Sari Nakazawa is Miss Universe Japan 2016

Sari Nakazawa from Shiga was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2016 on 1st March 2016 in the national capital of Japan ,Tokyo. Nakazawa succeeds Ariana Miyamoto from Nagasaki, Miss Universe Japan 2015. Sari will now represent Japan at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant.

During the pageant Sari said that Audrey Hepburn is the most influential person in her life. "She is not only beautiful on the outside but also on the inside and she did a lot of charity works."

Miss Universe 2016 Candidates here

Ariana Miyamoto Miss Universe Japan 2015 with Sari Nakazawa Miss Universe Japan 2016

The Miss Universe Japan pageant was created in 1998 in response to Japan’s then-recent lack of finalists at Miss Universe. It is a branch from the former Miss Japan pageant. Until 2007, the organisation managed to produce one winner – Akiko Kojima in 1959 – two top 5 runners-up and one top 15 semifinalist at the Miss Universe pageant. They finally won a second Miss Universe Crown in 2007 with Riyo Mori.

Miss Universe Japan 2016 Final Results