*anese beauty pageant contestant (born 1984)

Maiko Itai (板井 麻衣子, Itai Maiko, born 21 May 1984 in Ōita Prefecture) is a *anese beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Universe *an 2010 on 9 March 2010. Itai, the 13th Miss Universe *an, accepted the crown from Emiri Miyasaka, Miss Universe *an 2009.

She competed in Miss Universe 2010 in Las Vegas, but was unplaced.

History

Maiko is an alumna of Aveiro University, Portugal, where she studied English and Portuguese languages.

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