics are always ugly. We should get rid of them altogether.
This is a giant non sequitur.
We should get rid of that as well then.
technically she’s not Japanese
It says naturalized, so what else would you call her?
Non-ethinic japense citizen
So, Japanese?
The fact we are talking about it now, means the context is important to many Japanese people to make a distinction between ethnically japanese and japanese citizen.
Well in this case there is no distinction, she is Japanese and ethnically she is eastern European/Ukrainian. So… Japanese? It’s cool that you like the distinction, but I responded to someone who said she is technically not japanese, which is technically incorrect. She is, just not ethnically.
That’s what I like about living here
- non naturalized citizen? Na, just call them a kiwi too.
Technically, it’s the culture that’s being represented.
Why do people still pay attention to this weird beauty contest bullshit? Why is it news? How is it still a thing?
Downvote the post (which has no place in WorldNews) and move on.
Or comment.
Wow. People don’t have enough problems as it is, they have time to care who people fuck?
I mean, you’re talking about the people who care about beauty pageants.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Ukraine-born winner of the Miss Japan beauty pageant has given up her crown after a tabloid report revealed her affair with a married man.
Karolina Shiino, 26, was crowned Miss Japan two weeks ago but her win sparked public debate due to her heritage.
While some welcomed the naturalised citizen’s crowning, others said she didn’t represent traditional Japanese beauty ideals.
The article in the Shukan Bunshun reported that Ms Shiino had engaged in a relationship with a married influencer and doctor.
In its initial response to the report last week, the pageant organisers defended Ms Shiino, saying she hadn’t known the man was married.
Ms Shiino also apologised to her fans and the general public in a statement on Monday, where she said she had acted out of fear and panic in response to the report.
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That can’t possibly be the prettiest woman in Japan.
My thoughts exactly.
This must be rigged.
Is it just me… or is she like, not attractive?
On the thumbnail she looks like a blobfish but that’s just how the picture is taken. There is another one in the article where she looks much better.
Is it just me… or is that like, entirely irrelevant and frankly rude?
I remembered that Japan adheres to the jus soli system, meaning that every person born in Japan must indirectly be a Japanese citizen.
But in the end if she born in Ukraine she’s not japanese citizenJus soli would mean that every person born in Japan would directly be a Japanese citizen, but not that citizenship can’t be acquired through other means as well.
Japan does not grant citizenship to those born here. There are multiple ways to acquire Japanese citizenship, most of which are based on the most recent couple generations of parents/grandparents. Multiple citizenship technically isn’t allowed, either. Anyone naturalizing to Japanese citizenship must relinquish their existing citizenship(s) unless the other country does not allow relinquishing. If found out, the Japanese government can take action to revoke citizenship (or at least parts of it; there are actually court cases about this).
