"MISS UNIVERSE Kojima Akiko made a lie of the belief that Japanese girls were too short of limb and underdeveloped by other standards to compete with the sisters overseas. The Miss Universe judges in 1960 acclaimed Akikio the fairest of all contestants from a hundred lands."

From: Eunson, Roby. 100 Years: The Amazing Development of Japan Since 1860. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd., 1965, p. 146.