@olmitch She's not got a great face but neither does the Japanese woman on the left. Technically these contests aren't supposed to be pure beauty contests anymore.

This sounds oddly familiar:
“She speaks and writes in beautiful Japanese, she is more Japanese than we are.”
sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-who-carolina-shiino-ukraine-born-model-wins-miss-japan-sparking-debate-netizens-claim-looks-european