Reacting to 58 National Costumes

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[@XiranJayZhao]

Which looks were your favorites?!

[@JoelChenFa]

Whatever your current look is on each video.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

When are you going to do Kung Fu Panda 2 and 3 and Wish Dragon?

[@nmdraws]

Honestly Italy

[@That_One_Gaming_Guy]

Dude, Boliva's is pretty dope Also this would kinda cool reference towards fantasy culture designs Also Also!! I think Miss Grand Australia did the right choice, I mean would a spider design work? (Lolol I'm sorry, I had too, I couldn't contain myself) Edit: Also Also ALSO, As a Dominican myself, Miss Grand Dominican republic is super fly, just really wicked

[@Lufernaal]

It's between Indonesia and Nicaragua, I think.

[@klausoshaunacey8429]

France is literally known for their fashion history and influence yet they did something you’d see on Emily in Paris

[@MichellaneousMe]

That’s what I was thinking as well! I literally said “what in the Emily in Paris is she wearing?” I was so excited to see a high end fashion piece from France (specifically from the rococo era)

[@WaddleBih]

Sadly not very surprised. France is generally known for doing the bare minimum in these kinds of competitions. Same goes for Eurovision songs, good god they are awful and/or forgettable.

[@hpsauce1078]

mmm they couldve picked something out their georgian period, anything marine Antoinette could've worn would have done well.

[@lunaguy1195]

Yh, they could have done better. Imagine miss France going in a Marie Antoinette like outfit, that would have been gorgeous

[@skapie6895]

Oof

[@joespooky4750]

I think the issue was France, Germany etc interpreted the category as “we need to be sexy” while places like Malaysia weren’t afraid to do non sexy cool concepts.

[@estebanaguirre965]

I think the same... USA's hot pink dress... ew... like if you're going to go high end fashion at least make it bombastic yk

[@liriodendronlasianthus]

I'm pretty proud my country (Malaysia) often serves great looks without baring much.

[@dinosaysrawr]

...and they clearly narrowly interpret sexy as "I MUST BE ABLE TO SEE OR IMAGINE BEWBS AND BUTT AT ALL TIMES."

[@pinkbunnyskyedoesthings7762]

yeah, part of my nationality is screaming

[@dinosaysrawr]

@@pinkbunnyskyedoesthings7762 , honestly, same.

[@cricketcalin]

France gave us a stewardess outfit as if the entirety of Rococo fashion was not made for this exact moment

[@lavender_bee103]

this is exactly what i was thinking

[@AmandaTroutman]

Yoooo exaaaaactly

[@SoulQueenoD]

Even Regency would have been acceptable here. Like come on France.

[@whiteraven562]

Right! How do you not go with a Marie Antoinette reference there or something??

[@austinluther5825]

Exactly what I thought. Like a caricature of a French stewardess.

[@scarlett6015]

They could have dressed Miss France as a giant macaron and it would have been a big improvement.

[@FioreCiliegia]

I mean, frankly, I was expecting some crazy Marie Antoinette wig situation, but whatever… go with the weird sexy schoolgirl look

[@sarnnox]

A sun king inspired fit would have been so much better.

[@iveedoodle]

the problem with the looks of most European countries is that they dont even try to incorporate their historical or mythological fashion. France could have done crazy hair with a roccoco dress, russia could have gone all out on traditional dress (they did some of it, but not as puffy and not enough detail in the embroidery), ireland went for st.patricks day, but they could have made it bigger and sparklier, there were definitely ways to make their concept look better. over all the southern hemisphere countries carried this contest

[@lolitabubbles26]

I still think France doing a pierrot clown could have been really cool. Missed opportunity to think outside the box like SO many other countries did.

[@PhoenyxAshe]

I would have _loved_ to have seen Russia to a take on say, the Queen of Copper Mountain. I remember a sculpture a woman made of her some years back, with a traditional headpiece that was so much more detailed in it's tinier scale than the woman was wearing, and and a simple cut gown... in a flowing malachite pattern. Do something like that, have the hint of a dragon tail (if I'm remember the story right), and they might come close to actually being in the competition.

[@zoeb.9048]

Absolutely! Irish mythology is really cool in my opinion and I definitely think they could've done much better, though probably just settled on St Patrick because it's honestly what we're most recognised for internationally. Could also be something to with it (the model/outfit) being from the North rather than the Republic. Long messy history up there especially 👁️👄👁️

[@sonicluffypucca96]

@@zoeb.9048 I think the lack of culture in the European countries' outfits is sadly just another reflection of the collective lack of confidence in traditional culture that Europe seems to be suffering through.

[@erika.s]

Bruh, I may be wrong but German could have went to do the shieldmaidens/valkyries 😔

[@rachelash6325]

France: Deep history as a fashion leader, including haute couture houses, the Rococo gowns and exaggerated wigs of Marie Antionette, cancan fashions and Moulin Rouge, Dior, Chanel, etc., etc... Miss Grand France: Party City Sexy Mime sounds right.

[@christiandelcarmen1278]

It’s high fashion, emphasis on ‘high’.

[@carolinepena5633]

Exactly!! I'm not French but I'm still disappointed for you guys :/

[@klee2982]

Lmao that's what I was thinking 💀

[@andynonymous6769]

Lmao this comment is too much

[@Altrantis]

Just pick something Louis XIV would have worn.

[@NWolfsson]

France: Has Renaissance extreme styles, more stylists than I can memorize and is one of the hot spots for fashion in general. Also France: Let's do Jean-Paul Gautier, but if he wasn't inspired.

[@FlowersOfIcetor]

Miss France: this outfit is Jean-Paul Gautier uninspired, and- Judges: don’t you mean inspired? Miss France: no

[@lolitabubbles26]

More like Fredrick's of Hollywood lol

[@astrisperspecto4130]

France: Synonym with Haute Couture Germany: culturally known for a borderline rude amount of fairytales Italy: Having a rich history Only ONE delivered. ONE. As a German, I have no excuse and demand the head of Miss Grand Germany and her whole team.

[@NWolfsson]

@@astrisperspecto4130 I must admit, Germany serving cheap Halloween fairytale was almost on par with France's "hon hon, stripes et wine!"... You guys have Hansel and Gretel (if we want to lie on the fairytale side), she could have joined the South-East Asians as a Stand User by doing the Witch and dual-wielding the children, if we wanna go extreme... Or if she's supposed to be the Red Riding Hood, put her in a wolf pelt, god damn it! (I'm from Switzerland, French speaking region, so I experienced second-hand embarrassment from both France and Germany from being the rep of my native language and the most spoken language in my country... )

[@astrisperspecto4130]

@@NWolfsson I hope both will do better next time.

[@doctordonnanoble]

Definitely a budget thing. I know a Miss Canada from years ago had to purchase her own plane tickets to the finals and sort out her own makeup / costumes and all logistics, and I imagine this is the case for the majority of the countries with the embarrassingly basic outfits. If the contestants do not come from money, there's not much they can do even if they are representing their country to the world. There is no team and no given budget. Luckily other countries put in more effort and funding for this type of thing.

[@abwahidabushah8607]

I guess not just only about budget issues but creativity. For your information. I am from Malaysia. One of South East Asia countries. My country do not have huge fan base in pagentry contests. We kinda follow or see this pagent on tv but not avid fan like Philiphine, Indonesia or Thais. So our pagentry team do not have big huge sponsorship meaning no huge budget. After many years participating pagentry, I guess this time our national costume designer did this right. Many of South East Asia countries costumes you see are truly national costume that is still wore by people today, in festivities, marriage and other ceremony.

[@beingWantable]

@@abwahidabushah8607Right!? I can only speak of the Netherlands but the price of that jumpsuit couldve easily been put in renting an outfit from traditional Fresian clothing or something they wear in Alkmaar. Like people would've been so happy to loan theyre clothes. Or go to any theather company, they wouldve helped!

[@AuntyKsTarot]

really that wasn't a budget issue, she had a lot going on. That was a bad costume and zero taste

[@emilyk6151]

The difference in the Australian butterfly costume and Philippines butterfly costume is the difference in someone actually prepping and someone who realized she forgot her costume at home and had to run to Spirit Halloween 5 minutes before going on stage

[@sayitasis8326]

LMAOOO

[@drkmgic]

omg i died!!

[@itz_xavia4749]

Lmao

[@yasminthespiritsinger7704]

YOU AREN’T WRONG- I felt so disappointed in the Australian costume.

[@mirensummers7633]

I can understand how it would be difficult to come up with a costume for Autralia though, unless the contestant is native, you can't get away with wearing native australian dress, but she could've referenced literally any of the ntaural wildlife a lot better than that weak ass butterfly costume

[@rebecky5ever]

To quote miss Katya and Tracy Martell, the South/Central America and Asian beauty queens dress as if they're going to be seen all the way from Mars.

