Miss Universe Japan's garb breaks tradition. Photo: Jun Sato, WireImage
As first reported over at Beauty In Pageants blog, the recently crowned Miss Universe Japan, Emiri Miyasaka, is causing quite the stir in both her homeland and abroad after revealing a risky getup that she supposedly planned to don during the preliminaries of the Miss Universe 2009 competition, set for August 23 in the Bahamas.
The porny oufit -- complete with hot pink garters and matching panties peaking out from under a polka dot kimono -- was supposed to be worn in the "National Costume" portion of the competition, where each contestant shows off the sartorial styles of her country.
Whether or not this outfit is going to hurt Miyasaka's chances of making it to the finals, the Director for Miss Universe Japan, Ines Ligron, doesn't seem to care.
On her blog, Ligron said the outfit was an "original concept of her team of designers and stylists" dreamt up to "[create] a big PR buzz around the world." She also pointed to the stunt as a way to reinvent beauty pageants to not be so "safe and politically correct."
"The conservative and fashion dinosaurs are criticizing her costume, meanwhile the fashionistas love it."
Okay, fashionistas, how much do you really love it?