Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Japanese model Hikari Mori will present the launch episode of Seasons, a multi-platform CNN series dropping this week.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The face of Japanese beauty is now a Ukrainian-born model — at least according to pageant judges who sparked a debate on cultural ...

Critics are questioning whether the newest Miss Japan is Japanese enough after a Ukrainian-born model took the crown. Carolina Shiino, 26, took the country’s title Monday night in Tokyo, but not ...

Believing she was ugly and looked like her father who abandoned them to a life of crippling debt, Hirase spent around 24 million yen ($170,000) to “finally be beautiful,” becoming completely ...

(CNN) — The face of Japanese beauty is now a Ukrainian-born model — at least according to pageant judges who sparked a debate on cultural identity by naming 26-year-old Karolina Shiino as Miss Japan ...