Maria Kamiyama from Osaka (C) is congraturated by Miss Universe Japan finalists, Tomomi Takada from Shizuoka (L) and Naomi Kida from Miyazaki (R) after she was named as 2011 Miss Universe Japan during the final of the beauty pageant in Tokyo Fifteen contestants competed for the crown to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil on September 12 this year. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA