Ariana Miyamoto

Ariana Miyamoto (宮本 エリアナ 磨美子 Miyamoto Eriana Mamiko, born 12 May 1994 in Sasebo, Nagasaki) is a Japanese beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Japan 2015. She will represent her country at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant, but her victory faced criticism from critics who verbally abused her for being Afro-Asian; she is the first mixed-race woman to be Miss Japan.
Early life and education
Miyamoto was born to a Japanese mother and an African American father. After attending elementary school in Japan, she moved to the United States and attended high school there and also worked as a bartender.