[Bouncr: 3v394] A Lot Of People Are Very Upset A Half-Indian Woman Won The Miss Japan

"When a Japanese is mixed, the face always becomes dirty. She's the most disappointing Asian race," one tweet read.

On Monday, half-Indian, half-Japanese Priyanka Yoshikawa was crowned Miss World Japan.

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This is the second year in a row that a mixed race woman has won the pageant. In 2015, half-African American, half-Japanese Ariana Miyamoto was crowned Miss Universe Japan.

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"Before Ariana, haafu girls couldn't represent Japan... That's what I thought too. I didn't doubt it or challenge it until this day. Ariana encouraged me a lot by showing me and showing all mixed girls the way."

"We are Japanese," she said. "Yes I'm half Indian and people are asking me about my purity – yes my dad is Indian and I'm proud of it, I'm proud that I have Indian in me. But that does not mean I'm not Japanese."

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