# Is Miss Australia's national costume is a 'travesty' or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-miss-australias-national-costume-is-a-travesty-or-not/548558 "2010-07-30T06:30:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-miss-australias-national-costume-is-a-travesty-or-not/548558/81 "2010-08-01T18:26:53Z")
I was going to say it looks like a travesty until I saw some of the other ones in the slideshow \*\*sugar and spice \*\*posted. Now I still think it looks like a travesty, but no more than the other ones. It fits in stylewise just fine. This is not necessarily a compliment. šŸ˜› Miss Albania scared me, too. Is anybody else enough of a Harry Potter geek to think she looks like sheā€™s trying to be Mrs. Voldemort or something? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-miss-australias-national-costume-is-a-travesty-or-not/548558/82 "2010-08-02T21:24:10Z")
> [@multimediac17](#): > > Oh dear I didnā€™t notice the ugg boots. That pushes it a lot further into ā€œtravestyā€ territory. Any one or two of the elements of the costume wouldnā€™t be so badā€¦ but when you put it all together, itā€™s a horrible mess. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-miss-australias-national-costume-is-a-travesty-or-not/548558/83 "2010-08-02T21:43:45Z")
An illustration of what I meant: [Miss Bahamas](http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/missuniverse/gallery.asp?SubID=5009&page=6>itle=seattlepi.com%20photo%20gallery) is clearly a sun-goddess. Itā€™s crazy-flamboyant, but it works. [Miss Cyprus](http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/missuniverse/gallery.asp?SubID=5009&page=18>itle=seattlepi.com%20photo%20gallery) and [Miss Greece](http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/missuniverse/gallery.asp?SubID=5009&page=33>itle=seattlepi.com%20photo%20gallery) are simple and classical. [Miss Finland](http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/missuniverse/gallery.asp?SubID=5009&page=27>itle=seattlepi.com%20photo%20gallery) could just be going on a picnic. I could see [Miss Guam](http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/missuniverse/gallery.asp?SubID=5009&page=32>itle=seattlepi.com%20photo%20gallery) and [Miss Montenegro](http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/missuniverse/gallery.asp?SubID=5009&page=52>itle=seattlepi.com%20photo%20gallery) dressing like that for the Prom. [Miss Netherlands](http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/missuniverse/gallery.asp?SubID=5009&page=54>itle=seattlepi.com%20photo%20gallery), OK, thatā€™s silly, but at least itā€™s all silly in the same way. Sheā€™s a windmill, windmills are Dutch. [Miss Panama](http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/missuniverse/gallery.asp?SubID=5009&page=59>itle=seattlepi.com%20photo%20gallery) is some sort of butterfly dragon thing, but again, itā€™s all one thing. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-miss-australias-national-costume-is-a-travesty-or-not/548558/84 "2010-08-02T22:45:58Z")
couldnā€™t work up something along Ned Kelly-ish lines for a national costume? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-miss-australias-national-costume-is-a-travesty-or-not/548558/85 "2010-08-02T22:51:46Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > but again, itā€™s all one thing. The new Miss Australia outfit is all one thing. Itā€™s barbarian-chique. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-miss-australias-national-costume-is-a-travesty-or-not/548558/86 "2010-08-03T01:51:49Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > couldnā€™t work up something along Ned Kelly-ish lines for a national costume? That would be hilarious and awesome. ā€œDressā€¦ dressā€¦ dressā€¦ full plate!?ā€ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-miss-australias-national-costume-is-a-travesty-or-not/548558.md?page=4)