# What the... Miss Universe "National Costumes" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730 "2015-01-24T03:25:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 24, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/21 "2015-01-24T15:47:05Z")
Some are interesting. Some (Israel, Serbia) leave you wondering where did the suitcase with the real outfit end up… **Nava** : Holy cantilevering, Batman… :eek: Croatia’s… I dunno. It’s got a girlie-girl pretty-dress thing going, I guess. Hungary’s bunny-handpurse bothers me, though. Miss Costa Rica’s[outfit](http://i.imgur.com/4wfA05h.jpg) was a hurried plan B replacement after her [original ensemble](http://www.eluniverso.com/sites/default/files/styles/nota_ampliada_foto_lightbox/public/fotos/2015/01/b7fn4tqimaafj6_.jpg?itok=akML2X_V)(an apparent allusion to the nation’s patriotic history) came under strong public opinion and political heat because it featured a panel based on part of the National Coat of Arms on her chestpiece, and CR is one of those quaint countries where the National Flag/Seal/Anthem/Emoji/etc. are “protected from desecration” and cannot be used except for official state purposes. BTW Miss Germany’s outfit is not really done justice by single stills, since it’s really supposed to be a [before](http://i.imgur.com/XNFkhxj.jpg)-and-[after](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03173/miss-universe-germ_3173184k.jpg) display. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/22 "2015-01-24T17:02:09Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Was Germany giving away balloons? I want a balloon! She already gave away 99 of them. The white ones were the only ones left. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/23 "2015-01-24T18:08:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.When have you ever seen a 20-14 score in a hockey game? They made the same joke on the local morning show. Great minds think alike! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/24 "2015-01-24T18:28:14Z")
I love these costumes. They should make all of them fight in those costumes in a ring until one is the winner ---
**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:** [January 24, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/25 "2015-01-24T18:35:40Z")
Miss Great Britain. (please tell me thats going to be a popular costume next Halloween) Ok… It _is_ inspiring. Is that the costume thats worn as the final test in front of the Queen’s Guard to make sure that they will remain absolutely still? “Cyril! I sent you 10,000 men to choose from. What the HELL do you MEAN none of them passed!?” ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/26 "2015-01-24T18:51:28Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I love these costumes. They should make all of them fight in those costumes in a ring until one is the winner Miss Japan has a spear (or maybe a naginata). Would be a short fight. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/27 "2015-01-24T20:25:00Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Great Britain sent one of the Rockettes somehow… Isn’t that one of the Spice Girls? > [@](#): > > Ireland is… scary. I thought Mad Max was set in Australia, not Ireland. Man, global warming is going to be a bitch. Miss Ecuador: [We had to get rid of those damn AOL CDs somehow](http://i.imgur.com/aCxhm26.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/28 "2015-01-24T20:27:06Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > [Ireland?](http://tomandlorenzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/41-63rd-Miss-Universe-National-Costume-Show-Tom-Lorenzo-Site-Miss-Ireland.jpg) 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](http://tomandlorenzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/70-63rd-Miss-Universe-National-Costume-Show-Tom-Lorenzo-Site-Miss-Singapore.jpg). In a really . . . spiky way. > > [Van Gogh](http://tomandlorenzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/56-63rd-Miss-Universe-National-Costume-Show-Tom-Lorenzo-Site-Miss-Netherlands.jpg), anyone? OK, I like the van Gogh dress. WTF is Ireland supposed to be Graine O’Malley? ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/29 "2015-01-24T21:24:07Z")
I like the coverage by the women over at [Go Fug Yourself](http://www.gofugyourself.com/fabs-and-fabbers-the-miss-universe-2015-national-costume-show-01-2015). Not as detailed as some others, but amusing nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/30 "2015-01-24T21:32:56Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.When have you ever seen a 20-14 score in a hockey game? But they had to work the year in somehow. Would you have been happier if the clock had shown 20:14 in the period? Tom & Lorenzo are truly fabulous. Not my normal reading but ideal for this annual event. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/31 "2015-01-24T23:42:02Z")
Well that was fun! Looks like a few countries missed the memo about how we’re all going to dress up as Carnival dancers or warrior princesses. As I scrolled through I kept thinking “This must be Brazil . . . no, it’s Malaysia!” I think Miss Dominican Republic as the Virgin Mary is my fave. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/32 "2015-01-25T01:10:19Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Great Britain sent one of the Rockettes somehow… > [@Zyada](#): > > Isn’t that one of the Spice Girls? Well, she might be a nut-cracker. It Is a [del]beauty pageant[/del] scholarship opportunity after all. > [@JRDelirious](#): > > Ireland is… scary. > [@Zyada](#): > > I thought Mad Max was set in Australia, not Ireland. Man, global warming is going to be a bitch. Ireland. That dress would have worked if it hadn’t been smashed flat. Still, I don’t want to think of her as “Road Kill”; I’d rather think of her as a Super Heroine who was accidentally smashed flat into a wall behind Ben Grimm. [BenGrimm]“_…Sorry…_”[/BenGrimm] ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/33 "2015-01-25T02:33:42Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > …the Swede looks like she’s on the way to First Communion… She’s dressed for [leading the procession on St. Lucia’s feast day.](http://dishmag.com/issue141/lifestyle/14379/uploads/145/NonChristianHolidays/NCH_3.jpg) Careful she doesn’t bean you with a sweet roll! ETA: At least she’s in a real national costume, unlike most of them. St. Lucia, on the other hand, with a Carnival costume as interpreted by Burberry, is, um, a lovely young lady in an awful, Chavish getup. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/34 "2015-01-25T02:51:34Z")
I liked Canada’s, Japan’s, Ireland’s, and Thailand’s. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/35 "2015-01-25T03:43:06Z")
Why is Miss Hungary carrying a bunny? Did Israel, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia and New Zealand not bother to come up with one? I think Burma would be able to take on Japan and Bolivia. Ukraine is dressed as the bride of Satan. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/36 "2015-01-25T04:26:05Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.When have you ever seen a 20-14 score in a hockey game? I know nothing of ice hockey. Why is that so ridiculous? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/37 "2015-01-25T04:55:33Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.When have you ever seen a 20-14 score in a hockey game? That was my first thought, but then I realized that was the shot count. The score is 2-0. **Cunctator** : The winning team in hockey is typically going to score in the area of 3-4 goals. The highest scoring team in the NHL right now averages 3.21 goals for per game, and the worst defensive team averages 3.53 against. Giving up more than 5 goals in a game would be considered a total embarrassment. Allowing 20 would be 1 goal every 3 minutes of play, and would never happen in a competitive game. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/38 "2015-01-25T04:58:10Z")
Waaaiiiitaminute… Is Miss Columbia really the top of one woman grafted onto the bottom of another? I thought she must be wearing pantyhose but her legs are bare. So, um…color me confused? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/39 "2015-01-25T05:13:59Z")
There is no Miss Columbia, it’s Miss Colombia. And yes, she is wearing hose. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-miss-universe-national-costumes/710730/40 "2015-01-25T05:19:21Z")
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