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Ms Shiino had announced in Instagram earlier last year when she received Japanese nationality, saying that she "may not look Japanese", but her mind had "become Japanese" because she had grown up in Japan.
Source: Ukrainian-born model winning Miss Japan re-ignites identity debate by Shaimaa Khalil, BBC
The writer used the past perfect tense for "had grown up". Is it because the grown up happened before she made the statement?
Source: Ukrainian-born model winning Miss Japan re-ignites identity debate by Shaimaa Khalil, BBC
The writer used the past perfect tense for "had grown up". Is it because the grown up happened before she made the statement?