2022 Miss Universe Japan representative Mari Sakamoto Belén Courtesy call on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida “I wa nt you to do your best with the same feeling” World competition national costume theme is “peace”, Prime Minister Kishid a’s “origami crane”

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2022 Miss Universe Japan representative Mari Sakamoto Belén Courtesy call on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida “I want you to do your best with the same feeling” World competition national costume theme is “peace”, Prime Minister Kishida’s “origami crane”
~ January 14, 2023 World Tournament “The 71th Miss Universe” @ New Orleans ~
Today, December 13, 2022 Miss Universe Japan representative Mari Sakamoto Belén and MY group Hiroko Mima Co., Ltd., which operates “Miss Universe (R) Japan”, will be the representative director and national director (Headquarters: Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo). , paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Prime Minister’s official residence.
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Sakamoto won the “2022 Miss Universe (R) Japan Final” hosted by MY group Co., Ltd. held at Yamano Hall in Tokyo on August 25th. I will participate in the world competition “The 71th Miss Universe” to be held in New Orleans, USA in January.
This time, the national costume worn by Sakamoto at the “NATIONAL COSTUME SHOW” on the day before the World Tournament Preliminaries is under the theme of “Peace” and is being designed with the motif of “Thousand Paper Cranes”. Then Prime Minister Kishida entrusted Sakamoto with the white origami crane he had folded himself. [Image 2

After receiving the paper cranes, Sakamoto once again commented on his costume, saying, “This year has given me an opportunity to think about world peace. I wanted to tell people about world peace and human rights,” he explained. “As a citizen of Japan, the only country to have suffered atomic bombings, I would like to express my prayers for peace as a representative of Japan with the crane costume folded with prayers by many people, including the leader of Japan, Prime Minister Kishida. I want to spread the word,” he said about his enthusiasm for the world competition.
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Prime Minister Kishida said, “Next year, the G7 Summit will be held in Hiroshima with Japan as the chair country. In this opaque
international community, we must not allow the use of nuclear weapons to change the status quo through force.” I believe that the desire for peace will be a major theme at the summit, and I hope that you will do your best at the world conference in January with the same thoughts.” In addition, at the 2025 Japan International Exposition (Osaka, Kansai Expo), we exchanged opinions on attracting activities to host the world convention for the first time in Japan.
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From 2023 next year, Miss Universe will allow women who have been married or who have been married, who are pregnant, or who have given birth to apply in the future. The tournament is gaining a lot of attention. Last year, Juri Watanabe, who represented Japan, made it to the finals for the first time in six years as a representative of Japan, and made it into the top 16. This year, Miss Universe (R) Japan is working together as a team to prepare for the world competition. Please look forward to Sakamoto’s success.
◇ Mari Belen Sakamoto Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marybelen_sakamoto ◆ Miss Universe (R) Japan https://www.missuniversejapan.jp/
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Big changes for Miss Universe from 2023
In August of this year, it was announced that women who are married or who have been married, who are pregnant, or who have given birth will be able to apply from 2023 onwards. Japan, of course, is no exception. What kind of women will participate in the 71st World Championships? It is getting more and more attention all over the world. Furthermore, in November, JKN Global Group CEO Anne Jakapon Jakrajutachip was appointed as the first female owner of the Miss Universe Organization (MUO). As the first female owner, the world will be watching how she will lead the Miss Universe in the future.
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70th Miss Universe Competition(R) -Top 16 Announcement
The first step to the world tournament held in Japan for the first time Mima National Director is also the 2008 Miss Universe Japan
representative, and has acquired the management rights of “Miss Universe Japan”, the youngest and the first Japanese woman in Japan. Based on his experience and connections, he believes that 2025, when the Japan International Exposition (Expo ’70) will be held in Osaka, will be the perfect timing, and he has put his name on MUO to host Japan’s first Miss Universe pageant. . However, we have just taken the first step toward the realization of the first holding in Japan. Going forward, we will move forward step by step to clear various issues. 2022 Miss Universe (R) Japan Representative National Costume Design 2022 National Costume Design Concept
The national costume worn by the 2022 Miss Universe Japan
representative at the world competition is being produced with a design based on the motif of “thousand paper cranes” with the theme of “peace”. Under the direction of a designer (Die-co★) from Nagasaki, a city of peace, a folded crane was used for the national costume with the help of the Japanese people. The color goes back to the time when the thousand paper cranes became a symbol of “peace”, and only white (in the drawing, the silk color is used so that the colors can be seen) is used. In addition, the cloth used for costumes other than paper cranes will be remade from used kimonos and white solids that are no longer used at costume rental shops to create sustainable costumes. The prayers for peace received from many people are put into cranes, and on behalf of everyone, Mari Belen Sakamoto will convey the will of peace at the world convention.
The unveiling of the same costume will be held in Tokyo on December 15th (Thursday). On the day of the event, the costumes will be released on the Instagram live of Miss Universe Japan official account.
◆ Official Instagram https://www.instagram.com/missuniversejapan/
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“2022 Miss Universe (R) Japan Final” (C) MY group Co., Ltd.
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“2022 Miss Universe (R) Japan Final” (C) MY group Co., Ltd.
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-2022 Miss Universe Japan Representative Mari Sakamoto Belén- Date of birth: December 21, 1998 (age 23)
Birthplace: From Tokyo
Alma mater: Graduated from Seisen Women’s University, Department of English Literature
Languages: Japanese, English
Born in Japan to a Peruvian father and a Japanese mother. Growing up in Japan from an early age, he started playing music at the age of five, mastering four musical instruments (piano, clarinet, contrabass, and electric bass). When he was in his third year of high school, he performed as an opening act at the Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall. After graduating from university, partly due to the influence of her grandmother’s education, she worked as a cooking instructor at a company that operates over 100 cooking studios nationwide.
In the process of teaching food loss reduction lessons at a cooking class as a lecturer, her interest in food and poverty issues has increased, and she aims to become Miss Universe, which also has the aspect of a platform to solve social issues. From now on, as Miss Universe Japan representative, I aim to carry out activities that can solve various food-related problems not only in Japan but also in the world.
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-MY Group Co., Ltd. Hiroko Mima Representative Director and National Director- 2008 Miss Universe Japan representative. Achieved Top 15 and Best of Asia results at the Miss Universe World Tournament.
After that, she worked as an international model and learned the beauty method of a teacher who has produced many Miss Universe winners.
Established MY group Co., Ltd. in 2018, acquired the management rights of “Miss Universe Japan”, the youngest and the first Japanese woman in Japan, and was appointed as the national director.
In addition to discovering and nurturing female leaders and further improving the Miss Universe brand that spreads the strength of women to the world, we are developing activities to spread the charm of modern Japanese to the world.
He teaches not only Japanese women but also many people not only the method of polishing the inner beauty of the mental part, such as fashion, hair makeup, walking, and demeanor.
◇ Mari Belen Sakamoto Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marybelen_sakamoto ◆ Miss Universe (R) Japan https://www.missuniversejapan.jp/
◆ Official Instagram https://www.instagram.com/missuniversejapan/ ◆ Official TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@missuniversejp_official

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