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Miss Universe-Japan finalist is Manileña
Inquirer Global Nation | March 18th, 2012
Naomi S. Kida is perhaps the first Japino to make it to the finals of Miss Universe-Japan. Born in Tondo, Manila, in June 1988, she made it to the Top 5 of the beauty contest in Tokyo on June 17, 2011.
Naomi is the daughter of Cristina Rivera Santiaguel of Imus, Cavite and Masami Kida, president of a cement production company. Fluent in Japanese, English and Filipino, Naomi regularly visits the Philippines and stays in Almanza, Las Piñas, with her aunt.
"If I am back here and speak Tagalog, I have to change my [frame of] mind. It takes me one to two weeks to adjust"...more...