[@XiranJayZhao]

HAHAHA ACCURATE

[@astrisperspecto4130]

Asia: EAT IT! Europe: yes ma'am.

[@prizmarvalschi1319]

@@astrisperspecto4130 Hongkong is sitting there like : don't expect me to share my dim sum with yall I made these myself

[@HobieInTheBox]

@@prizmarvalschi1319 THAT WAS SO FUNNY THO. She _literally_ ate the look, love it.

[@sonicluffypucca96]

@@HobieInTheBox I'd they were trying anything more elegant, they probably would have been sued for copyright infringement by Food Fantasy

[@imliteralyjust3405]

everyone else: amazing elaborate and detailed dresses showing off their history and culture France, the historical centre of fashion in Europe: **sweating nervously**

[@shinyagumon7015]

France: Le stéréotypé goes Brrr

[@rebecky5ever]

Imagine Miss France getting her costume ready and then looking at the Latin Americas and Asia. I would have left at the spot, leave the personal belongings and everything.

[@Zephyr_Noir]

they should have done a fit based on the rococo era ughhh

[@SonjaPond]

RIGHT??

[@ijustlikebees]

@@Zephyr_Noir yes that would've been sooo good

[@ZMike38]

"What happened to the European delegates' budget?" Easy answer. It's going to Eurovision

[@ErrorNotFound-ex2gk]

Historical tidbit: Njinga was an African queen who basically kept Portugal from imperializing her nation for like 50 years. She was lit af and it's super cool that Angola based their costume around her.

[@justlola417]

Ohhh I think she was mentioned in school (in passing of course), it was so cool!

[@kon2175]

I’m Portuguese and I’ve heard a little about her in school, though not too much so it’s really neat to learn more about her when I can. Thank you for the tidbit!

[@BankruptMonkey]

Plus she's a fashion icon as all the other African royals wore European clothes to meet with European leaders, symbolically saying their culture and country was less, but Njinga proudly wore her own culture's clothing to meet them as equals in power.

[@southpaw612]

I'm portuguese and, predictably, I never learned about her in school. School for me was some time ago, though. She sounds badass af I'm so glad this video introduced me to this.

[@Forever_Rayne]

In national costumes rounds, you can always count on Latin American and South East Asian countries to serve. Everytime I watch one of these, they always bring vibrant colours and great energy.

[@M1LKBO1-]

Factssss

[@Sweet4chokoreeto]

Chile did they costume based on the national shield WITHOUT THE CONDOR AND THE HUEMUL I'm crying

[@maryeckel9682]

They bring it!

[@maryeckel9682]

@@Sweet4chokoreeto that was disappointing

[@Snow-ej5fm]

south east asian countries! emphasis on thailand i love their traditional clothing

[@tiramisu7282]

Watching the majority of the European countries' outfits as a medievalist has me putting my head in my hands. Like. come on, I KNOW you have centuries of interesting historical and cultural dress, what are you all DOING in bikinis???

[@yapaljanet9169]

Ireland came dressed in a poison ivy cosplay when they have an abundant amount of Celtic history to reference, France easily could have done Rococo, Russia was on the right track but definitely could have done something big inspired by the Czar's fashion, Germany didn't even manage to put their model in Letterhosen or give her a beer keg to fit the stereotype. If England showed up we easily could have seen Tudor, Elizabethian, or victorian styles which would be big enough to compete with Italy never mid the well of medieval dresses.

[@frop_8750]

@@yapaljanet9169 Siberian republic girl wore gzhel patterns on here. It is national ceramics painting. I don't recall Siberia separating from Russia though. Maybe russians were sneaky again and played on organizers being bad with geography ;-) Anyway, they should have had cooperated with main russian team so she would wore hohloma patterned dress. Hohloma is the opposite of graceful gzhel, it is motley and energetic and has an amazing contrast of solid black background and red and gold floral patterns and bird paintings

[@patt5085]

I feel like if the current SEA/latin countries work on European dresses we would still have more stand users one way or another 😂

[@Maric18]

@@yapaljanet9169 lederhosen are not even a german thing its just one state that does lederhosen, and then there is austria, the entire country where lederhosen are a way bigger deal

[@meritxell2614]

The spain costume isn't accurate in ANYTHING, like we have so much different cultures in one country and we never take advantage of that like I'M ANGRY 😂

[@stellaluna6421]

France: you have an entire history of lacemaking and folk headresses that would put orchids to shame and then you show up in "sexy chanel mime" halloween costume sans makeup and beret. -10/10

[@Plair0ne]

Xiran: "I love colorful outfits, I wish I could pull this off but I probably can't" while pulling off a vibrant red and gold outfit

[@wjsnujung2815]

Haha red and gold is traditionally very auspicious Chinese colors so she probably didn’t think about that 😂

[@estebanaguirre965]

"I hope I'd look that cute" -says Xiran looking really cute

[@cj3627]

I think she meant colorful as in a wide variety of colors

[@randomtology]

I'm deeply disappointed that America's wasn't nearly as gaudy as it has been in previous years. Gaudy is our culture guys, embrace it. Bring back the transformer.

[@Torlik11]

If it isn't too much, it isn't american

[@YaburuRunyaru]

It looked like a freakin uterus

[@Mad_Rabbit69]

@@YaburuRunyaru I was thinking that too 💀🤣

[@knowlessman]

What year was the fast food costume, I don't actually know that there was one but also like, I'm pretty sure it's a necessary fact that they've done one

[@kindaquit4823]

@@YaburuRunyaru the cape thing looked like a childrens pink comforter

[@junglekiity]

I saw the US design and thought "Is she ... Barbie?" but now all I can think about is how awesome an actually, intentional tribute to Barbie would be in one of these things. Just, have the contestant in a full size replica of Barbie's iconic debut swim-suit, hair and make-up done to match the doll.

[@sierrajohnson717]

I was like “TELL ME SHES NOT DRESSED AS HONEY BOO BOO PLEASE GAWD.” That’s all I saw, Honeys future prom dress

[@austinluther5825]

Right? They could've gone ham on the Barbie concept and it could've been really cool.

[@deeya]

I thought cheap prom dress...

[@julietantonio1049]

My first reaction was Super Bowl Cheerleader from Hell

[@faerie5926]

Agreed- If they were going for a barbie look this ain't it.

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

As a South East Asian, I am genuinely happy that every single one of our costumes was legit good Try convincing me ONE of them isn't good

[@---pj1xz]

Singapore?

[@itspunishmenttime6325]

As an Italian, I was so scared after seeing France and Germany's costume, but you know what? We killed it, and we brought actual parts of our culture in the game.

[@brandonhey7797]

i wonder what Miss. Grand Italy was going for.

[@amicableenmity9820]

@@brandonhey7797 It was a reference to Renaissance masquerades.

[@spooksboh6251]

@@brandonhey7797 i bet it was even just slightly referencing the venetian carnival looks, what with the mask and all

[@Angelica-rg2mf]

@@brandonhey7797 as soon as i saw her i thought she was going as an "accabadora" a lady who would basically be called to hit you on the head and kill you to "put you out of your misery" if you were near death and suffering but then i realised that's probably a bit too much for a competition like this, bit too morbid lol

[@Kclark495]

Fug yeah Italy SLAYED!

[@giacomomontanari4985]

Other European countries: we should go very simple and understated Italy: it's my time to shine 🎭

[@KettuKakku]

spain: ay, ¡where is the effort! ...i tried okay

[@lunaguy1195]

@@KettuKakku Spain and Italy were the only ones that understood the assignment.

[@unlimon6382]

Well the carnival in Venice is pretty over the top so they are used to this. It was pretty great. As a Spaniard, Spain should have gone for northern parade attires. They are pretty colourful and rich. It is still pretty great tho, and I am still glad they set aside the southern flamenco attire for once And in portugal, just why? They have such colorful and imposing costumes, why that?

[@Nejvyn]

@@lunaguy1195 What about the Czech republic?

[@redghost9968]

Italy has made me proud to have my roots there.

[@erika.s]

21:24 For Filipino who's asking what Ms. Philippines wanted to represent in her butterfly costume: it's the Paruparo Festival (Butterfly Festival). It doesn't seem a cultural thing because IT'S PRETTY RECENT! But it shouldn't also be dismissed! Paruparo Festival was launched in November 26, 2011. It features the metamorphosis of Dasmariñas (Samantha's hometown) from being barrio to becoming one of the most fast developing cities in the countries. Because it's pretty recent (November 26, 2011) Butterfly represent metamorphosis. In this case: it represent the development of the city thanks to unity, determination and unhesitating willingness to embrace changes. I also love how the wings embraces the light, “like a butterfly embracing the sun with their wings wide open”. Although it doesn't seem a grand thing for others, Ms. Philippines really took it by heart and that's admirable.

[@MKWarbler]

I was thinking something with piña cloth, but I'm sure that's been done...

