Yui Hara, right, and Risa Kamiya

Japan's representatives appointed for Elite Model Look 2008

Tuesday 26th August, 10:41 AM JST

TOKYO —

A 19-year-old college student on Monday won the Elite Model Look 2008 competition and will represent Japan in the Elite Model Look World final in China in October. Yui Hara, 19, who is a 177-cm-tall college student in Kagoshima, won the Grand Prix in the fashion model section.

Risa Kamiya, 12, who lives in Okinawa, won the Grand Prix for the entertainment section. The event is organized by the Elite model agency whose former models include Cameron Diaz and Naomi Campbell.

12 Comments

Sarge at 11:00 AM JST - 26th August

I approve of the Elite Model Look 2008 competition.
soldave at 11:07 AM JST - 26th August

Best Elitist Modelist Lookists 2008
wanderlust at 12:01 PM JST - 26th August

soldave - you beat me to it, LOL, but you can't use Elitist - it's a real word!
Kijimuna at 01:10 PM JST - 26th August

I am deelighted to see this up in JT's headline section one slot above Speaker Pelosi's visit to Japan. It warms my heart to see JT drawing attention to the fact that that may have finally found someone for that one guy in Yojimbo to marry. May I add that I am thrilled to see a 12 year-old in a sundress getting such attention. Looking forward to your comments fellas!
soldave at 01:10 PM JST - 26th August

Damn... I knew something sounded correct in that sentence! Let's Best Eliting Modelist Lookists 2008!
Sarge at 02:25 PM JST - 26th August

Both Risa's hair and dress are too long. Well, since she's 12, I guess it's OK! I do like the color and pattern of her dress.
Nessie at 02:42 PM JST - 26th August

Confirming my hypothesis that the ugger factor increases exponentially with height, particularly for j-girls.
Kameleon at 03:36 PM JST - 26th August

Whatever.
zurcronium at 03:50 PM JST - 26th August

So Nessie, your ideal J woman is 100 centimeters?

I do tend to agree that the taller J girls do fall victim to the Larry Bird effect.
Nessie at 06:41 PM JST - 26th August

Zurc, brilliant! The perfect name for it. I'm glad we're sympatico. My ideal woman is lovely and talented. It just so happens that such women tend to be the shorter ones, here in j-land. Luckily I don't have the sei-taka fechi a lot of guys do.
Nessie at 10:00 PM JST - 26th August

Zurc, let's go halves on credit. We can call it the Larry J-Bird Principle: Any increase in height beyond 5'8" correlates with a proportional increase in ugliness squared.
martyman at 04:08 PM JST - 27th August

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, In this case they did good. I wish her the best for the compitetion in China.