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{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name = Priyanka Yoshikawa
| birth_name = Priyanka Ghosh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| height = {{height|m=1.76}}
| hair_color = Black
| eye_color = Brown
| title = [[Miss World Japan|Miss World Japan 2016]]
| competitions = Miss World Japan 2016<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss World 2016]]<br>(Top 20)
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{{Nihongo|'''Priyanka Yoshikawa'''|吉川プリアンカ|Yoshikawa Purianka|born 20 January 1994 in [[Tokyo]]}} is a Japanese interpreter and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned [[Miss World Japan]] 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/half-indian-priyanka-yoshikawa-crowned-miss-japan-1454908|title=Half-Indian Priyanka Yoshikawa Crowned Miss Japan|publisher=|accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref> She is the second ''[[hāfu]]'' (multiracial) woman to be Miss Japan after [[Ariana Miyamoto]], who won the [[Miss Universe Japan]] title in 2015 and fourth who be turned a contestant after Ariana, Yusuke Fujita (Mister Global Japan 2016) and Yuki Sato (Mister World Japan 2016).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37283518|title=Miss Japan won by half Indian Priyanka Yoshikawa - BBC News|publisher=|accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref> Her mother is [[Japanese people|Japanese]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Japan won by half Indian Priyanka Yoshikawa - BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37283518|accessdate=10 September 2016|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=8 September 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Yoshikawa's mother is Japanese and her father is [[Bengalis|Bengali]] Indian. Her great-grandfather [[Prafulla Chandra Ghosh]] was a politician and the first [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister]] of [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kalerkantho.com/online/entertainment/2016/09/07/403079|title=বাংলাদেশি বংশোদ্ভুত প্রিয়াংকাকে নিয়ে ভারতে মাতামাতি - কালের কণ্ঠ|first=Kaler|last=Kantho|publisher=|accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="wsj">{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Karan Deep|title=New Miss Japan Priyanka Yoshikawa on Her Indian Origins: I Thought I Wasn't Normal|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/09/08/new-miss-japan-priyanka-yoshikawa-on-her-indian-origins-i-thought-i-wasnt-normal/|accessdate=10 September 2016|date=8 September 2016}}</ref>

Yoshikawa was born in [[Tokyo]]. From ages 6 to 9, she lived in [[Sacramento, California]]. She also lived in [[Kolkata]] for one year before returning to [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Half-Indian Priyanka Yoshikawa crowned Miss Japan, but not everyone’s impressed|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/half-indian-priyanka-yoshikawa-crowned-miss-japan-but-not-everyone-s-impressed/story-jXYLOiLgj6aC4x36xMtYNM.html|accessdate=10 September 2016|work=Hindustan Times|agency=AFP|date=5 September 2016}}</ref> She speaks fluent English, [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. Before becoming Miss World Japan 2016, she worked as a translator and art therapist and also has a license to train elephants.<ref name="wsj"/>

In 2020, Yoshikawa launched MUKOOMI, a CBD-based wellness and skincare line. <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=MUKOOMI online store|url=https://mukoomi.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

==Miss World Japan 2016==
On 6 September 2016, Yoshikawa was crowned as Miss World Japan 2016 (Miss Japan 2016). She competed at [[Miss World 2016]] pageant on December in [[United States]] and placed in the top 20.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/06/hafu-and-proud-miss-world-japan-won-by-mixed-race-woman-for-second-year|title='Haafu' and proud: Miss World Japan won by mixed-race contestant|first=Justin|last=McCurry|date=6 September 2016|publisher=|accessdate=10 September 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kalerkantho.com/online/entertainment/2016/09/06/402718|title=এবার মিস জাপান হলেন বাংলাদেশি কন্যা প্রিয়াঙ্কা - কালের কণ্ঠ|first=Kaler|last=Kantho|publisher=|accessdate=10 September 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{twitter|Miss_priyanka20}}
*[http://missworld.jp/?p=2267/ Miss World Japan]

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