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Former Japanese Porn Actress Threatens to Expose Bride Over Dress Insult
Mikami Yua thought she was just wearing a nice dress. Then a bride-to-be found the star’s Instagram and they both went viral.
By Jay Andrew Allen
A Japanese woman on social media was livid when she discovered someone else was wearing “her” wedding dress. Her comments stirred a debate about prejudice against sex workers in Japan. It’s also earned the anonymous woman a wealthy enemy.
“That they’d lend it to a porn actress…”
The controversy started when former idol and porn actress Mikami Yua posted a picture to her Instagram account of herself wearing a dress. She had, it would turn out, rented the dress from specialty dress shop comel in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, for a guest appearance at a boat racing event.
Somehow, a bride-to-be found the post and went into a rage on the social media site X. Turns out she had been planning to rent the same dress for her wedding. (Note: No links included as the user has privated her account.)
It sucks that a porn actress wore the dress I was gonna wear to my…
