What the... Miss Universe "National Costumes"

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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If this isn’t mundane and pointless… (the prior threads on this have been in this department rather than CS, so…)

One wonders why Mr. Trump keeps this quaint relic of another time going on. Then you get the ladies to show up in the “National Costumes” and wonder why they don’t put THAT on the TV broadcast any more. Was the only part really worthwhile…

So let us snark at these fine young ladies competing to spend a year as spokesbabe for the Donald (really, you’d expect a much bigger cash award when that is part of your contract)…

The whole gallery, on Imgur

Highlight slideshow versions from CNN, the Telegraph, and the Daily Fail.
OK, so now, this is how you do it: Miss Canada, For The Win. And yes, that scoreboard is atop her backpiece. That’s not fashion, it’s engineering.

Misses Argentina and Lithuania demonstrating how you can be simultaneously very dressed AND very naked. And in this particular angle, Miss Argentina seems to have part of her oufit be too form-fitting…

Misses Sweden and Switzerland seem to be apologizing for something in these shots.

CuraçaoKnows Product Placement.

What *the Hell *is the Czech Republic’s gal’s outfit supposed to represent…

Great Britain sent one of the Rockettes somehow…

Ireland is… scary.

Keeping up something of a recent tradition, Miss Japan takes the stage armed!

Slovenia… land of… dusters?

I have absolutely no idea WTH is going on with Miss USA :confused:

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The best commentary on this is always at Tom and Lorenzo.

part I:

http://tomandlorenzo.com/2015/01/miss-universe-national-costumes-2014-part-1-bird-women-show-girls/

part 2:

http://tomandlorenzo.com/2015/01/miss-universe-national-costumes-2014-part-2-virgins-brides/

part 3:

http://tomandlorenzo.com/2015/01/miss-universe-2014-part-3-warriors-goddesses-queens/

part 4:

http://tomandlorenzo.com/2015/01/miss-universe-2014-part-4-crazies-lazies-try-hards/

Laugh away!

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Miss Belgium looks like she forgot to put on the rest of her costume - possibly because she doesn’t have any arms.

Miss Bolivia vs. Miss Japan - who would win?

How many wishes does Miss British Virgin Islands get?

Miss Guyana looks like she’s leading a giant tribble on a leash.

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[dupe]

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Yeah, but they totally missed riffing on [del]Pope Joan[/del]Miss Russia.

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Katy Perry wants Poland’s dress back.

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The Giant Taco is the national dish of the Czech Republic. Everybody knows that.

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Did my eyes decieve me or did one of the costumes feature a Virgin Mary?

Miss GB obviously purchased her dress from some fetish store for reasons of economy.

And one of the lovely ladies is wearing a saddle.

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Why is the Argentinian dressed as if she was a carioca?

And I realize Isabel has been an enormous success in Spain, but seriously, are “austerity measures” supposed to include reusing dresses from TV series for beauty contests? If we were doing to do that, at least we should have sent the series’ protagonist! (Biopic of Isabella de Castille. Them Tudors have nothing on our Trastamaras).

Why is Miss Venezuela an autumn tree? Does she represent the damage the oil-drilling industry produces on forests or something? Is that an appropriately Bolivarian ensemble?

Is there a reason Miss Kosovo is saddled up?

Was Germany giving away balloons? I want a balloon!

Yes, it did. Then again, the Swede looks like she’s on the way to First Communion…

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Miss Nicaragua has birds for hands.

Miss Dominican Republic not only has the Virgin Mary across her bodice, but also the baby Jesus stamped on her lower abs.

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Miss Puerto Rico actually has a pretty bridal dress… :smiley:

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I dig it.

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If Scotland had won the referendum vote, Miss Scotland could have gone the minimalist route with a coat of blue paint and a smile.

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Ireland? I know you just didn’t want to do another green dress this year, but . . . erm . . . no, no, it’s lovely. Really.

Oh, and it might be painful to wear, but Singapore is awesome. In a really . . . spiky way.

Van Gogh, anyone?

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And it can be repurposed as a tablecloth for the formal dining room or a canopy for the bed.

But seriously, a far better call than some earlier attempts at “spectacular”.

Yeah, it seems along with our Dominican Republic neighbors we decided to avoid the general regional Carnivale/Vegas hot-showgirl thing… to the absolute opposite in the case of the DR.

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That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.When have you ever seen a 20-14 score in a hockey game?

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I’ve mentioned these before; those of you who are enjoying the combination of engineering and glitter in some of those dresses may want to search for tenerife reina carnaval - one of the rules is that “the dresses cannot have wheels, each regnal candidate must be able to walk in her dress unaided”. There’s houses simpler than some of those things.

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:: headdesk :: at Miss Canada

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That was the first thing I noticed.

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Well, they’re interesting…