Miss Nippon (Japan) 2009 is Marino Miyata

The 17 year old Marino Miyata won the Grand Prix Miss Nippon 2009 Beauty Pageant (Miss Japan 2009) held at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo last January 26. Marino is a student from Tokyo and she was the 4th high school student in the history of the Miss Nippon Contest to win crown.

Special Awards:
* Sponichi Special Prize (Ms. Internet) - Yusa Kato, 19
* Miss Kimono - Ran Matsumoto, 25
* Miss Nature - Ayasa Sadahiro, 25
* Miss Marine Day - Yu Ikenaga, 20
* Miss Sky Day - Yayoi Hamachi, 24