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Arrogant and dumb slam Miss Universe Riyo Mori |
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 Riyo Mori, the 2007 Miss Universe, is copping a beating from the domestic media, according to Shukan Shincho.
"There were loads of reporters who saw her who said the first thing that came to mind was 'How the hell did she become Miss Universe?'" an entertainment beat reporter tells Shukan Shincho. "I thought that making up her eyes to emphasize her 'Oriental Exoticism' isn't a look that really appeals to Japanese.
"What really shocked me was the arrogant way she went about things. She used a microphone to point at the reporters asking her questions, and the way she stood with her hands on her hips as she talked created a bad impression. That might be the way they do things in America, but a female Japanese performer would never act that way.
She looked down on Japan, too, by saying that she had no idea who her favorite Japanese performer was. And when one reporter asked her what it felt like to have been chosen as the world's most beautiful women, she spat, 'That's a mistake. Miss Universe is not a beauty contest.' That got most of the reporters tittering."
Mori is apparently taking steps to try and gain some popular support.
"She's contacting all the biggest talent agencies to find out if they're interested in putting her on their books. Miss Universe has to spend a year traveling around the world and helping out with AIDS charities, so any concrete moves won't be able to come out until the year after next," a TV industry insider says.
Mori can take heart from the success of Kurara Chibana, the runner-up in last year's Miss Universe contest who now works as a reporter for a TV current affairs program called "News Zero." But the entertainment beat reporter is not too bullish about the 20-year-old beauty queen's chances in Japan's cutthroat entertainment world. Read more from the source / Arrogant and dumb: Local celeb hacks slam Miss Universe Riyo Mori / mainichi-msn.co.jp
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