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Japan's representatives appointed for Elite Model Look 2008

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Whatever.

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Confirming my hypothesis that the ugger factor increases exponentially with height, particularly for j-girls.

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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.

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Damn... I knew something sounded correct in that sentence! Let's Best Eliting Modelist Lookists 2008!

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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!

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soldave - you beat me to it, LOL, but you can't use Elitist - it's a real word!

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Best Elitist Modelist Lookists 2008

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I approve of the Elite Model Look 2008 competition.

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