[@_iyakin]

ooohhh tysm for the explaination! i alr read from twitter which festival its from but didn't get any info more than that lol.

[@sibyllah.7703]

Thank you for explaining! It's wonderful to learn things from comments! 👍

[@ailurusfulgens1654]

The explanation is wonderful. Thank you.

[@samandsophia5632]

Timestamp?

[@JordanVanRyn]

Is it me or does USA's costume look like Regina George from "Mean Girls"? But seriously, Europe just could've shown off their best costumes by combining their Medieval history and so much more after that and only Italy understood the assignment and slayed it.

[@yourlittleinsomniac5369]

I thought USA was a cheap Barbie Girl until Xiran said it was breast cancer.

[@dustyrose192]

@@yourlittleinsomniac5369 it reminded of those tacky 80s wedding dresses

[@FerraticaTheBard]

(stares into the distance in Canadian, a single tear rolling silently down my cheek) It- it didn't even look like a maple leaf. You want high fashion based on our flag? Make a dress that looks like it's made out of thousands of maple leaves that you carefully collected from the forest floor and then lovingly organized to create gentle patterns within the gradations of red. Want to include the white? Add a layer of what looks like frost to the hem and the cuffs along with some really elegant shoes that look like they're also covered in frost. A DRESS BASED ON OUR FLAG COULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN GOOD-!!!

[@gideongrace1977]

That would have been so much better!

[@FerraticaTheBard]

@@gideongrace1977 Thanks!

[@matrixiekitty2127]

Your concept is so much better omg. It also is less likely to come off as cultural appropriation of indigenous people👀

[@FerraticaTheBard]

@@matrixiekitty2127 Thanks!

[@themousoleum]

God where was this inspiration for the costume creators, *why does it look racist*

[@diosundoro5019]

In every pageant, national costume section is technically the battleground between Southeast Asian countries, this is why they are always all-out. The winners of national costume in Miss Universe in 2010-2020 are almost all Southeast Asian countries.

[@prizmarvalschi1319]

It's cuz we all kinda share similar but still distinctly different aesthetics in our culture and we just wanna show off who can shine the gold headdresses better

[@Fisinocean]

@@prizmarvalschi1319yep. Its just a a matter who could outshone whose gold hairdess better, but that do make me wonder how the hell did they not break their neck with that thing? I've worn one (specifically the south sumatra one which i dont think is that differerent from the rest of indonesia) and hoky shit that thing is *heavy*

[@sonicluffypucca96]

@@Fisinocean It does make you wonder how much neck strength is really needed

[@Tamaki742]

@@Fisinocean Oh, the bride headdress?

[@Fisinocean]

@@Tamaki742 yep that thing, i tried it out fot curiosity once and its just ridiculously heavy

[@chonkymonke197]

how id imagine a modern Chinese empress would act behind the scenes: "She understood the assignment" "this, THIS IS WHAT I CAME HERE FOR"

[@MinYoonGil]

Or a Chinese empress secretly watching RuPaul's Drag Race.

[@chonkymonke197]

@@MinYoonGil YES.

[@thai616]

The way Xiran couldn’t even breathe during Honduras 🤣

[@Nat-ls1uo]

@@thai616 i mean i couldn't either

[@AW-uv3cb]

The worst thing about so many of these costumes is the clear attitude of some designers: who cares about the costume as long as you can see her legs (looking at you, Germany, Ireland, Australia etc. - this could've been so much less tacky!). I mean if it's clearly a part of design, like with so many of the amazing South American and African countries, then great, but in so many costumes you can tell that was their main concern: HAVE TO SEE THEM PINS! Italy really stood out positively. I love your reactions here!

[@Themi.]

Germany had exactly one good thought and that was "fairytale". Then they went with little red riding hood from the dollar store. Imagine if they had done Rapunzel instead, with an enormous wig that's like 10 feet of hair. Or a Rumpelstilzchen inspired thing with a spinning wheel that's just spilling golden thread the entire time. Literally any other fairytale or at least a higher budget costume could have been great.

[@sonicluffypucca96]

The idea of fairytales for Germany genuinely was a good idea, it was just executed very poorly.

[@ZombieInTheSun]

Red Riding Hood could have worked with proper mediaval dress, tbh. Add a wow factor by having a wolf in there somehow. (My brain is conyuring a contraption hidden under a heavy red cloak that makes a puppet come out from under it) But Rumpelstilzkin would have been lovely, too. Like straw flowing off of her dress into a spindle and turning into gold thread that makes up the rest of her costume, which can easily be inspired by some traditional royal dresses

[@matrixiekitty2127]

Honestly! The fabric was so cheap it was shocking. The drama and magic they could have done but instead it looked like a Spirit Halloween ad smh. They had so many examples of what they could do, there’s no excuse.

[@oceanaquarius9415]

They could've done an extreme rococo Marie Antoinette-esque costume, but instead they gave us that thing.

[@khanitchr]

They gave us Emily in Paris

[@curiousKuro16]

They could also have given us some version of that Spirit of France that's in so many paintings.

[@hunrahel]

was it a mime?

[@unwantedjeans1506]

"that thing" lmao

[@applejayz1987]

A literal ship in your hair or a barrette? A dress so big its a fire hazard or a striped shirt? LITERAL CENTURIES OF FASHION BASED HISTORY OR A FREAKING HANDBAG?

[@fassieclod8562]

As a Southeast asian, I AM SO PROUD OF OUR CULTURE. They delivered on every single one of them!

[@Tamaki742]

We even got Stand users lol

[@thu1310]

@@nasifahmed8602 Bangladesh is a south asian country not southeast lol

[@nasifahmed8602]

@@thu1310 my bad😅

[@ManusiaMint]

@@Tamaki742 I lost it when she said that lmao

[@Tamaki742]

@@ManusiaMint Esp Malaysia and their 7 Stands.

[@rosey_views]

I am actually really impressed by the European contestants’ confidence - cuz if every one else’s costume was gorgeous and elaborate and mine was a basic Halloween costume, I wouldn’t even bother - but they still slayed the walk! I don’t even mean this as a backhanded compliment 😅

[@jhardman1876]

Latin America and Southeast Asia came here to win, while Europe was basically the equivalent of slightly burnt box brownies at a bake sale. Except Italy. That was awesome.

[@Tomoitochan]

And let's be real. Carnival culture in Latin America makes it much easier and natural to make this really stunning costumes

[@itsme7336]

Spain was good too

[@LeCheckmate]

Czech Republic did fine, too

[@neliaaa]

hey, south african here. the guy on miss grand south africa's cape is Siya Kolisi, the first black captain for the Springboks (our national rugby team). Under his lead we won our third world cup in 2019. Her outfit is supposed to be a representation of the Springbok & Protea, our national flower & animal and the names of our national sport teams. Our sport teams (but especially the rugby 😂) are known as the Green & gold, therefor the colour scheme.

[@skapie6895]

Yeah but I was expecting Zulu clothing or something more traditional and 'wow'. She just looks like an expensive superhero. Sorry.

[@chokistick9581]

I was so disappointed. Why is siya's face on the cape.😒

[@fligglebobbin]

If they were going to pay tribute to Siya, they should've gone all-in on rugby. Scrum cap, a mouth guard, and a bloody nose.

[@trba_biko]

i think Kolisi should've been on a flag/banner instead of a cape

[@keravg]

With so many different cultures that our country has - and not to mention the colours we have - I'm disappointed.

[@ndmd93]

So for context, Latin American and South East Asian countries generally take more interest in peagantry, hence more dedication and preparation are put in these costumes. European delegates often come to these events with limited budget and lack of sponsors. It’s not the contestans’s fault, they did their best with what they have. While you’re at it, I recommend you to check out Miss Universe 2021 National Costumes show. There are more countries, more extravagant costumes, Europeans also did better with their costumes 😊

[@evad1291]

Not sure what was going on here but France costume in Miss Universe really looked good

[@ndmd93]

@@evad1291 The French participant at Miss Universe is actually a Miss France herself (quite a prestigious title), so her organization made sure she got nice costumes and outfits to go compete at an international contest. Miss Grand France here? I don’t even think she had a team to support her, poor thing 🤣

[@leakenny1125]

Yes this makes so much sense

[@lampekartoffel]

Yeah, I actually thought at pageant were solely a North + South American thing until a few years ago😅 I never even knew we had them in Europe until I stumbled upon pictures of "miss universe" while I was in Canada and thought "wow. They really made someone miss universe, despite it being an American continent only thing?" But, then I read up on it🙈

[@Tengila]

I wonder how much of that has to do with the prevalent cultural aversion to overt national pride in a lot of europe since the second world war. Being loud and proud about your national heritage has just become so closely tied to white nationalism in a lot of these countries. It's a damn shame we so often let those bastards dictate what cultural pride looks like.

