Brazil’s consul general in Nagoya meets Miss Nikkey 2009 Bruna Matsumura
Ricardo Drummond de Mello, in the post since February 2010, congratulated the organizers weeks before the ninth Miss Nikkey, set for April 25 in Komaki.
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In 2010, Brazil’s new consul general in Nagoya, Ricardo Drummond de Mello, met with producer Daniela Nishikawa and Miss Nikkey 2009 Bruna Matsumura. The meeting took place a week after his arrival in Japan. On that occasion, he learned about the reality of Brazilians in the country and congratulated the Miss Nikkey Japan organizers.
The diplomat’s career
A former Brazilian ambassador to Nicaragua, Drummond de Mello had also served at Brazilian government posts in Tokyo, Barcelona and Hong Kong. He took up the Nagoya post on Feb. 27, 2010, replacing Ambassador Geraldo Affonso Muzzi.
Muzzi, who headed the consulate in 2008, was one of those honored with the Citizenship and Honor to Merit Trophy at that year’s Miss Nikkey Centenário.
Countdown to the ninth Miss Nikkey
Bruna Matsumura was chosen as the most beautiful Nikkei woman in Japan on July 19, 2009. On April 25, 2010, she would return to the stage of the Komaki Shimin Kaikan to pass the sash and crown to her successor.
The organizers had already selected the 60 participants for the ninth Miss Nikkey, and registration for the men’s and children’s runway shows was still open. Admission to the event, in Komaki, was free.
In the photo, Miss Nikkey 2009 Bruna Matsumura and Brazil’s consul general in Nagoya, Ambassador Ricardo Drummond de Mello.
