Grand prix winner Mitzuki Yamamoto

18-year-old wins first Tokyo Supermodel Contest

Monday 27th July, 12:50 PM JST

TOKYO —

An 18-year-old student is the winner of the first Tokyo Supermodel Contest, an event organized by CanCam and three other popular women’s fashion magazines. The grand prize was awarded Sunday to 18-year-old Mitzuki Yamamoto from Fukuoka, a slender 167-cm-tall high school student who was chosen out of 5,551 candidates.

Surrounded by AneCan veterans Yuri Ebihara, 29, and Moe Oshikiri, 29, the young model at first seemed worried. “Is it alright for me to stand up here?” she asked nervously. She later expressed her strong desire to take up an acting career.

Model and actress Anne, 23, smiled as she advised Yamamoto, “It may be difficult, but in the end, it’s really worth it.” Ebihara cautioned the budding model to watch out for paparazzi

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buddha4brains at 05:09 PM JST - 28th July

a bone rack, a beauty she ain't.
Toecutter at 06:13 PM JST - 28th July

Hey Presto3435

This girl is not a "... healthy looking girl ...", she needs at least an extra 3-4kg of muscle before she could be considered "healthy looking".

I would not want to see her modelling swimsuits, her pelvis would protrude in ways you just don`t want to look at. Not to mention the jutting rib cage.
presto345 at 07:46 PM JST - 28th July

In times and places where obesity has become the norm, "Healthy looking" has now a totally different meaning apparently.
OssanAmerica at 11:51 PM JST - 28th July

i thought that after some recent deaths from anorexia in the model >world, there were weight rules introduced for models, for example >minimum possible weight or BMI and models below that limit won't be >allowed to model. But I know this is Japan and the rules in the rest of >the world are not accepted here.

Wow, let's generalize here shall we? Those of us who have spent time in Japan have noticed that "in general" there are alot more slimmer girls in Japan than in the west, using the U.S. as an example. Some of us have also noticed that when a J-girl is really anorexic she doesn't look "skinny", she looks like a half dead stick figure. Finally, no country in the world is forced to accept customs, rules or even laws which prevail in other countries so your last comment is really dumb.
DenDon at 01:00 AM JST - 29th July

far too old
LoveUSA at 08:08 AM JST - 29th July

Wow, let's generalize here shall we?

I have been said 1000 times this expression "This is Japan, it is different." So yes, in a normal world, this woman is anorexic, but in Japan she is a supermodel.
LoveUSA at 08:09 AM JST - 29th July

PS. she looks as if she has spent 5 years in a German Jewish camp.
seesaw at 09:36 AM JST - 29th July

Seems some of you guys here are just too unhappy for others' success...ne...? Every profession has a rule and hers is just simple, be pretty and skinny.
Klein2 at 12:25 PM JST - 29th July

Pretty and skinny. I feel as sorry for these people as I do for sumo wrestlers. Of course there are professional burdens we must bear, but there is a point at which a body does not function correctly. Bone girls bother me more than sumo wrestlers, but I have sympathy for both.

Seems like a heck of a price to pay. She needs a sandwich, extra mayo and cheese.
dokachin at 12:49 PM JST - 29th July

Actually catwalk models have to be plain so that they can be transformed with make up. Good luck to her!
LoveUSA at 07:08 PM JST - 29th July

If a man is that skinny, he can never be a supermodel. My ideal for a supermodel is Kotoshu. However, women are pressed into becoming needles to become supermodels.
lostrune2 at 07:29 PM JST - 29th July

Her face doesn't seem too special... We'll see when the catwalk stylists have a go at her....
rei307 at 02:59 PM JST - 31st July

Hey, I'm sure she eats the same amount or more than any of you. I eat the same amount as my husband and sometimes more. I'm still skinner than him.
Monoflow at 05:52 PM JST - 1st August

It's a boy with long hair and girl clothes... What a sick world only depends on so-called beauty and fame... it's disgusting. Anyway, congrat to win the contest Mitzuki-chan...
notimpressed at 02:05 PM JST - 2nd August

bag o' bones