Miss Japan Winner Shino Carolina Resigns Amid Affair Controversy with Married Doctor

Shino Carolina (26) holding up her Japanese passport while announcing the news of her naturalization in September 2022. /Instagram

Sino Carolina (26) from Ukraine, who won the Grand Prix at the 2024 Miss Japan Contest, withdrew from the Grand Prix due to controversy over her affair with a married doctor.

The Miss Japan Association, the organizer of Miss Japan, announced on the 5th, “There was a suggestion from Shino herself that she would like to resign due to personal reasons.” With Shino’s resignation, this year’s Grand Prix position became vacant.

The association did not reveal a specific reason for the resignation, saying it was due to “personal circumstances,” but local analysis suggests that the rumor of Shino’s affair, which was reported in the Japanese magazine Shukan Bunshun immediately after the Miss Japan award, had an influence.

Shukan Bunshun previously reported on the 1st that Shino had been having an affair for nearly three years with Takuma Maeda (45), a cosmetic surgeon widely known in Japan by the nickname “muscle doctor.”

Immediately after the report, Shino said, “There is no fact of an affair.” Maeda said that while it was true that she “tried to hide that she was married and try to get close to Shino,” she said, “She did not consider divorce, so she refused to see him any more.”

2024 Miss Japan winner Shino Carolina poses with the trophy at the pageant held in Tokyo, Japan on January 22./Reuters News1

The Miss Japan Association also initially stated, like the two people’s explanation, that “this happened because a man with a wife and children approached the woman, saying he was ‘single,’ and we believe there is no fault on the woman’s part.”

However, the situation took a turn when Shino’s agency issued a statement on the 5th, saying, “It was revealed that there were facts different from what was announced,” and “After confirming the facts with him once again, it was very regrettable that facts were revealed that were different from what was announced.” done. At first, he met her only as a ‘divorced man’, but they continued their relationship even after finding out that he was married during their relationship.

Afterwards, on the Miss Japan website, in the name of the association president, “We are taking seriously our responsibility for causing a series of disturbances.” “We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused to the sponsors, judges, and officials who support the competition,” an apology statement was posted.

Shino won the Grand Prix at the ’56th Miss Japan Contest’ held in Tokyo on the 22nd. The Ukrainian native won the Grand Prix and became a hot topic in Japan. Both of Shino’s parents were Ukrainian, but after his mother divorced and remarried a Japanese man, he grew up in Japan from the age of five. He acquired Japanese nationality in 2022.

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2024-02-06 00:53:36