[@gay-flower]

"this is the outfit that you wear to your enemy's funeral" at 14:34 is why i love you and your channel

[@HanQ28]

I’m from Australia and I think that costume (yeah it’s definitely a party dress) should have huge spider legs at the back instead of butterfly wings. That would be much more representative, based on my personal experience…

[@lizabee484]

Absolutely, represent the Huntsman spider as a staple of Australian culture, in that every Australian has had to deal with one 😅

[@washipuppy]

And seriously, wouldn't a dress with a nipped-in waist and ballooning black skirt made to resemble a Redback be a WAY more interesting design than "Turtle-neck mini and blue butterfly wings". Or go in silver gossamer as "I've been webbed by a funnel-web, help!"

[@knowlessman]

They might be hesitant to do a spider costume because arachnophobia : \ Granted, that isn't stopping the snake costumes

[@mexa_t6534]

Ok but like, Huntsman spiders can actually be pretty brightly colored. I once saw a bright green one with yellow specks. They could have totally done something cool with that. Maybe be a lil bit humorous and dress like an emu cuz, You know. The Emu war.

[@Valdagast]

Could have gone with a bird of paradise or a bower bird.

[@mikevillegas9416]

As a Mexican person, I was scared that Mexico was going to go with a native dress, but seeing that marvelous interpretation of Quetzacoatl really blew me away. Also, my favorite one was Thailand. When she posed at the end with the figure was breathtaking.

[@cesar.leyvag]

Yes, ¡Me quitaste las palabras de la boca! As a non indigenous Mexican myself, too, I am very tired that non indigenous Mexicans can so shamessly pull that out and be so balantoy racista towards them at the same time so the whole time I was like "Please do not underwhelm me and please do not be a cultural vulture!" Way better than I expected!

[@aclstudios]

But... isn't Quetzacoatl part of indigenous mythology?? How is that any different???

[@mikevillegas9416]

@@aclstudios Quetzalcóatl can be considered the main god of the indigenous pantheon, given that he appears on a lot of cultures and religions across the entire territory and spanning a lot of time. Quetzalcoatl is one of the symbols that unifies Mexico, not only in a prehispánic way, but also culturally given that we are all taught about him in school

[@sonicluffypucca96]

Wasn't there also a big controversy earlier this year when Mexico City was all decorated in Indigenous cultures?

[@kailawkamo1568]

This indigenous culture issue could be easily solved if you guys encouraged indigenous representation more

[@sylvestercat1898]

The saddest thing about the European nations is that they all have rich fashion throughout history. For example both northern and Eastern Europe have a rich folk history that could’ve been used greatly to their advantage. France could’ve used their 17th century ball gowns like how Italy used their Venecian Masquerade. I feel like Germany’s could have been salvaged because the Brothers Grimm were both influential to German folklore, but the cheap costume just ruined it.

[@porfiriodiazcarrillo7551]

she would use an Evil Queen outfit; it still would represent the fairytale aesthetic and yet looked royal and expensive!!

[@astrisperspecto4130]

@@porfiriodiazcarrillo7551 not with that cheap ass fabric. But I agree: if going sexy, go all the way to the dark, illuminous evil Queen vibe and own that stage.

[@porfiriodiazcarrillo7551]

@@astrisperspecto4130 i was thinking dark purple or black velvet with embroidery or incrusted jewels. Regina from OUAT had fabulous outfits and gowns that were gorgeous and felt so expensive!

[@fresh_tomatoes]

Centuries of history and culture, and this is what we get.

[@r.muller8289]

Deadass... I've seen better halloween costumes than the one miss germany was using. Can't believe my region was colonized by these folks smfh

[@suenzhong7891]

I was not expecting my country Malaysia to be on the list so I screamed when I saw Ms Grand Malaysia. She looks gorgeous and her outfit is insane yet stunning! Bravo to her outfit and makeup team they knocked it out of the park. (and yeah I agree that the European countries' outfits, excepting Czech Republic, Italy and Spain, were kind of underwhelming)

[@bertathegremlin]

I'm amazed you actually mentioned the Czech Republic. I read through a lot of comments and people are either praising Italy and Spain or sh*t on Germany, France or Netherland. But I think that the Czech Republic did a pretty good job. I kinda want to find out more about the designer who made that dress.

[@NarcissaTheNoctifer]

Hey! a filipino here! Ms. Philippines' outfit was probably inspired by an old folklore/mythology creature, The Diwata. It's a forest spirit and usually female presenting who is benevolent to the good and vengeful to those who cross them, they will either have blue butterfly wings or yellow dragonfly wings, they also happen to be the filipino equivalent of a fairy.

[@sonicluffypucca96]

For some reason I felt the Philippines's outfits resembled the designs of the drama Encantadia, and what they both have in common is inspiration from the Diwata.

[@carms1011]

Apparently, Ms. Philippines' costume was inspired by a butterfly festival that is held in her hometown.

[@julesgenrev6574]

@@carms1011 yup this is true, it's the Paru-paro festival in Cavite

[@zenithnoctis1798]

As an Italian I'm so proud of what they pulled off after seeing Germany and France! But damn the central-American countries RULED the show!!!

[@annalisasteinnes]

The Italian dress was stunning!

[@riccardoceriana6706]

Of i'm correct that dress was inspired by traditional venetiam Carnival costume

[@montserratpotes4598]

I can imagine all italians sweating nervously before they came out and after seeing all the other europian countries doing party themes

[@riccardoceriana6706]

@@montserratpotes4598 you can bet i was, we are together with the french the europea style Power house, and After their scene i was terrefied

[@arurora5474]

@@montserratpotes4598 i was ready to get roasted ahah

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

In fairness, if a white Australian showed up in traditional aboriginal dress, that would have been problematic.

[@Pr1est0fDoom]

Send an aboriginal Australian, then?

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@Pr1est0fDoom That would be nice.

[@yikes9944]

it didn't have to be aboriginal. it could've been inspired by the coral reef, the silhouette of the sydney opera house, unique wildlife, there were a lot of possible grand and artistic directions australia could've gone into

[@whatzittooya8976]

The majority of the Latin American costumes were from Indigenous cultures as well yet they still had White women flaunt them. So it's still kinda problematic lol

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@whatzittooya8976 The racial history of Latin America is very complex. The issues and concerns are different. It may still be problematic, but it isn't a simple transposition from other cultures.

[@ladyofthemasque]

Something that isn't widely discussed regarding "beauty" pageants is how *ugly* they can get backstage, with various contestants sabotaging the outfits of their competitors, requiring them to bring 2 or more dresses for each required category. So some of these might be 2nd-best versions (or even 3rd-best!) because their top choices were wrecked by their rivals.

[@Fieshs]

As a german, not only is germany's outfit embarrassing in comparison to all those drop-dead gorgeous south-east asian and south american ones, I'm also sad I didn't get so see a creative interpretation of german traditinal clothes

[@estebanaguirre965]

exactly! europe has a very rich and beautiful folk history, traditional clothing AND a lot of experience in high end fashion, so its so weird seing those weird cheap costumes... like the netherlands were so so poor in their execution... or maybe its just me expecting high end fashion looking impressive, magnificent and unnatainable, sorta like encountering a dark souls boss lol

[@PBthesquirrel]

I was grossed out by my country's outfit... the USA. Both of our countries had endless better options

[@abiwonkenabi7027]

@@PBthesquirrel I would have loved for USA to use some Native American inspirations, but I think they probably avoided it since their model is not of Native descent. Still, there are so many cultures unique to the US, there had to have been something else they could have drawn from. Cowboys? Flappers? The many other countless mixed cultures? Even some kind of Americana-inspired WW2 poster aesthetic could have been good and still empowering to women.

[@cjohnson3836]

@@abiwonkenabi7027 Didn't stop every Latin American and Caribbean country.

[@holzlastname1976]

Traditional German clothes are absolutely beautiful I'm wondering if they just didn't have the $ and couldn't see because I've seen traditional German clothes the embroidery is rediclous. But to wear a cheap fashionova version of traditional dress seems a little disrespectful like she was making a mokery of it

[@rithikanayar4334]

As an Indian person, when Miss Grand India walked out I just remember going "you really saw Parvati and Padma's awful costume design for the yule ball and took that as your inspiration, huh?"

[@SanjayPulver]

Yes!! I hadn't noticed it but now that you point it out, spot on...

[@ohdarah]

this!! I have seen aunties go to Temple in prettier fancier outfits, so Miss Grand India was...not great lol

[@ishathakor]

same oh my god. it was just so disappointing. all the aunties with the silk sari collections are screaming rn

[@minun5]

@@ishathakor If she takes an inspiration from Bajirao Mastani, her outfit would be gorgeous. i think..

[@ishathakor]

@@minun5 yeah i agree. honestly, if they just picked a region and an era to take inspiration from it would have been gorgeous. and there are plenty of indian designers doing interesting things these days so they could've really done anything but they went so basic.

