A new controversy has arisen regarding the 26-year-old beauty queen who won Miss Japan.
In fact, after facing embarrassment due to the revelation of her affair with a married man, she has returned her title. BBC reports that a local magazine exposed this matter, after which this whole controversy arose.
Karolina Shino, a 26-year-old model born in Ukraine but with Japanese citizenship, has returned the title after winning Miss Japan 2024.
According to The Japan Times, an article about her relationship with Takuma Maeda, a married doctor, was published in a monthly magazine called Shukan Bunshun.
At first, the organizers defended Shiino, claiming that she was unaware of his marriage. However, later, it was revealed that he dated her despite knowing about her marriage and he expressed regret for betraying her.
The model also publicly apologized for her actions on Instagram. “I want to deeply apologize for the inconvenience caused to Maeda’s wife, family, and everyone involved,” she writes in Japanese.
There were some discrepancies in what I explained to my agency the previous day. Confusion and fear made it impossible to tell the truth.
I really feel bad for everyone who made me win this title and I cheated them. “I take this situation seriously and have returned the Miss Japan Grand Prix.”
It is noteworthy that Shino was born in Ukraine, then at the age of five she went to Japan with her mother. Where his mother married someone else.
Shino won the title in the Miss Japan competition on January 22.