“I want to start a revolution, I can't change things overnight but in 100–200 years, there will be very few pure Japanese left, so we have to start changing the way we think.”

— Ariana Miyamoto

12 May 2015 to Associated Free Press via Cosmopolitan http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a40403/ariana-miyamoto-miss-universe-japan/

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