The scandal raised questions about what it means to be Japanese in a country where homogeneity and conformity are still valued.
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00:00 The Ukrainian-born winner of this year`s Miss Japan beauty pageant has renounced her crown
00:06 and resigned from her modeling agency after a magazine reported that she`d been having
00:10 an affair with a married man.
00:13 Initially, Karolina Shino confirmed the relationship, but said she did not know he was married.
00:20 But later she admitted this was not true and apologized to his family.
00:24 Miss Japan organizers accepted her renunciation and left the slot for the 2024 winner empty.
00:45 Shino has lived in Japan since moving to the country at the age of five.
00:49 She`s widely being criticized on social media, but the affair has also raised questions about
00:54 why she was the only one to be blamed for it.
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