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TOKYO (AP) — The winner of this year’s Ukrainian-born Miss Japan pageant and pageant organizers said she gave up her name after a magazine published an article about her affair with a married man.
Karolina Shiino was crowned Miss Japan on Jan. 22, sparking a new public debate about what it means to be Japanese in a country where homogeneity and conformity are still valued.
In an Instagram post on Monday, Shiino said that after the article was published, she proposed to give up her crown and give up her modeling agency. He said his offers had been accepted.
The Associated Press may simply not be able to get Shiino to comment.
Weekly Bunshun magazine reported last week that Shiino was dating a married doctor. Initially, she gave the impression of verifying the date, but said she didn’t know he was married.
He later said that his previous explanation was “not true” and that he was aware of his married prestige and that he had a family. She apologized and said that she was in a state of shock and concern about the report and that she panicked. , so she can’t tell the truth.
“I’m very sorry for causing the tremendous trouble and for acting as if betraying everyone who has supported me,” she said on Instagram.
Shiino also apologized to the man’s partner and his family, as well as other parties involved.
The office of the Miss Japan organizers on Tuesday said Shiino’s renunciation of the title was accepted and the slot for the 2024 winner would remain empty.
The organization said it “takes our duty for this uproar seriously” and apologized to the sponsors, judges and others involved. He said he first defended Shiino, based on his initial explanation that the boy he was worried about told him he was divorced. and that she broke up with him when she learned otherwise.
The scandal reignited a wave of complaints against Shiino on social media, but it also raised questions about why she is considered primarily guilty in the case.
The man involved, Takuma Maeda, an influencer known as the “muscle doctor,” stated on Instagram that he had no plans to divorce his wife and apologized for causing harm to Shiino and the others. He pledged to dedicate himself sincerely to his work and personal life. life.
In Japan’s male-dominated culture, women are expected to be mothers and wives and are publicly reprimanded more than men for their extramarital affairs.
Last year, the theater of the famous Japanese actress Ryoko Hirosue suspended her indefinitely from her employment contract due to her alleged affair with a married celebrity chef.
Shiino has lived in Japan since moving to the country at the age of 5. Fluent in Japanese, she became a naturalized citizen in 2022. She has worked as a model and said she has as strong a sense of Japanese identity as anyone else, despite her Caucasian look.
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This story corrects the spelling of Miss Japan’s call to Karolina de Carolina.
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