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Could the most infamously blacklisted Pokémon of all time be hiding under that Pikachu costume?
May Miat Noe, a native of Myanmar and (brief) champion of the 2014 Miss Asia Pacific beauty pageant has apparently gone on the lam after contest authorities attempted to revoke both her winner status and her extremely pricey prize tiara, which the 18-year-old squirreled away with her before falling off the radar.
The Korean contest organizers claim that Noe’s status was revoked after it was discovered she’d apparently lied on her profile about… something (the agency appears reluctant to specify), and that she’d “been rude” to staff and extended a 10 day visit for her mother – which the agency paid for – to Seoul, where the contest was held, into a three-month sojourn.
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Our Japanese language reporter visits a U.K. sushi chain, is blown away by its original “sushi”
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Terrace House funnyman Ryota Yamasato now married to Japanese actress Yu Aoi
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