Miss Universe 2007 Joins Heroes

The winner of the 2007 Miss Universe pageant in Mexico will be joining the cast of Heroes for their second season. 20 year old Riyo Mori, from Japan, is set to play the love interest of a main character on the show, most likely Hiro's. Hiro was last seen teleported back to ancient Japan surrounded by Samurai warriors. Mori recently told Yahoo.com about her audtion/casting experience:

"As soon as I won Miss Universe, I had this big chance," Mori tells Yahoo.com. "I've never acted before. I went to the casting audition and read a script in English and Japanese, and they said it was really good.

"It's funny, because I've never been surrounded by so many people, so many cameras," she adds. "Japanese people never cared about beauty pageants before. But this is a huge thing in Japan now."