[@lovelandtales527]

I'm Argentinean, and I'm pretty sure the outfit that represents our country is based in the outfits from the Gualeguaychú carnival, the biggest carnival event/parade that we have, which takes place every February in the city of the same name in the province of Entre Ríos. If y'all like flashy costumes with colourful feathers, regardless of gender, you should check it out!

[@emememememememememe]

Estaba a punto de comentar, Gualeguaychú represent!! 😎

[@r.muller8289]

Ooo nice!! As a brazilian I was really curious, since the carnaval costume we have over here resemble her outfit. Muchas gracias por la info

[@nita7703]

Sisi quería comentar eso

[@Black.Spades]

At first I thought I saw the selected queen of carnaval haha

[@mf_lucielangelo]

Gualeguaychú orgullo nacional

[@jordanjoestar-turniptruck]

Talking about Stand Users in a fashion show is just perfection. I'm loving this new content

[@frostincubus4045]

Truly a lady of culture 👌😤

[@psychedelicspywitch4379]

I’m wondering if she’s seen jojo’s bizarre adventure

[@hercules1476]

Fun Fact: Quetzalcóaltl is actually a feathered snake, not a dragon.

[@burbujasalada07]

Hay debate sobre ello incluso, porque se le conoce como la Serpiente emplumada pero al tener dientes muchos han abierto discusión sobre si es o no un dragón. Está súper interesante el tema

[@theultimateraceofsleepy5254]

A lot of other cultures dragons were at some point called serpents or were based on Snakes. I agree the first time I heard someone categorize the Quetzalcóatl as a dragon I was kinda confused. However, when I looked at other "dragons" and their stories I was like, you know what, he belongs here.

[@marynraven]

@@theultimateraceofsleepy5254 Agreed.

[@Czeslaw9426]

aye, and had a pterosaur named after it

[@VIVI-ev9oc]

That's my man Quetzalcoatl glowing

[@StalkishShellos]

Miss grand sweden really tried to do a Lucia look without real candles and without the red sash. The girls at my school didn’t get hot wax in their hair just so our representative in a weird pageant could walk out with ugly, fake, unlit candles.

[@fossilfighters101]

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[@xarxos5274]

I can understand lacking real candles for safety reasons (might not even have been allowed by the venue), but I really don't understand why she didn't have the red sash. That's a very iconic part of the Lucia costume; without it you're just wearing a generic white dress.

[@nat_lysa320]

The costume from Malaysia is based on a traditional dance called Ulek Mayang from the state of Terrenganu. The dance is based on a ritual by a bomoh (shaman) to treat a fisherman who was spellbound by a sea princess who fell in love with him. According to the legend, the princess called five other sisters to fight the bomoh for the fisherman’s soul until the fight was resolved by the seventh princess who ordered everyone to return to their place of origin, the fisherman stays on land & the princesses return to the sea. The mannequins were based on the 7 sea princesses and Lishalliny (the contestant) dressed as the bomoh hence the traditional malay male attire and the rice paddy she was holding and swinging was used in the ritual. The dance is one of many dying arts in the country so I'm glad to see it being preserved in the costume.

[@alizlovescherry]

Wow I'll make sure I google this for further research as I love some good old fairytales

[@Starvoice762]

This comment deserves more love. I love every part of this.

[@lizabee484]

How beautiful! Thank you for sharing, I’m excited to go do some research about this now to find out some more ☺️👍🏻

[@miershyk]

OMG as a Malaysian myself I am so proud to see that outfit and the representation of our culture. It's so amazing! Thank you for explaining the inspiration behind the attire.

[@nat_lysa320]

@@lizabee484 It warms my heart to see the responses, especially wanting to dive into the dying culture.. it feels like its bound to be reborn.

[@emmydanny1812]

The Malaysian costume is inspired by a folk tale in Malaysia called Ulek Mayang. Basically, it is a ritualistic dance performed to appease or invoke the spirits of the sea (the 7 princesses on the back)

[@foxylovelace2679]

The worst part about it is that the Netherlands has traditional dress. I mean at the very least they could pay homage to their country's exceptional feats of engineering and mastering of the forces of nature. Please, a racing bodysuit? Also... 30 minutes of bisexual squeeing is my jam.

[@NathanWubs]

yup was really really deeply disappointed. Our country is know for a lot of other things more than the stupid waste of money and polluting motorsport.

[@PhoenyxAshe]

Yep! I don't think I've ever thought of racing when I think of the Netherlands. The windmills, the wooden clogs, the cheese, the tulips, the... damn, now the name just ran away from me... the blue and white pottery designs..., Maduradam (spelling probably mangled, but I adored it as a child), a thousand other things. Racing? Nope, sorry.

[@lunak6561]

They could have done something with, our worst enemy lol

[@ariellakirana]

also the shirt is a rip off haha someone saw it on amazon apparently

[@doinailiescu143]

It could be because a Dutch driver (Max Verstappen) recently won Formula 1 (racing competition) which is really huge in the Netherlands.

[@thebookwyrmslair6757]

Dude... the US contestant just needs to own that her outfit was inspired by our Patron Saint of Pageantry, Barbie!!

[@ocnlvr]

That's what I was thinking. Her outfit doesn't scream USA, it screams Barbie.

[@tscream80]

I thought it looked like it was inspired by a bottle of Pepto Bismal.

[@randomtology]

That's how I felt. I would've liked it more if they had leaned into the Barbie aspect of it rather than trying to shield themselves by trying to say it's about breast cancer. Barbie is an important cultural icon in america, embrace it!

[@cherisseepp5332]

That was the first thing I thought. It’s Barbie!

[@haski002]

Nah, Barbie has a way better fashion sense.

[@rotibasie]

Malaysia definitely popped off to me. Like the androgynous look is the cherry on top the impressive beautiful statues, the way it's making us focus on her last. Definitely a stand out.

[@justrandomotaku]

Sis brought the whole squad with her!! My jaw straight up dropped when I saw her

[@elvesdragonsanddarkmagic]

Unpopular opinion but there should be more androgynous beauty standards in today's pageants fr. She looked FIERCE in that

[@nohan972]

as a malaysian, thank u :D the funny thing was that the older generation that saw the outfit they were all asking " why is she cross dressing .. " lmfao

[@elvesdragonsanddarkmagic]

@@nohan972 oh ffs. Where? Facebook? I'm lucky to not have come across any of that lmao Ps: I'm also Malaysian

[@nohan972]

@@elvesdragonsanddarkmagic probably on there lol but my experience was with my aunt i showed her the miss malaysia's outfit n she asked me that

[@jordanjoestar-turniptruck]

I also need to appreciate Vietnam's boots actually matched her outfit. She pulled off those platforms so well!

[@gabrielabautista2966]

I knew that Miss USA was going to disappoint me so it made me overjoyed that Miss Mexico was absolutely radiant in every sense of the word.

[@MayorOfEarth79]

The USA one reminded me a lot of like a really over the top wrestling costume.

[@ZuGa1384]

Miss USA should've worn something more "cowboy-est".

[@whiteraven562]

If I was one of the Halloween-costume European ones, I'd be so sad looking at all the really cool outfits the other countries had. Seriously, how did none of them think to go for a cool medieval or renaissance look or something? dresses from that era were stunning!

[@wonderlucky1912]

I agree with you. A lot of people in the comments were mentioning France could have wore a Rocco-Inspired costume. That would have been amazing to see!

[@DragonriderEpona]

It would have also been great if they had made those hypothetical historical costumes represent some femal composers and painters because they more often than not are overlooked in history and could have been like an empowerment for women.

[@Aki-gb8gm]

Yea im german and we have actually such pretty trachten (national/ethnic dress) but they really said halloween shop

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

@@wonderlucky1912 I would have loved to have seen that! I'm disappointed France didn't do that, tbh.

[@RockyTorres43]

As a mexican, I was really impressed by the Quetzalcoatl outfit. It was INCREDIBLE. And it warmed my heart to hear it was probably your favorite. Had a blast watching your reaction, despite this not being the kind of content I tipically watch!

[@cjohnson3836]

Its cheesy but when Japanese artists did "national samurais" for each country during the Olympic games, I thought Mexico's was also the best design in that as well.

[@montserratpotes4598]

I really loved the reaction and everything. I love when people, especially who I like, also like what our country brings to the world

[@sonicluffypucca96]

@@cjohnson3836 I think Japan's own outfit was supposed to be a reference to magical girl and sentai hero anime genre.

[@liinahyvarinen2388]

The Sweeden dress was inspired by Sankta Lucia. She’s an important saint to both Finish and Swedish people. We don’t technically have saints, but make and exeption for her. She was a girl who brought warmth with candles and a bunch of food to strugling people. And since our countries are really cold the warmt was really important. She is usually displayed with a crown of candles and holding a candle. We have a celebration where a bunch of girls dress in white and carry candles in a procesion of sorts. Even I have done this. Wasn’t Lucia tho.

