Famous People of Japan
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Akiko Kojima (児島 明子, Kojima Akiko; born October 29, 1936) is a Japanese model and beauty queen. She was crowned Miss Universe 1959, making her the first Japanese and Asian woman to win the title, as well as the first Asian person to win a major beauty pageant title.

Source: “Akiko Kojima”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt