# Miss Universe contestant told to wear panties **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867 "2011-09-10T23:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867/61 "2011-09-16T18:14:48Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Could I have a link, please-with pictures? This issue has kept me up at night! The link’s been posted at least three times in this thread already. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867/62 "2011-09-16T18:37:29Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > AFAIK, the chief reason for going _sans panties_ is to avoid panty lines on the dress, which apparently is the biggest fashion faux-pas ever? I’ve said it before here on the Dope, and I’m saying it again now: The French think that panty lines are sexy … AND THE FRENCH ARE RIGHT, DAMMIT! Now, I have only to convince about 100 million American women of this fact. This may take a while. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867/63 "2011-09-16T19:29:35Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Isn’t beaver the traditional garb of Miss Canada? Do Colombians get Brazilians? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867/64 "2011-09-16T19:47:11Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Do Colombians get Brazilians? Do Germans do French? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867/65 "2011-09-16T21:26:20Z")
I dated a French girl who did it Greek. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867/66 "2011-09-16T23:07:16Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Do Germans do French? When they do, it usually ends badly… ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867/67 "2011-09-16T23:53:25Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > I’ve said it before here on the Dope, and I’m saying it again now: > > The French think that panty lines are sexy … AND THE FRENCH ARE RIGHT, DAMMIT! This is most of the reason I make an effort to avoid VPL. Sorry. I don’t want any more attention. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867/68 "2011-09-17T01:39:57Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > the fresh air didn’t help her out. Oh, I can hear it now… _“There’s a she wolf in her closet She let it out so it can breathe…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867/69 "2011-09-17T01:42:07Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > I’ve said it before here on the Dope, and I’m saying it again now: > > The French think that panty lines are sexy … AND THE FRENCH ARE RIGHT, DAMMIT! > > Now, I have only to convince about 100 million American women of this fact. This may take a while. I’m with you! Give me some informational pamphlets and I’ll do my part to spread word of this fact. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867/70 "2011-09-17T03:56:57Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > I’ve said it before here on the Dope, and I’m saying it again now: > > The French think that panty lines are sexy … AND THE FRENCH ARE RIGHT, DAMMIT! > > Now, I have only to convince about 100 million American women of this fact. This may take a while. Only partially true. Panty lines of sexy panties are sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867/71 "2011-09-17T05:30:43Z")
That’s true. You have to draw the line somewhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestant-told-to-wear-panties/595867.md?page=3)