Karolina Vero, a Ukrainian model who was named "Miss Japan 2024", gave up the title according to the updated information on the official website of the beauty pageant Miss Japan on the 5th, ORICON NEWS reported.
Carolina's acting agency said she admitted to being knowingly dating a married man.
Karolina had previously been photographed dating a married man. Weekly Wen Chun quoted people familiar with the matter as saying: "Carolina is dating a doctor in her 40s. At first she was just eating together, but the relationship was getting closer and closer, and [Carolina] invited the man to his home."
Carolina cheated on Tumo Maeda, a famous cosmetologist known as a "muscle doctor", who was a judge in the "Miss Universe" Japan division last year.
Maeda Tumo
After the scandal, Carolina's performing arts agency and the Miss Japan Beauty Pageant Association said, "the man claimed to be divorced and Carolina did not destroy the marriage."
However, the performing arts firm said in a statement on the 5th, "it is a great pity that after confirming with me again, I found that the facts are inconsistent with the previously released information." In the course of her relationship, Carolina knew that the other person was still married, but continued to date each other. "
Karolina Verono, who was named "Miss Japan" on January 22. Picture from Japanese media
According to the report, Carolina has applied to the firm and the association to dissolve the relationship and give up the title of "Miss Japan", both of which have been accepted. Carolina also apologized to all parties concerned in a statement.
Carolina came to Japan when she was 5 years old. Her parents are Ukrainians. She acquired Japanese nationality in 2022.
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