Maiko Itai

Maiko Itai (板井 麻衣子) is a Japanese model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Japan 2010 on 9 March 2010. Itai, the 13th Miss Universe Japan, accepted the crown from Emiri Miyasaka, Miss Universe Japan 2009.

She competed in Miss Universe 2010 in Las Vegas, but was unplaced.

History
Maiko is an alumna of Aveiro University, Portugal, where she studied English and Portuguese languages.