article_snippet.sent: The 20-year-old  was born and raised in Japan, speaks fluent Japanese, and was last month chosen to represent The 20-year-old   country in the Miss Universe pageant.
article_snippet.sent: Ariana Miyamoto, 20, was crowned Japan Japan last month, but has faced horrific racial abuse growing up .
article_snippet.sent: As a youngster (right) her grew up in Japan .
article_snippet.sent: Some critics of Ariana's win have complained her is a mixed race 'hafu' and not Japanese enough .
article_snippet.sent: But the beauty queen had to use her first television appearance after her selection to apologetically explain to reporters that while her doesn't 'look Japanese' on the outside, on the inside there are 'many Japanese things about her'.
article_snippet.sent: Many in Japan have expressed hostility to Ariana's title win as they expected the award to go to a 'pure' Japanese woman and not a 'hafu', meaning half Japanese, which has echoes of the discredited term 'half-caste'. '
article_snippet.sent: Ariana says Ariana is 'Japanese through and through.
article_snippet.sent: Ariana will represent Japan at Miss Universe having fought Ariana way to the top despite racial prejudice .
article_snippet.sent: The beauty queen win has generated in Japan. '
article_snippet.sent: The beauty queen will represent Japan very well,' his told MailOnline. '
article_snippet.sent: so I'm proud of my daughter sticking it out in Japan and doing what my daughter did - becoming Miss Japan.'
article_snippet.sent: After returning from the US, Ariana started a career in modelling in Japan.
highlights_snippet.sent: Ariana Miyamoto was born and raised in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Has faced hostility for not being a 'pure Japanese' beauty pageant winner .
  