article_snippet.sent: Ariana with her father Bryant Stanfield and a step sibling (left).
article_snippet.sent: From his home in Jacksonville, Arkansas, Ariana's father Bryant Stanfield, 43, said his face hurt from non-stop smiling since his daughter scooped the Miss Japan award from a line up of more 'typical' looking Japanese women earlier this month.
article_snippet.sent: his daughter being what and who his daughter is; there is not a second thought,' Mr Stanfield said.
article_snippet.sent: Ariana's father Bryant Stanfield, 43, says people in Japen will 'never be as proud of my daughter as I am' '
article_snippet.sent: After Mr Stanfield remarried and had three more children, Mr Stanfield remarried and had three more children were joined by Ariana more permanently three years ago when Ariana stayed in Arkansas for two years to learn English and attend US high school.