Thirteen year-old Trauden Naomi from Kyoto beat out twelve other finalists to win the 2013 Miss Teen Japan crown. Trauden is of mixed parentage, with a German father and a Japanese mother. She stands at 166cm (5�5) tall and weighs 48.5kg (107lbs). With her slender, long legs, she looks very much like a grown-up.

Miss Teen Japan is the sister pageant of Miss Universe Japan and is in its second year. Applicants had to be between 13-17 years old, and about 10000 people applied. Trauden won a prize of 500,000 yen and a trip to Hawaii. �On top of that, she will also get the opportunity to appear on TV, magazines and attend various activities as �Japan�s Teen Representative�. The winner last year, Sakaguchi Rikako has been active as a model and recently made her TV debut in Fuji TV�s drama series, �GTO�.

Trauden introduced herself in English and attempted a German tongue-twister during the pageant. She forgot the words of the tongue twister halfway through and got some help from her mom sitting in the audience, invoking much laughter from the rest of the audience. Her hobbies are piano and horse-riding. During the question and answer session, Trauden answered, �I get really nervous, and I want to overcome that.�

Trauden burst into tears at the moment her name was announced. When asked about her thoughts on winning, she said �My tears just came flowing out. Thank you.� She added, �Everybody is really cute, I didn�t think I would win. I�m at the edge of my happiness.�

Model Oshikiri Moe was there to root for the contestants and gave her take on the pageant, saying �Everybody gathered here had such great smiles and excellent special skills. They captured my heart. �I think the contestants are mature.� Trauden will be appearing as a model on the �2nd Tokyo Runway 2012� and asked for advice from Oshikiri about what to do if she were to fall on the runway. Oshikiri replied, "You should think it as a lucky accident (since you would attract attention), so it's better to just continue walking with a smile."

Coming in as runner-up is Metabi Kumi (15) and the special judges award went to Igeta Hiroe (15) .

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