Miss Universe Parade of Costumes
 

Apparently what represents the USA best in a world-wide beauty pageant is a Transformer.

http://themetapicture.com/parade-of-national-costumes/

I wonder how much the luggage surcharge was for some of these....

Can't you get the "Sexy Mountie" costume at Party City for Halloween?
Or is that available at Fredrick's of Hollywood?

I think they all look stupid, but I'm not much for pageants as a whole anyway.

Oh, Miss Germany. Oh oh oh. :o

The commentary at TomandLorenzo.com was hilarious on these. I'd link but I'm on my phone, and I haven't figured out how to make that work.

Could not agree more with the comment on Miss Germany. WTH is that?

The lizard on Miss Curacao is kind of hilarious!!! Miss India & Ecuador... stunning costumes!

Some of these girls need to stay the heck out of Hobby Lobby.

amIblue beat me to TLo. Here's a link to part 1 if you missed it. Those guys are HILARIOUS

http://tomandlorenzo.com/2013/11/mis...es-part-1.html

Thanks for the link! Parts 2 and 3 are even funnier than part 1 on there. I love TLo!

What is with Miss Belgium? I don't get it. Satan resides in Brussels?

After looking at all of them, I can't help but think that the Sexy Mountie might be one of the least offensive! The Sexy Tudor Queen wasn't too terrible, and without the face makeup, I think that Nigeria's really rocked!

These would all make awesome drag costumes.

I think they were probably all made by drag costumers. ;)

Miss Puerto Rico in particular would fit in great on RuPaul's Drag Race.

amIblue, THANK YOU SO MUCH for your suggested viewing! Laughter is truly the best medicine, and it provided BIG TIME.

Great Britain looks like a college girl trying to dress sexy for Halloween, and Peru looks like a rainbow threw up all over a two-headed cowgirl.

And as the first comment on the link says, "You had ONE JOB America..."

Seriously.

Awful.

I just feel bad for the many peacocks who died for those atrocious costumes.

And what's the point of the fake baby strapped to Miss Peru's costume?

One word: Curaçao. That is all.

Many of them were wtf, but the Netherlands especially. What was wrong with actual traditional national costume instead of something that looks like a showgirl piece?

That outfit was so strange! The "traditional Dutch clothing" you usually see is only worn in one small region though, never nationally.
And the traditional dressing here is covered up from ears to toes, with extra sturdy scarves on top, and they got in trouble from trying to make it sexy a few times before.

I know why Curacao used this design, the lizard is used in their advertising for vacations a lot. Doesn't make it a charming outfit though.

Curaçao may not be charming, but she is cracktabulous!

Miss Peru was babywearing! It's part of a lot of cultures, Peru being one of them. I thought it was awesome. But, that could be because I wear my son... ;)

(hijack) I want to, but I have this huge fear of tying the sling wrong and baby just falling out. (/hijack)

Just practice at home, and watch lots of youtube videos. You really get used to it quickly! There is a learning curve, but it's fantastic to be able to go places with your baby and still have two hands free. :)

I'm watching the pageant now.. what a horrible choice for a musical guest.. Panic at the Disco singing about "where will you wake up in the morning" and that other awful song..
Not to mention that he sounds like a teenage amateur. It's just bad all-around.

Doesn't bring the level of class I would expect from Ms Universe.

I also don't like when people clap for themselves. They must be instructed to do it but I think it looks tacky. That may just be me, I don't know.


ETA: If you're 4th, 3rd, or 2nd Runner Up, they sure do get you off stage really quickly. It had the feeling of "ok, you lose, GTFO now."


And it"s over so my commentary is done ;-)

Part 2
http://tomandlorenzo.com/2013/11/mis...es-part-2.html

Part 3
http://tomandlorenzo.com/2013/11/mis...es-part-3.html

I'm lmao reading these. Hot assed messes

Curacao's National Costume tag-teamed with the Costumes from Jamaica and Bolivia behind local weatherpeople during hours of live, televised Storm Team Coverage today. Beautiful radar hues represented dangerous, wicked weather conditions. As they used to say during Johnny Carson's show, More To Come...