[@tuluppampam]

And remember that she was blinded for doing good

[@CafeDeDuy]

The "halo" look on Vietnam is a part of our national dress! the headdress is call a khan dong, and you would LOVE the variations of it from other international pageants too!

[@sonicluffypucca96]

I love Vietnam's outfit how it was both very contemporary and also very timeless

[@shouldbewritig]

Latin America understood the assignment… France… did not. Why didn’t they do something from like, the French Baroque era or something? It’d be so easy to make something extra with that. I literally was in a whole play about France in the 1700’s! America… just went full on Barbie.

[@Rotten_Prince]

Argentina and Chile were awful, having so much rich story and folklore yet they chose those outfits :(

[@piticofuentes635]

That so true, Gotta love that they did that and some of the countries were that sibling that also understood it but still needs to improve.( Out of that category I loved El Salvador. they needed a little more improvement but still was very cool) And so true on the France and ofc USA they could off done something so much better with the concepts they wanted to do. especially USA on their tribute to Breast Cancer.

[@dapills7851]

Their history of fashion was fucking rad and they showed up with this?

[@realmothchu]

nah america’s outfit was victoria secret fashion show on a budget… they could have gone full out holiday barbie and it would have worked rlly well i think

[@anacarolinamenezes8912]

I hated Brazil’s lol

[@conho4898]

okay i need NEED Xiran to react to national costumes every time there's an international beauty pageant coz this is so much fun to watch. also love your Ming robe!

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

Right? It's really fun hearing their input and seeing their reactions. And yes, the robe looks GORGEOUS! Also, Xiran always styles their hair nicely and has pretty makeup looks!

[@danteackroyd551]

Ms. Malaysia being a whole damn parade float- holy. Absolutely jaw dropping.

[@ErrorNotFound-ex2gk]

I like to imagine the European countries backstage being like "oh you have a massive costume showcasing the incredible intricacies of your culture with movable parts, brilliant colors, and mythological significance. We have a racecar suit."

[@herefortheshrimp1469]

This is exactly what happened lol

[@sonicluffypucca96]

Once again just a reflection of the crisis of lack of confidence in culture that seems to be afflicting Europe.

[@Muffinmurdurer]

@@sonicluffypucca96 it's just a bad costume bro it's not that deep

[@squngy0]

@@sonicluffypucca96 I'm reasonably sure this is more just a failure of communication. I've never heard of this competition before and I can easily imagine it is the same for most of Europe. If the organizers just sent a random invite without explaining what is expected then this is something that can happen.

[@Ms666slayer]

I mean on that time period the Dutch were really into racing becuase Max Verstappen was one race away to become the F1 world champion, so the outfit was probably to kinda celebrate that.

[@dancedancelauren]

I grew up in a Dutch-American town that celebrated its Dutch-ness every spring with a Tulip festival. Traditional costumes from every region of the Netherlands abound that whole week. For one week, everyone is "Dutch," no matter their actual ethnicity or where. You could do *incredible* things with ANY of those traditional styles, and that's not even considering the "iconic imagery" of the country. I'm not even Dutch but growing up in a place that unironically celebrates and dances in real wooden shoes every spring makes me offended that Miss Grand Netherlands wore a cheap racing track suit. Like....what?!

[@lindafreeman7030]

Holland, Michigan?

[@sonicluffypucca96]

I think even doing BMX tricks on a bicycle while wearing a traditional Dutch dress with the bonnet and clogs would have been way better than the racing outfit.

[@justlola417]

There are some German descent communities that always do these kinds of traditional parties as well every year, and even little kids who bought their costumes in a cheap store look better than that

[@twoheadedcow_]

The Netherlands actually has a bunch of folk/traditional dress that differs per region and they put her in a sexy racecar driver costume- Crickets.

[@elliotwintersdemanagabei9437]

Yeah, I was incredibly disappointed looking at it. One quick google search up and there was immediately a ton of differing looks for both commoner clothing and high end fashion and it was just... ARGH! Why go for some random race car jumpsuit? You could have represented your culture beautifully with some innovative changes to ethnic Netherland clothing! And Miss Canada and America. Why. Should have just let some first nations step in and take over because these were incredibly bland, ugly, lowkey unoriginal, and boring. Like, either that or at least go for some high end clothing these countries had in the past. The high end clothing/ first nations cultural clothing is just so much fun to look at.

[@ActualOphelia]

😭 Yes I know everyone here is now into formule 1 bc of max verstappen, but come on!! We've got pretty traditional dress, or go inspired by one of the bazillion Dutch painters!

[@deathismyown]

where was the Dutch lace!!

[@LukSter18998]

@@ActualOphelia and what’s wrong with Verstappen? And what’s wrong with praising motor sport development? Keep to your own echo chambers I guess

[@PhoenyxAshe]

@@deathismyown I think more of Belgium and England when I think of lace, but that's just because those were where I first learned about bobbin lace, and then where I learned to make bobbin lace (respectively). Now I'm going to have to go look up Dutch lace... so much for sleep tonight! =grin=

[@dietrichzollner7897]

I know a lot of people are mentioning budget as a big limiting factor for many European countries. I also know that, for Germany at least, traditional costumes, or "Tracht", can be tricky because of the many different German subcultures and identities. Even the most famously stereotpyical "German" look of the dirndl/lederhosen is a very Bavarian-Austrian thing. All my friends from Freiburg am Breisgau or Kiel wouldn't be caught dead in them. If you're interested in some of Germany's more interesting cultural outfits I'd recommend checking out the "Bollenhut" from the Black Forest, the "Sudetentracht" from the historical Sudetenland region, or Alsatian Tracht (Elsäßer Tracht) from Alsace, the German-speaking part of France. There are also some cool styles unique to the Sorbian minority in North-East Germany.

[@beth12svist]

Czechia isn't that bad off in that regard for the most part, but I have personally witnessed someone in the vicinity of Brno loudly objecting to the idea of temporarily wearing the folk costume from the neighbouring village that only differs in a few details. There absolutely are regions where folk costumes are serious business...

[@ManukaDeadEyes]

US contestants will never surpass Miss America 2013 transformers costume

[@caridadchang7895]

just like how Canadians will never be more iconic than the hockey costumes with hockey sticks and a mask.

[@HeyRowanEllis]

was so excited for you to roast the uk then we didn't even bother to show up 😔

[@niamhbarbour]

cough Northern Ireland is in the UK cough

[@shadowmaster1313]

@@niamhbarbour listen, I know in my heart that both NI and Australia would have looked better with comparison to GB

[@HeyRowanEllis]

@@niamhbarbour * Team GB

[@natashaa43]

Noticed! Mind you seeing how most of Europe fared, I am rather glad we didn't.

[@someone-you-do-not-know8522]

As a Dane, I am extremely happy my country didn’t show up. Denmark doesn’t have any official cultural clothes, because every part of Denmark has their own cultural wear - and then there’s Greenland and Faroe Islands who have their own distinct cultural wear, meaning it could easily be hella offensive to all parts of Denmark.

[@DoctorMcHerp]

Latin America really said "Our costumes are like our food. They're both full of flavor and spice."

[@ailem2707]

I agree with the flavor, but the spice thing is only Mexico...

[@luckymagethaumia94]

SEA countries too tho

[@Nadia1989]

Spice? On my milanesas? Nah.

[@marmoor5515]

@@ailem2707 you mean Bolivia and Peru?, which have the most diversity f chili peppers wild and cultivated. Bolivians eat everything a super spicy sauce called llajwa and that over already spicy dishes.

[@ailem2707]

@@marmoor5515 Okay, you are right about that. But Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela, Colombia, DR, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua.... don’t normally eat spicy. And most Peruvian cooking isn’t spicy either. The only Latin American country where EVERYONE eats EVERYTHING spicy is Mexico, and Latam isn’t Mexico. Also, there’s the fact that the original comment is weirdly fetishizing a culture they obviously know nothing about :)

[@josequins9099]

Peru was my fav!! 20:58 Imagine the poor French girl backstage. Seeing all those incredible outfits. I would feel so inadequate.

[@Starvoice762]

France really looked at their history and how they dominated women's fashion in Europe and abroad for hundreds of years and went "ummm maybe non."

[@myiachanmagicalgirl]

Where's my Maria Antoinette silhouette?

[@annalisasteinnes]

@@myiachanmagicalgirl Yeah, really! Or even a more recent designer like Coco Chanel.

[@FlowersOfIcetor]

Annalisa Steinnes They could’ve gone full-humor with a poodle skirt!

[@lolitabubbles26]

You could have even done a cool interpretation of a Pierrot clown. I mean the possibilities are endless for France. Just sad.

[@lavender4471]

@@FlowersOfIcetor but like, a HUGE Roccoco-style version of a poodle skirt 🥰🥰🥰

[@alexisatuatara570]

European countries really need to start going for historical costumes because so many of them have amazing historical dress (look at Italy’s outfit) but instead they go for a club outfit

[@xylypotatohead3947]

I agree there are also lots of traditional dresses that can be used. Especially for France the Netherlands and Germany, there's more than just the Dirndl in Germany lol, like there are lots of other traditional outfits

[@ik6non712]

@@xylypotatohead3947 Not even traditional, they can just look up a random photo from a few decades or a century back and it'll look *way* better than those monstrosity

[@sonicluffypucca96]

Once again this is just another sign of the lack of confidence in its own culture that seems to afflicting Europe.

[@miisoma]

frr it’s disappointing,, didn’t even show their proudness in their culture,, it supposed to show the pride of the deep roots of their culture and what makes them proud and stand, *”look at me, i am elegant”*

[@combat_chameleon]

they look like cheap costumes from fashion nova wtf

[@lord_of_loch_ness4468]

Alternate title: Xiran looking at pretty women and pretending not to be gay for 29 minutes

[@cindythecandy9661]

Exactly

[@bloodywilliam3083]

“Pretending not to be gay” I’m pretty sure they’re just being gay.

[@stilltrash2436]

18:17 She was struggling to flip that flag 💀

[@muhdamirul2225]

Just to let u know that the Malaysia outfit is based on folkfore "Ulek Mayang". Ulek Mayang is story about sea spirit or bunian (elf? ) and consists of 7 princess (7 mannequin). One day, the fishermen go to catch their fish at the sea but a huge wave hitting them and they stranded on seashore. All the fishermen is concious except one. They bring the unconcious fisherman to a dukun (shaman) and he said that the unconcious fisherman soul was kidnapped by one of the princess because she interesed in him. So the dukun do a ritual to get back the soul and he fight so intensely that the princess have to get help from another 5 sisters. Then the first princess appeared which is the most beautiful, wise and strong among them. When the dukun realise the first princess appear he try to negotiate with her. The first princess keep listen because she know how problematic her sisters is. Then the princess say "I know ur origin, let creatures coming from land back to land, and let creature coming from sea back to sea". So everything back to normal and the dukun keep give offering to the 7 princess because of that event. The model in the video dress as the dukun. There is a song about this folkfore and the song have lyric about first until seven princess. But we never sing a full version because some mystical (possession and paranormal) thing happen if we do. So most people perform with even number (2,4,6) princess verse only in the song. Sorry if there is a mistake

[@cathpalug1221]

Where can I find full song? I need it for scientific reason

[@OnewBiased]

Thank you for the background story! It adds more interesting mythic on an already awesomely elaborate costume

[@memeguyeah5373]

After that incident, they offered sticky yellow rice with hard boiled egg to the princesses as a thank you gesture. So after that, they made a ritual to give the offering to the princesses on the beach b4 sailing so that fishermen would return safely.

[@Aishiteru1803]

@@cathpalug1221 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2Guh6imqc6ierc maybe this one.. I dont want to listen to it so you can try. the official one they removed the a few princesses because they are believed to be quite powerful

[@ziahchi13]

@@cathpalug1221 this is my favorite version of the song, with a performance. In the song u will hear them singing puteri dua, empat and enam and last puteri tujuh is the one in all yellow (princess 2,4,6 and 7) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqu1pnmFrMaIrpI its believed if you sing the full song invoking or naming all the princess's from 1 - 7 there will be a small chance of Paranormal Activity or even possession. Enjoy 😀

[@nugrahadwianggoro]

So, one unofficial category of a province in Indonesia is that every province has different traditional dress, and if there's a new province, it definitely will have a different dress. And on international beauty pageant, we kind of rotate the dress for each province every year for equal representation, this time it's Bali's turn

[@sonicluffypucca96]

Even during the Olympics Parade of Nations, Indonesia 🇮🇩 is usually one of my top favorites in terms of outfits especially Rio 2016.

[@OnewBiased]

Best part imo that it's kind of a basic (as in not heavily modified/glamorized) dress and it's already slayed by itself

[@maskappi8651]

Ooooh so that's why they're going for Bali. I was so confused why every other SEAn country got this amazing exploration of their culture while Indonesia got another rendition of Bali... The dress still slayed tho

[@robertralphamosprinrehrig2084]

Indonesia and Thailand and Cambodia are the real wow 😲😳 factor annually. Philippines is unique for an Asian. China, Japan, Korea, India are the real deal. They stick to their authentic culture not fantasy. Hongkong and Vietnam are both experimental and it's fun. Latin and Central America are perfect backdrop, without them any pageant may not qualify for costume competition. Latin America slay all the way USA and Canada combo with Germany, Sweden, France are Vegas type presentation, penthouse and hustler front cover models. Cuba ohlala the body and skin tone.

[@aimisakee5446]

@@robertralphamosprinrehrig2084 Malaysia? It's one of the SEA countries

[@Mariant819]

I never realize how impressive Latin American costumes are for foreigners

[@shanicek5188]

They're truly fantastic

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

They're amazing. :D

[@dionemartins0212]

as a brasilian, i'm disappointed by our entry. like, really? that's all???

[@Mariant819]

@@dionemartins0212 I’m Venezuelan you can imagine my meh…

[@PequenoTaborlin]

@@dionemartins0212 I thought it was going to be something nice and big, similar to bolivia, argentina, colombia and others, not a simple snake fantasy lol we have so much pretty costumes here

[@francescopaolini4112]

Quick note from an Italian person: thankies dear ^^ In fact Lady Gaga is partially italian :3 And I do agree, lots of people in Italy tie themselves up for their enemies funerals ^^

[@misslangleysoryuisiconic]

I rather wore Miss Italy’s costume while attending to my sugar daddy’s funeral

[@pageachatter229]

You are absolutely right in regards to Miss Germany's outfit. Germany has *way* better ethnic outfits than that. Maybe take an old Germanic design for a dress, rework it and glitz it up? Do something like what Miss Pakistan or Miss Russia did? Nope. Just a Red Riding Hood costume that you can get at Party City for pocket change. T_T

[@halu959986]

The annoying thing is that red riding hood could have worked *really* well if they sprung the budget to have her outfit look more period instead of using the cheapest nylon fabric that I should imagine was starting to melt under those lights...

[@Aki-gb8gm]

Tbh the red riding hood / brothers grimm look would've worked if they used an actual Dirndl 💀💀

[@lokigodofpuns3082]

I had the idea of a Frau Holle inspired look if you already go the fairy tale route, since she is also a pre-christian deity so you could do the old germanic design, glitz it up, give some special effects representing winter and boom!

[@purintaufufa]

Lol that outfit looks like something an amateur cosplayer would crunch the night before a con on a tight budget 😂

[@seruleanade]

as a malaysian i LOVE miss grand malaysia's combination of royal blue and gold. the headpiece that she's wearing is supposed to be a crown for the sultan and has a crescent and a 14 spiked star to represent the malaysian flag

[@andynonymous6769]

Malaysia killed it. Now I want to read up on folklore and traditional costumes there. So she definitely did her job!

[@adeepseafish1238]

Malaysia’s one was amazing! Absolutely blew my mind

[@FoxyFan0312]

And that 7 female mannequin represent of 7 Princess of Ulek Mayang...

[@nishi3154]

@@andynonymous6769 the seven girl was a princess of elf(bunian in malaysian version)we have many bunian actually...

[@SpeciesXCV]

Malayasia is the final boss in Dark Souls and France is the default character you start with

[@maibeep3338]

24:42 can I just say… I’m proud to be Thai I know it’s not really a needed comment but I just feel so happy that ours don’t suck, btw I can just feel the meaning through that costume it’s really not something you would see in a lifetime.

[@cas2762]

Imagine being Russia, a HUGE FUCKING COUNTRY with like 50 different ethnicities in it, each with their own traditional clothes that are unique and inspiring, and even some iconic looks that are more modern and could be cooperated into the outfit, and you go for THAT. Like, it was nice, but I wish I could’ve seen something more from them, you know?

[@brandonhey7797]

pretty sure there's way more than 50

[@roanwolf6389]

It was traditional Slavic culture inspired. Nothing bad about it man.

[@valzahnzahn]

I know it made me so sad after seeing all the amazing ones before it.

[@drfudgecookie5800]

I dont see the problem. Out of all the ethnicities they chose the most prominent and the one the girl likely belonged too: eastern slavic. Would've been cool if we got a Tuvan or chechen dress but those aren't very well known so it would be kind of hard to pull them off since you would probably have to explain why you are wearing a hijab when you're from an orthodox country. Especially without speaking.

