The reality of growing up half Indian in Japan

Meet Priyanka, an Indian-Japanese entrepreneur who sits down to talk to us about her life growing up as a hafu in Japan. She tells us about being the only hafu in Japanese school, winning Miss World Japan in 2016, her time on reality TV show Love is Blind Japan, and her work as a model and entrepreneur.

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0:00 Intro

0:50 Meet Priyanka

4:46 Moving to California

12:22 Moving back to Japan

14:14 Bullying in Japanese schools

25:53 Becoming a model

30:51 Entering Miss World Japan

34:57 The elephant trainer thing

40:27 Winning as a hafu

50:56 Start as an entrepreneur

1:03:03 Love is Blind

1:16:35 Moving to London

1:20:22 Learning ikebana

1:25:02 Looking back

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