Riyo Mori of Japan Wins Miss Universe 2007

[Happosai]

^^ no, sorry... in fact, the one who won is miss Nigeria, and her name is Amfalala Ubuntukwala...

But, we just love to make fake threads like this one all the time... it's fun!

 

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TOKYO -- Less than a month after being crowned Miss Universe, Riyo Mori is hoping to land another job — a role on the NBC sci-fi series "Heroes."

"As soon as I won Miss Universe I had this big chance," Mori said in an interview Monday. "I've never acted before. I went to the casting audition and read a script in English and Japanese, and they said it was really good. So I hope I can be in the show."

Mori said the role of Yaeko would be a love interest for one of the main characters on "Heroes."

The 20-year-old dancer won the 2007 Miss Universe contest in Mexico City last month. The only other time Japan has won the pageant was in 1959, when Akiko Kojima became the first Miss Universe from Asia.

"I'm only here for a week, then it's back to New York" and a tour around the world, Mori said.

"It's funny because I've never been surrounded by so many people, so many cameras," she said. "Japanese people never cared about beauty pageants before. But this is a huge thing in Japan now."

Mori said she's hoping to devote herself to her new role — which includes being a spokeswoman for AIDS issues.

Mori, who has been dancing since she was 4, said she was encouraged to enter the competition by her grandmother.

"I thought I needed something for my life, something different," she said. "Miss Universe isn't all about beauty. It's about serving people, too."

Mori, who lived in Canada for three years and studied classical ballet, said her goal after finishing her year as Miss Universe is to open a dance school. Her mother was also a dancer.

She said the long years she spent training in dance helped build her character, and that appealed to the judges.

"I think I have a samurai soul," she said. "I'm very patient, and I can serve others."

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Punters snub Miss Universe for lacking Japanese 'cuteness'

Japan has its own Miss Universe for the first time in almost half a century, but the average Japanese salaryman is hardly pleased as the winner doesn't look "Japanese" enough, according to Shukan Bunshun (6/14).

Riyo Mori, Japan's new Miss Universe, is certainly well-proportioned courtesy of practicing dance since the age of 4, but the 20-year-old has hardly tickled the fancy of the demographic most expected to be excited by her title win."One sports newspaper even ran of photo of the Thai representative in the belief that it was Mori," a sports newspaper editor tells Shukan Bunshun.

You can read the rest of the article at: http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/face/news/20070611p2g00m0dm009000c.html

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Miss Universe can go work internationally with her modern women focus.  Leave local Japanese market to idols.  Cuteness rules.  Actually.  C-ute rules.

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[kazitakato]

finally.....now the world will admit that japanese chicks ARE hot......

[Pinksheep]

Glad she won ^__^ cause she's pretty...  Love the national cosume 

[Maikeru86]

Saw here on last weeks SmapxSmap and she was looking FOINE! She's taller then your average japanese girl, she's about as tall as Kimutaku. Hot none the less.

[fsw]

And where's the official thread for her on this forum? 

 

[dcrux]

I think Miss Japan 2006 deserved the title a lot more than Riyo Mori. Kurara Chibana was robbed big time!

[modesta107]

So anybody gonna watch the new reality show, Pageant Place, which will appear on MTV? Riyo Mori is the only reason why I want to watch it. I'm like, in love with her accent.   I've loved the little promo commercials I've seen of the show, especially the one where she talks 

[storyboard]

Haha modesta I saw that awhile ago and she's probably the only reason I'll watch it too, well at least the first episode .