Karolina Shiino, Miss Japan, returns her crown after affair with married man revealed. The 26-year-old was born in Ukraine to Ukrainian parents.
She emigrated to Japan at the age of 5, after her mother married a man of Japanese nationality. Her naturalization in 2022 allowed her to meet the only two criteria required by the Miss Japan committee: being ofJapanese nationality and being aged between 17 and 26. Recurring controversies against naturalized or dual-national Japanese.