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Apr 15 2008 14 Comments

Aki Hoshino’s fleshy fruit

Promoting oranges is presumably not easy, as, even in the far from exciting world of fruit, the citrusy snack is not exactly special. Still, Sunkist’s plan of producing an Orange Day Princess was novel if nothing else, and Aki Hoshino proudly appeared as the publicity pin-up.

Aki Hoshino

Plus, despite her knockers, the 31-year-old model pulled off a passable job at posing with the product, as well as cleverly quipping, “I’d like to marry by 40, which is the age when I’d look good in a wedding dress. Like oranges, please ‘eat me’ before I go bad.”

Aki Hoshino

The only trouble is, with Hoshino more famous for her melons, the message may well get a bit muddled.

Aki Hoshino

Categorized: Food and Drink

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  1. Toby says

    4/15/2008 at 7:10 pm

    They do look juicy!! 😉

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  2. Mikeachim says

    4/15/2008 at 7:34 pm

    “Please eat me before I go bad.”

    Oh dear. 🙂

    Well, that’s a phrase that is guaranteed to make her very popular with men. I suppose that’s good publicity for oranges.

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  3. gordon says

    4/15/2008 at 9:25 pm

    yum yum. sweet~ (‘~’)

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  4. billywest says

    4/16/2008 at 2:24 am

    I haven’t had an orange in over a year. Think I’ll go to the store and get some.

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  5. Soka says

    4/16/2008 at 5:10 am

    Oh guys, please stop drooling 😀

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  6. Bunny says

    4/16/2008 at 7:30 pm

    ORANGES…..!!! ORANGES…!!! Me, must have the oranges! I needs the ORANGES…!!! They are my precious!!!

    …Will you marry me, Aki?

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  7. Bunny says

    4/16/2008 at 7:31 pm

    …At least we know that Aki Hoshino doesn’t have Scurvy.

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  8. The Truth says

    4/17/2008 at 3:07 am

    I wouldn’t mind sucking on those juicy oranges.

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  9. Mohammad says

    1/14/2009 at 4:15 am

    I Love You,I want to get married with you.Do you like me???

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  10. hampian king says

    8/20/2009 at 5:36 pm

    ooooooo~~~i just like juicy…oranges!!!!

    im gonna lick and suck on those juicy melon…i mean oranges~

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  11. asdjnewj says

    12/19/2009 at 9:44 am

    Someone should have told me about this… because I love oranges!

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  12. Rick says

    5/12/2010 at 9:00 am

    PLZ, eat, suck, I’m an orange… Looks SO good…

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  13. farhad says

    11/29/2011 at 6:19 am

    hi aki buaty you

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