Miss World 2016 contestants
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Priyanka Yoshikawa | |
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| Born | Priyanka Ghosh 20 January 1994 |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss World Japan 2016 |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss World Japan 2016 (Winner) Miss World 2016 (Top 20) |
| Relatives | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh (great-grandfather) |
Priyanka Yoshikawa (吉川 プリアンカ, Yoshikawa Purianka, born Priyanka Ghosh; 20 January 1994) is a Japanese interpreter and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Japan 2016.[1] She is the second hāfu or multiracial woman to be Miss Japan after Ariana Miyamoto, who won the Miss Universe Japan title in 2015. She is of mixed Japanese and Indian descent.[2]
Yoshikawa's mother is Japanese and her father is Bengali Indian. Her great-grandfather Prafulla Chandra Ghosh was a politician and the first Chief Minister of the Indian state of West Bengal.[3][4]
Yoshikawa was born in Tokyo. From ages 6 to 9, she lived in Sacramento, California. She also lived in Kolkata for one year before returning to Japan.[5] She speaks fluent English, Bengali and Japanese. Before becoming Miss World Japan 2016, she worked as a translator and art therapist and also has a license to train elephants.[4]
In 2020, Yoshikawa launched MUKOOMI, a CBD-based wellness and skincare line.[6]
On 6 September 2016, Yoshikawa was crowned as Miss World Japan 2016 (Miss Japan 2016). She competed at Miss World 2016 pageant on December in United States and placed in the top 20.[7][8]