Carolina Shiino is an Ukrainian-Japanese model who became popular after winning the Miss Japan Grand Prix 2024. Her victory is however being questioned nationally in Japan as a result of both of her parents being Ukrainians. Check out this article for Carolina Shiino's biography as well as 12 things you need to know about her.
12 Things To Know About Carolina Shiino
Here are 12 things you need to know about Carolina Shiino:
- Her real name is Carolina Shiino although it is sometimes written as Karolina Shiino
- She was born on August 24, 1997, in Ternopil, Ukraine
- She is currently 26 years old but will turn 27 by August 2024
- She was born to two Ukrainian parents although her mother, Lana Shiino, later moved to Japan in 2002 when she remarried a Japanese man
- Although she is a Ukrainian by birth, Karolina Shiino is also a Japanese by naturalization as she has lived in the country for over 20 years
- She studied as an exchange student at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies in 2018 and acquired a degree in International Development from Nagoya University in 2020
- She started her career as a model in 2012 when she was just 15 years old
- She has since gone on to make a name for herself in the modelling industry within and outside Japan, featuring in a TV commercial for Häagen-Dazs in 2017 and walking the runway at the Amazon Fashion Week held in Tokyo in 2019
- She also won the Best Body Japan competition in Tokyo, Japan, in 2017 and emerged as a winner again three years later when the competition was held in Kanto, Japan
- As a result of her expertise as a model, she was made a judge in the Best Body Japan competition held in Okinawa, Japan, in 2021, and the Best Body Japan tournament held in Tokyo, Japan, in 2022
- In January 22, 2024, she emerged as the winner of the Miss Japan Grand Prix 2024 pageant held at Keio Plaza Hotel, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku City, beating off competition from 11 other participants
- Carolina Shiino is now the first naturalized Japanese to win the Miss Japan Pageant
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