{"id":82314,"date":"2012-10-22T10:28:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T01:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29357"},"modified":"2016-04-01T03:06:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T18:06:55","slug":"tosu-saga-woman-crowned-miss-international","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/tosu-saga-woman-crowned-miss-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Tosu, Saga Woman Crowned Miss International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Tosu, Saga Prefecture won the 2012 Miss International Beauty Pageant. This years pageant was held in Okinawa and more than 60 women competed for the title. The Miss International Beauty Pageant prides itself on having contestants who serve as \u2018Ambassadors of Peace and Beauty\u2019. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ikumi-Yoshimatsu-2-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ikumi-Yoshimatsu-2-1.jpg?resize=554%2C368\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ikumi-Yoshimatsu-2-1\" width=\"554\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ikumi-Yoshimatsu-2-1.jpg?w=554&amp;ssl=1 554w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ikumi-Yoshimatsu-2-1.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yoshimatsu&#8217;s court was, First Runner-Up, Viivi Suominen (Finland), Second Runner-Up, Madusa Mayadunne (Sri Lanka), Third Runner-Up, Melody Mir (Dominican Republic), and rounding out the Top Five was Fourth Runner-Up, Nicole Huber (Paraguay).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ikumi-Yoshimatsu-02.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ikumi-Yoshimatsu-02.jpg?resize=554%2C880\" alt=\"\" title=\"Miss International 2012, Ikumi Yoshimatsu\" width=\"554\" height=\"880\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ikumi-Yoshimatsu-02.jpg?w=554&amp;ssl=1 554w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ikumi-Yoshimatsu-02.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ikumi-Yoshimatsu-01.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ikumi-Yoshimatsu-01-e1350869638492.jpg?resize=554%2C380\" alt=\"\" title=\"Miss International 2012, Ikumi Yoshimatsu\" width=\"554\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yoshimatsu has been on the pageant scene since 2007, when she participated in Miss Universe Japan. From there, she has entered and participated in various pageants, often earning a spot in the top selections but not winning, until now. The 25 year old beauty queen enjoys running, yoga, reading, watching movies, and her special skill is English. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun Oct 22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Tosu, Saga Prefecture won the 2012 Miss International Beauty Pageant. This years pageant was held in Okinawa and more than 60 women competed for the title. The Miss International Beauty Pageant prides itself on having contestants who serve as \u2018Ambassadors of Peace and Beauty\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":29358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-82314","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/82314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}