Kurara Chibana
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Kurara Chibana (知花 くらら, Chibana Kurara) is a Japanese philosophy student and model.
Chibana is known for her participation in Miss Universe 2006 where she represented Japan. She won the best national costume award, and finished second in the competition. She has conquered Japan's best result in last three years who surpass Miyako Miyazaki, Miss Universe 2003 4th Runner-up and the 2nd best result in all times who lost to Akiko Kojima, Miss Universe 1959
Background
24-year old Kurara Chibana was born on March 27th, 1982, a native of Naha City (the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, which competed at Miss Universe in the late 1960s separately from Japan). She is an educational-philosophy student at Sophia University.
Kurara now works as a feature reporter, flying around the world to interview unique people for a leading fashion magazine in Japan. She writes and takes photos of their lifestyles.
Personality
Kurara is an avid sportswoman who loves tennis and swimming. She is also a certified kickboxing instructor. When it comes to food, 'goya', which is a type of bittermelon is her favourite.
Her favorite song is 'Le Tourbillon' by Jeanne Moreau and favorite movie is 'Une Femme' by Claude Lelouch. According to her, 'Une Femme' is her favorite movie because her favorite actors are Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimée. There is a scene in the film that is very romantic but sad at the same time, when the two lovers are together. The scene is in black and white, and the only sound that can be heared is the sound of the bed sheets rustling, something which she consideres very daring in the sixties.
She can also speak four languages: English, Spanish, French, and Japanese.