[@hillomunkkiseni]

To me it looked heavily Snegurochka inspired, Snegurochka being the granddaughter of the Russian "Santa Claus" alternative Ded Moroz, same with the Siberian one, really reminded me of her as well. I guess they just wanted to go for something more generic and relatable to everyone in Russia, instead of choosing to represent some one specific ethnicity you know (especially since Russia is NOT known for treating their ethnic minorities well, there's a long history of trying to assimilate them all into "just being Russian", as a result of which many minority languages are on the brink of extinction)

[@kailaschoolcraft1488]

As an American, I'm wondering why our Miss Grand looks like a dollar store version of Barbie? My favorite though was Mexico. What can I say? I see a dragon, instantly my favorite.

[@estebanaguirre965]

USA's costume was so weird... just look at what Vietnam did with a medical outfit. I dont think I was expecting a giant breast cancer bow on her back, but so much more could have done :/

[@mapasama0810]

not a dragon though, it's a serpent

[@Yersifanel]

@@mapasama0810 he's a gigantic serpent that can fly, so.... kinda like a dragon.

[@charmagne2102]

@@mapasama0810 Giant magical snake, its a dragon.

[@mapasama0810]

then why is it called feathered serpent and not feathered dragon?

[@LMKgoddess]

Idk if it's just me but with her wearing the whole outfit with the robe, jewelry and the hair pin, this video just feels like an ancient Chinese goddess watching the pagent from the heavens

[@Yorancy]

Glad to know you like the Brazilian one! Boitatá is one of my favorite legends told by the indigenous people. I can't remember it properly because it's been years since I read about it, but I do remember that there was a flood that killed many animals, then Boitatá ate the eyes of the dead animals (because it was dark and the eyes were shining or something like that) and Boitatá itself started to shine! Also, Boitatá is not the only guardian of the florest! While Boitatá hurts people who try to burn the florest, there's also Curupira who scare hunters so they don't hurt the animals, and if I'm not mistaken, Saci Pererê is the guardian of medicinal herbs (but he's known for being a trickster, tho)

[@yeetusmaximus5689]

MALAYSIA REPRESENT 🇲🇾 proud to say that there’s a LOT of cultural inspo in her fit, which i will attempt to explain (based on personal experience and not any academic background whatsoever). the outfit itself is based on a folktale from terengganu known as ‘ulek mayang’. it follows the story of a fisherman who has his soul stolen by a sea princess. a witch doctor, known as a ‘bomoh’ is then comissioned to recover his soul, and confronts the sea princess and her sisters. the seven puppets represent the seven princesses, and the model herself represents the witch doctor. as far as i know, the outfit itself is a stylised ‘baju melayu’, something typically worn by men. her headdress is known as a ‘tangkak’, which traces its inspirational origins to the crown on top of a rooster’s head (cock fighting was very big in malay culture, and probably still is in more rural areas). around her waist is what i think is a ‘sampin’, a very very beautiful piece of cloth worn on important occassions like weddings and festivals like hari raya aidilfitri. there are probably more that i have missed, so if anyone knows anything more, please feel free to add!!

[@miershyk]

Malaysia represent indeed! Malaysia memang boleh! Thank you so much for explaining to others about the inspiration behind the costume as well as the outfit.

[@nohan972]

WAHHH TY FOR THE BACKSTORY OF THE OUTFIT

[@YuanCrossXIII]

Malaysian here! Also her outfit is traditionally wore by men. It take BALLS to make that androgynous look, considering half the country is conservatives

[@nohan972]

@@YuanCrossXIII fr i got worried abt what the locals would say but other people r enjoying it so fuck them lmfao

[@ohdarah]

I literally came in just to comment lol! I thought it was actually based in Mak Yong, as the main character is male and portrayed by a woman! But I love this interpretation as well.

[@evestone5361]

Wow, thanks for sharing this. As you said, the Latin American and East Asians nailed the assignment. Loved your budget comment for Europe.

[@kariissmol9172]

Im so annoyed by Germany. they could have the wolf looming above Rotkäppchen and make it infinetley more epic. or, I dunno, make the person go as one of the brothers grimm with a rolling diorama of some of the fairytales.

[@wonderlucky1912]

@@kariissmol9172 Hi! I see what you mean I love fairytales and it would really cool if Germany could have shown us more of their traditional clothing.

[@kariissmol9172]

@@wonderlucky1912 If you want the traditional clothing, go to the Oktoberfest. it hasnt changed much. just imagine it more Modest. Germany doesn't have that much of a Tradition left. the wars, the romans, whatever fuckfest the mideval Times was where there were the HRE and the bakx and forth. and Cathlics back then. they fucked the pagansy that would have left traditions. at least Yule is somewhat there (they call it Christmas now, but that is in fact a crime if we look at their own fucking book, don't take others holidays as your own.) I has so much ANGER for a history I never get to learn because it never existed.

[@adumba3709]

She said Southeast Asian, but the East Asian consumed were also pretty good

[@Tamaki742]

Don't forget Southeast Asia!

[@quenepacrossing4675]

-no idea how honduras was able to walk that was incredible -france made the opposite of effort they parodied and sabotaged their own country -i think peru was my favorite wt the yellow amoeba looking feathers and those glittering black wings

[@Hotarubi-dono]

The moment Italy showed up I was just like "That's it, we have a winner. They came prepared for all the other countries funeral."

[@princessofnovoselic3999]

I was NOT expecting Malaysia to go all out holy fuck. I have not been this patriotic since ever

[@Tamaki742]

Thumbs up from Indonesia! We didn't even send a Stand user smh

[@3rr0r4o4]

Bro same here 😭👍🏻 ngl I'm shock like hell

[@MollyHJohns]

Lol true 🤣

[@rika9126]

l love that the Italian costume was blatantly inspired by the Venice Carnival! I did not expect that but l am glad they used that costume, it is definitely the most recognizable among the many regional costumes we have. They pulled it off greatly!

[@republicadominicana8589]

I first I thought she was Valak from the nun horror lol

[@smoola7]

Miss Canada‘s outfit felt like „noooo, I‘m totally not appropriating native culture, it’s about our flag and how beautiful our homegrown Canadian women are 😉💕“

[@canaisyoung3601]

It kinda looked like it did, but it's Canada. They were probably very respectful anout it and apologized profusely.

[@chromberries7329]

@@canaisyoung3601 idk if this is a joke, but if they actually did rip off of native traditional outfits, they obviously aren't sorry about it or else they wouldn't have done it in the first place.

[@alastorcorvus]

@@chromberries7329 When you think about it, that's like... the most canadian thing ever.

[@ToryIsCooliest]

It could've been a nod to indigenous Canadians and brought much needed representation and wearing something that represents ALL of Canada, but nope, it's just an 'exotic' flag. It would have been controversial for a white person to admit to wearing something inspired by indigenous cultures, but I think that would have been way better. It would have come across a bit more appreciative and inclusive, but instead, it's just appropriative.

[@jessicar3291]

​@@canaisyoung3601 national stereotypes of Canadians unfortunately do not reflect the reality of how ppl are treated in Canada

[@perrihayes4040]

As an Australian, if she has no Indigenous Australians heritage, then wearing the butterfly costume was definitely the respectful choice. Interestingly, we do have a massive butterfly migration along the eastern central coast line of Queensland. For a good one to two months, the air is filled with butterflies making their way out to the ocean. My towns local Gurang Gurang mob have stories from The Dreaming about the migrations, so its been around a long time. Potentially, the butterfly costume could have been inspired by their migration? Australia is not just field with deadly things. =D

[@Ohforgodssakethatsme]

I was thinking she was trying to evoke the Ulysses Swallowtail. I was thinking this because it's the only Australian butterfly I know. I figure if even I know it, it must be famous. 🙄

[@KP-vf3jh]

For India's constume , i wish she went all the way !!! Her outfit is inspired by a folk dance called Chou nach ! Infact the mask is very accurate to what actual performers wear . I wish her outfit was as gaudy as the actual dancers

[@honeybeemoo]

Also, she's not wearing her sari the way the dancers would, but the way people usually wear in daily life/occasions, so she was also having a bit of trouble moving around

[@SanjayPulver]

As an Indian person (adopted to the US) I agree India's outfit was underwhelming... I was cracking up at your displeasure at how poorly the Europeans (and US) delegations showed up. Your videos always make my day! :D I checked the National Costume segment from last year and India did WAAAY better if you're curious.

[@standard9741]

I was really happy to see the Pakistan costume tbh, like finally! Until she came out I was afraid the entire South Asian subcontinent threw the comp. I'll have to check out India's from last year!

[@thebookwyrmslair6757]

My favorites are Angola, Malaysia, and Italy. Italy was based on the Carneval in Venice. I'm not sure the spelling but it's similar to the Carnival in Rio or Mardi Gras in New Orleans - one last hurrah before the 40 days of Lent. I saw some of the masks they wear when I visited Venice and they were absolutely stunning.