(CNN) -- Riyo Mori is a classically trained ballet dancer who won the 2007 Miss Universe beauty pageant. She talks to CNN about Tokyo, dancing and baseball. Trained ballet dancer Riyo Mori was crowned Miss Universe in 2007. CNN: What made you decide to enter the Miss Universe competition? Riyo Mori: My Grandmother. Japan, 50 or 60 years ago, was very conservative. Women had to stand behind men and never talk, never give an opinion -- and my grandma was different. I love her so much. She found out that there was Miss Universe Japan and that's how everything started. She said, "Riyo, you're young, you can dance, you can teach dancing, you love it, it's good -- but maybe you should see a different world. Just go for it." And I said, 'OK' and now I'm here.
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Riyo Mori says her grandmother convinced her to enter Miss Universe
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She says Tokyo has a very mixed culture and the city never sleeps
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She wants to teach young people to be patient and happy, through dancing
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Tokyo is a great place to shop -- especially Ginza and Harajuko, she says
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