Kurara Chibana
Kurara Chibana | |
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Born | Kurara Chibana Naha, Okinawa, Japan |
Alma mater | Sophia University |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[citation needed] |
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Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Universe Japan 2006 |
Hair color | Black[citation needed] |
Eye color | Brown[citation needed] |
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Kurara Chibana (知花 くらら, Chibana Kurara) is a Japanese TV correspondent and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2006 and competed at Miss Universe 2006 where she finished as the first runner-up.
Miss Universe 2006
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Chibana participated in Miss Universe 2006 where she represented Japan. She won the Best National Costume Award for her samurai-themed outfit designed by the artist Yuichi Miyagawa and the designer Yoshiyuki Ogata, and was the first runner-up. During the final, Chibana wore a black evening gown exhibiting intricate latticework designed by Olivier Theyskens for Rochas, and at the preliminaries, Chibana sported a unique red and pink-hued gown with silver corseting designed by Novespazio.
Personal information
Chibana was an educational-philosophy student at Sophia University.[1] She got her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2006.[citation needed] She turned down a job offer from a publishing company in order to compete in the Miss Universe Japan pageant, which was held on April 25, 2006, in Tokyo. Kurara now[when?] works as a feature reporter, flying around the world to interview people for a leading fashion magazine in Japan. She writes and takes photos of their lifestyles.[2] She speaks four languages: English, Spanish, French, and Japanese.[3]
Since October 2006, she has appeared regularly on the Nippon Television show "News Zero", reporting from both domestic and international locations, and launched her endorsement career as a spokesperson for more than four[vague] world-famous brands in 2007.[4] She is the spokeswoman for Maybelline New York's Angelfit Make-Up.[5] In late December, Global Beauties named Kurara as the Sexiest Woman Alive 2006, a title formerly held by Miyako Miyazaki.
In December 2013, Chibana was elected as the Japanese Ambassador for United Nations World Food Program for her contributions to the organization as a celebrity partner.[6]
In October 2017, Chibana announced that she had married Ryuji Kamiyama.[7]
References
- ^ "Sophians Talk -Japan and the World (Kurara Chibana) : SOPHIA ONLINE : YOMIURI ONLINE". yab.yomiuri.co.jp. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ [1] Archived May 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived May 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [3] Archived June 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ":: Metropolis Tokyo :: Japan's No. 1 English Magazine". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ "Kurara Chibana appointed the first National Ambassador to Japan for WFP".
- ^ "知花くらら&上山竜治、インスタで結婚報告 2014年から交際スタート". Oricon (in Japanese). 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
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