you can see it live on the Miss Universe website at www.missuniverse.com, It will be when the first round of judges will choose the 15 finalists to be announced on the final night on August 23rd.Check it out from 9 am Tokyo time (5pm USA PST time).Emiri will be wearing her evening gown specially designed by Nicolas Felizola. The gown is a unique piece of art and it took 2 months to create it. The unique aspect of this gown is that it is ECO-Friendly, created with a multitude of small pieces of nacre from the sea which are assembled together on pure silk. Emiri chose her accessories from the Versace spring/summer 2009 collection and her shoes by Patrizia Peppe.I spoke with her this morning for almost an hour, she is really excited for tonight competition. She said that she feels ready, she has been doing lots of abdominal exercises as well as push-ups every day since she arrived in Nassau. her body is at its best now. Her skin has not burn like others because she was prepared and that she takes tons of supplements and vitamins. Also, she has been monitoring her food really careful each days.We spoke for almost an hour, her English is getting much better and she starts to feel quite confident expressing herself in English now.She kept saying thank you to me for giving her this amazing opportunity to be in Nassau now competing with so many extraordinary young women. That she loves the Bahamas. She says that her life will definitely never be the same again and that she cannot wait to share her experience with other women in Japan throughout her interviews and her work with fashion magazines and television.oh… the good news is that FUJI TV (CX) as well as MAQUIA magazine will be in Nassau covering Emiri during the competition. (Last year it was NHK Special as well as Maquia).This will be all for tonight, it is already midnight in France right now and I am going to bed.A bientot, and do not forget to watch the show. I will sleep instead because I know that Emiri will do perfect.To all her fans, I know that she will make you proud!Love you Emiri chan gambate ne!