Hiroko Mima
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is a fashion model, athlete, beauty queen
,and Miss Universe Japan 2008.
and her major is physical education. Mima suffers from a bone marrow disease that left the right side of her body incapacitated for three months at 13 years old and a nerve disease Guillain-Barré syndrome
in junior high school. Since then Mima has returned to sports and competed seven times at the Japan National Track and Field Competition. She competes on the track and field team with a high jump of 1.65 m., approaching her own height of 1.73 m. Shortly after losing her grandmother, who died when she slipped on the bathroom floor, Mima lost her father in a car accident before winning Miss Universe Japan 2008.
pageant which took place in Nha Trang
, Vietnam
on July 14, 2008. She made the first cut by advancing to the top 15 on the finals competing in the swimsuit round, and was ultimately placed in the 14th position being the highest place Asian delegant to make the cut.
Hiroko Mima was trained for the pageant by her national pageant director Ines Ligron
, who also took Korea's candidate Sun Lee
under her wing. Mima continued Japan's stake in the Miss Universe pageant by placing in the semifinal for a consecutive third time, despite not being favoured by numerous pageant sites as a potential semifinalist. Hiroko was the first contestant in the history of Miss Universe to wear a purse during the evening gown portion of the presentation show.
In 2009, Mima placed in Globalbeauties.com top 32 Grand Slam Beauties.
for Miss Universe 2009
.
Beauty Queen
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,and Miss Universe Japan 2008.
Biography
Mima currently attends Nihon UniversityNihon University
Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....
and her major is physical education. Mima suffers from a bone marrow disease that left the right side of her body incapacitated for three months at 13 years old and a nerve disease Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillain–Barré syndrome , sometimes called Landry's paralysis, is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy , a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system. Ascending paralysis, weakness beginning in the feet and hands and migrating towards the trunk, is the most typical symptom...
in junior high school. Since then Mima has returned to sports and competed seven times at the Japan National Track and Field Competition. She competes on the track and field team with a high jump of 1.65 m., approaching her own height of 1.73 m. Shortly after losing her grandmother, who died when she slipped on the bathroom floor, Mima lost her father in a car accident before winning Miss Universe Japan 2008.
Miss Universe Japan
Hiroko Mima, a 21 year old physical education student from Tokushima in Western Japan, was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2008 on April 3, beating out 9 other finalists and a total of about 4000 entrants. Staged at the Tokyo International Forum, the final competition featured a "Fashion Island" performance. The 9 other contestants that competed against Hiroko Mima were: Kana Anan, Sayo Yamaguchi, Yukari Honna, Moe Aoki, Yuri Horita, Rui Watanabe, Yoshimi Sato, Chie Hirai, and Azusa Nishigaki.Miss Universe 2008
She was the official representative for Japan at the Miss Universe 2008Miss Universe 2008
Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008...
pageant which took place in Nha Trang
Nha Trang
Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khanh Hoa province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the North by Ninh Hoà district, on the East by the South China Sea, on the South by Cam Ranh town and on the West by Diên Khánh district...
, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
on July 14, 2008. She made the first cut by advancing to the top 15 on the finals competing in the swimsuit round, and was ultimately placed in the 14th position being the highest place Asian delegant to make the cut.
Hiroko Mima was trained for the pageant by her national pageant director Ines Ligron
Ines Ligron
Ines Ligron, a native of Montpellier, France, is the former director of Miss Universe Japan, an organization that has been described as "Japan's beauty queen factory."-Early life:...
, who also took Korea's candidate Sun Lee
Sun Lee
Lee Ji-sun , also known as Sun Lee in the Western media, is a South Korean who attended Parsons The New School for Design. She is the reigning Miss Korea 2007 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam with 79 other delegates.-Miss Korea 2007:Lee...
under her wing. Mima continued Japan's stake in the Miss Universe pageant by placing in the semifinal for a consecutive third time, despite not being favoured by numerous pageant sites as a potential semifinalist. Hiroko was the first contestant in the history of Miss Universe to wear a purse during the evening gown portion of the presentation show.
In 2009, Mima placed in Globalbeauties.com top 32 Grand Slam Beauties.
Post-Miss Universe
Hiroko Mima is now working as a professional model. Mima has recently trained and prepared Emiri MiyasakaEmiri Miyasaka
, a Japanese model, born on June 16, 1984, is a native of Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the Miss Universe 2009 pageant on August 23, 2009 held in Nassau, Bahamas and was unplaced.-Personal information:...
for Miss Universe 2009
Miss Universe 2009
Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009. It was the first time back to back victories in Miss Universe history: Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela, was crowned Miss Universe 2009 by outgoing titleholder Dayana...
.