Miss Universe Japan
McNeil has written about Ariana Miyamoto and Naomi Osaka, two women who have both African and Japanese ancestry. Miyamoto was crowned Miss Universe Japan in 2015 and was the first half Japanese to represent Japan in the Miss Universe competition. (Her father is African American; her mother is Japanese.) Osaka, a tennis player, represents Japan in competition but did not grow up there. (Osaka's father is Haitian and her mother is Japanese.)