Cláudia Ando, Miss Nikkey Centenário, opens the Asakusa Carnival in Tokyo
The muse of the 2008 edition, Cláudia rode the main float, appeared on a Japanese TV show and was hired to promote the carnival.
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In August 2008, Cláudia Yuri Ando, Miss Nikkey Centenário, rode the main float that opened the Asakusa Carnival in Tokyo. She was the muse of the event, the Asakusa Samba Carnival 2008.
Besides the parade, Cláudia appeared on a Japanese TV show and took part in presenting the main awards. She was also hired to promote the event throughout the Japanese media.
Months earlier, on May 9, she had done a photo shoot in a professional studio in Tokyo for the carnival’s advertising campaign. According to Miss Nikkey Centenário’s schedule, the celebration had already been held in the city for more than two decades.
Cláudia was crowned Miss Nikkey Centenário on April 6, 2008, at the Komaki Shimin Kaikan in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, from among 100 contestants from all over Japan. As the winner, she was greeted by then-Crown Prince Naruhito, now Emperor of Japan, in Kobe, and met him again in Paraná, during his visit to Brazil.
American Airlines was the official sponsor of the 2008 Miss Nikkey Japan and Brazilian Festival.
Asakusa Carnival, the largest “Brazilian-style” carnival outside Brazil. Float opening the Asakusa Carnival The Asakusa district in Tokyo Cláudia Ando and Daniela Nishikawa
Miss Nikkey Cláudia Ando
