Japan's Nakagawa wins costume award at Miss International

Arisa Nakagawa of Japan wins the Best National Costume award in the final round of the 2015 Miss International beauty pageant contest in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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