Fabulous Hats/Chapeaux by Jacques le Corre, Paris

 end of the shoot….

Je suis une fan!

Avec mon amie tres chic Francoise Morechand a la soiree du Festival du Film Francais au Grand Hyatt le 16 Mars.

!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KURARA !!!!!!!!!

 

WE YOU VERY MUCH,

YOUR TEAM YUKA, TAKAKO, YOSHIKO, ASAMI AND INES

OMEDETO GOZAIMASU KURARA CHAN!!! 

Kurara receives the BULGARI BRILLIANT DREAMS AWARD 2007 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The stunning gardens of the Mitsui Club in Tokyo

Kurara with designer Don Konishi and finalist Anna Sado

My friends Tina & Bobby Bhatia. They flew from Hong Kong to attend Casino Finale. Forever friends!

My stylish-partner-in-crime Takako, who in in charge of our business partners at MUJ since the past 3 years. Thanks Marielle for treating us VIP, it was a lot of fun indeed.

2007/3/28 25ans “”"A Muse, Kurara to wear Celine’s new collection”" ミューズ　知花くららとセリーヌの華麗なる関係（仮）” 6-7 pages

News paper 2007/3/30 NIKKEI “Semi-annual feature topics about fashion titled “”Cool Samurai Femme Vol.2″”. Kurara will appear on the cover page as well as interview page. 『Cool samurai Femme Vol.2』。日経が年2回別刷りで発行するファッション特集の表紙とインタビューページに出演。” 2 pages

TV 2007/4/14 21:00 – 21:54 “Sekai Fushigi Hakken (世界不思議発見）” “Kurara will appear as one of the answerer. 回答者として出演”

Magazine 2007/3/23 VOCE “Asience’s tie-up editorial (アジエンス　タイアップ広告）” 4 PAGES

Magazine 2007/5/12 AR “Asience’s tie-up editorial and interview page including the cover page （アジエンス　タイアップ広告と表紙＆インタビュー）” 8 PAGES

Magazine 2007/4/23 MAQUIA “Michiko Fujiwara to produce “”Changing the beautiful women’s image”" （藤原美智子がプロデュース、「変身」こそ女のロマン！” 2 PAGES

Magazine 2007/4/12 VINGTAINE “”"Female V”", a regular page to feature topical woman. 意思のある生き方、彼女のまなざしFemale V” 4 pages

Magazine 2007/4/11 TARZAN “Tarzan Style 2007 to feature women’ fashionable life style with fashionable sports wear. 「ターザンスタイル2007」ファッショナブルなスポーツウェアを着て体を鍛えるファッショナブルなライフスタイルを提案。” 10 pages

Magazine 2007/4/28 WITH “Entame Shun File, which features 2 – 3 persons drawing attention (エンタメ旬フファイル）” 1 page

Magazine 2007/5/7 BOAO “Secret of Kurara’s beauty in the feature topics about how to shape up your body before summer”" (“夏までに体作り”企画内の、『知花くららの美と健康の秘密に迫る』” 4 pages

Magazine 2007/4/15 SEVENTEEN “”"BIJIN Book”" (中綴じ企画　美人BOOK)” 6 pages

TV 2007/3/29 22:53 – 24:55 NEWS ZERO Live. Kurara reports about breast cancer in Japan.

Those photos have not been retouched.

I received them from the photographer after the shoot. 

Special thanks to VOCE magazine (on sale now)

photos by great fashion photographer Hajime Watanabe

 

at Josh’s studio

 

what I love about riyo, is her frreshness, her focus and her big-warm heart. She is one of the sweetest girl I know since I arrived in Japan. There is something about her that tells you there is only love in her heart.

 

Also, she is a lot of fun and makes everyone happy around her, she always laugh and she is……….a dancing-queen! She is lots of fun to go out with trust me!

 

On Wednesday we will celebrate Kurara’s birthday at my home with the finalists and MUJ team. I will prepare good food and good music. Will post pictures on my blog later on.

Dear Ines Hello,Ines!

I have posted up Riyo’s blog, but my comment and her entry were removed. She wrote about suicide and I commented the entry.I know,my comment was too personally for her blog and it was not proper her entry. But I feel sorry she make no excuse for erasing my comment. Even if my comment had a trouble, I wanted her excuse. Have you removed her entry and my comment? And are you going to erase Suga’s comment? If this was the case, you will disappoint me.

Well, Riyo is a very beautiful girl! I think she is amazing too. But the way I read her blog, she is still immature. Her opinion about suicide was a too childish. Of course, she is still young and cannot help her doing that. So please teach her many things and make her to be Miss Universe!! I think that she need more intelligence. I hope that she has a keen awareness of the problem. Because she is MUJ 2007!! And I want to cheer Riyo and you!!

Please do your best!! Good luck

posted by hana 2007-03-22 15:43:35

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Dear Hana, I

 have not seen Riyo’s post about suicide, also I do not know what she wrote about it and neither your comment. I am sure something happened and I will ask Riyo personally.

As you wrote, Riyo is still very young and maybe she felt that this is actually a topic which is very serious. How can you talk or describe feeling with accuracy when you are a young girl who never experience the desire to stop your life? I am not sure about the situation and again I will check and surely come back to you or even better Riyo personally.

Kurara, Riyo and my blogs are all open to comments even if they hurt. You can remember how much Kurara was batched after her success at Miss Universe. She was really mad when one of my staff deleted the bad comments from her blog. She wants people to be able to reach her in any way, good or bad. She wants to feel that people can communicate with her directly. Too many icons or celebrities in Japan are untouchable. If you check any celeb’s blog you will never find a way to post a comment. We feel that this is wrong, communication has to be both way. Kurara and Riyo wishes to have a direct contact with people and their fans, and I am very proud of it.

Hana, I would like to help or talk about suicide with you if you want. My best friend when I was 22 killed herself, and she died in front of my eyes. Also I can tell you best how devastated people left behind feel that is for sure.

When my little son was injured after receiving a vaccine, and could not even recognize me, I thought about suicide, but instead I decided to fight for him and to bring him back. Now he knows me, loves me, and he is on his way to complete recovery, but I worked day and night on the side of my business to “repair” him.

In each of us there is an incredible amount of love and energy that can surpass the desire of death. In my case it was even harder because I do not believe in God, also I had zero emotional relieve. I would like to share this video with you Hana, this has been my journey with my son Luca, in a different way but emotionally the same. Celebration of love and LIFE against temptation of death, I hope it will inspire you.

see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flRvsO8m_KI&NR

With my warmest wishes and regards to you Hana,

Ines

have you seen this video?

http://www.missuniversejapan.com/finalists_movie_ritz.html

It was shot at the Ritz Carlton a month ago. I filmed the footage at the swimming pool. This is my vision of sensuality. I hope you enjoy it like i did filming it.

Chris Campbell filmed the walking in the hallway and he edited the video. 

Amazing Riyo in the most gorgous swimsuit in the world, La Perla!

 

Also see the CASINO FINALE movie by Chris.

Top page of www.missuniversejapan.com

 

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Chroegraphies by the amazing Milly Keller from London. Thank you so much Milly for your great work as always since the past 10 years that we work together.

Swimsuits by La Perla

Together with the most fabulous Italian fur coats designed by Michele Sciretti. If you are interested contact Cleda at 03-34571116 (Tokyo)