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Kurara Chibana
Chibana in 2006, Tokyo
Born	Kurara Chibana Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Alma mater	Sophia University
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)^{[citation needed]}
Spouse	Ryuji Kamiyama (m. 2017)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Universe Japan 2006
Hair color	Black^{[citation needed]}
Eye color	Brown^{[citation needed]}
Major competition(s)	Miss Universe Japan 2006 (Winner) Miss Universe 2006 (1st Runner-Up) (Best National Costume)

Kurara Chibana (知花くらら, Chibana Kurara, born March 27, 1982) ^[1] is a Japanese humanitarian, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2006 and competed at Miss Universe 2006 where she finished as the 1st Runner-Up.

Miss Universe 2006

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Chibana participated in Miss Universe 2006 where she represented Japan. She won the Best National Costume Award for her samurai-themed outfit designed by the artist Yuichi Miyagawa and the designer Yoshiyuki Ogata, and was the first runner-up. During the final, Chibana wore a black evening gown exhibiting intricate latticework designed by Olivier Theyskens for Rochas, and at the preliminaries, Chibana sported a unique red and pink-hued gown with silver corseting designed by Novespazio.

Personal information

Chibana was an educational-philosophy student at Sophia University.^[2] She got her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2006.^{[citation needed]} She turned down a job offer from a publishing company in order to compete in the Miss Universe Japan pageant, which was held on April 25, 2006, in Tokyo. Kurara now^[when?] works as a feature reporter, flying around the world to interview people for a leading fashion magazine in Japan. She writes and takes photos of their lifestyles.^[3] She speaks four languages: English, Spanish, French, and Japanese.^[4]

Since October 2006, she has appeared regularly on the Nippon Television show "News Zero", reporting from both domestic and international locations, and launched her endorsement career as a spokesperson for more than four^[vague] world-famous brands in 2007.^[5] She is the spokeswoman for Maybelline New York's Angelfit Make-Up.^[6] In late December, Global Beauties named Kurara as the Sexiest Woman Alive 2006, a title formerly held by her co-patriot/beauty diva, Miyako Miyazaki.

In December 2013, Chibana was elected as the Japanese Ambassador for United Nations World Food Program because of her contributions to the organization as a celebrity partner.^[7]

In October 2017, Chibana announced that she had married Ryuji Kamiyama.^[8]