From the Miss Universe website about their participants, this is what they wrote about her....LOL.

Yuumi Kato, 22 years old, was born in Japan and raised in Malaysia. Yuumi has a very unique background and had many challenges growing up with an underprivileged background. She was required to stop formal education at the age of 13 and was sent to a remote island in Malaysia to survive on her own. There, she had to forage for food in the jungle and sea. At the age of 14, she struggled to fit into society without any formal education. She had to work to support herself and her family. As a result, she became independent at an early age and was able to stand up to society's prejudices.

WTF.....

I also cannot find any info on her parents racial background but she definitely is not typical "Japanese".

hnnggggggghhhhh

I just found out that Miss Universe Japan 2018 is raised in Malaysia from age 5-13 and she has a career here in Malaysia. Can speak malay too. I cannot find whether if her mother is Malaysian... But her looks does really look like Malay. What you guys think?

in before slow poke

remote lsland? maybe is something like those Peranakan or Iban lifestyle.
she could be from one of those island, beautiful island lahhh. where got remote.

Henry Golding's kampung also like remote village.

Yuumi has a very unique background and had many challenges growing up with an underprivileged background.
Trying to highlight to the world Msia plotek plotek no plotek her and now she success without plotek plotek