13 things about Miss Universe 2007 Riyo Mori

Riyo Mori (森理世) is the second Miss Universe from Japan. The first one is Akiko Kojima, who was crowned in 1959.

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BIOGRAPHY

Mori is a Japanese actor, dancer, model and beauty queen born in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Japan. Here are 13 more things about her:

She attended the Quinte Ballet School of Canada in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.
She graduated from Centennial Secondary School in Belleville, Ontario.
She and her husband Brent Kaspar, an American attorney, have one daughter together.
She finished 11th grade at Mount Douglas Secondary School in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
She won Miss Universe Japan 2007.
She won Miss Universe 2007.
She starred in the 2007 MTV show “Pageant Place”.
In 2010, she appeared in the VH1 reality show “The Price of Beauty”.
She was a Miss Universe 2016 preliminary competition judge.
In 2018, she married Kaspar.
She was a Miss Universe 2019 judge.
In 2021, she became a mother.
On December 24, 2024, she turned 38.

Mori is 5’8¹⁄₂ tall. She speaks Japanese and English.

On March 15, 2007, she competed against 11 other Miss Universe Japan 2007 candidates at Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo, Japan and won the title.
On May 28, 2007, she represented Japan at Miss Universe 2007 and competed against 76 other candidates at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Mexico. She won the title.
She, Tara Conner, Rachel Smith and Katie Blair starred in the reality television series “Pageant Place”, which was filmed in New York City, New York, United States and aired on MTV from October 10, 2007 to November 28, 2007.
On April 3, 2008, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Japan 2008 Hiroko Mima at Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo.
On July 14, 2008, she crowned her successor Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

On January 26, 2017, she served as a judge in the preliminary competition of Miss Universe 2016 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines.
In May 2018, she attended the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France wearing Hoang Hai couture.
On August 28, 2018, she and Kaspar got married.
On December 8, 2019, she served as a judge at Miss Universe 2019 at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

On October 30, 2021, she gave birth to her daughter.
On August 29, 2024, she accompanied her daughter in her daughter’s first day in preschool.
In October 2024, she and her daughter visited Napa, California, USA.
In February 2025, she and her daughter traveled to Tokyo.