A variety of fairly attractive models wearing outlandish caricatures of their supposed national costumes were on display at the Miss Universe 2009 event, and the results make interesting (and frequently rather bizarre) viewing:
I like the UK costume, the India costume and... Mongolia, I think? The one with the scorpion stinger-looking hat and the bow who ISN'T posed like she's about the fire it.
Ireland just looks trashy and awful and it makes me ashamed to be part Irish. :(
I loved several of them. Once like the one I think belongs to India were simply beautiful.
Then you had Japan's and the opening picture's...
Oh, and there is the pure fail like USA's. I know that the closest we have to ancient mythology is the wild west (this is of course, ignoring the native American culture which most people think of as 'feather headdresses' and is probably better off not being used since we'd butcher it) but a gaudy cowboy getup is more dignified than... than that!
Yeah, I'm just butthurt my county managed to fail in making a costume so badly that it makes the freakshows look better. At least they were interesting.
Now, I'm going to save all of the ones I liked in mass and stare at them all day.
As bizarre as some of these are, Ireland really seems to be the worst to me. It's like they weren't even trying. What I assume to be Egypt(Whole golden wing thing) is my favorite really.
The thought of a national symbol seems to have been lost on a lot of the designers. Lets just throw shit together and have our flag in the middle.
Agreed. I think it would be nice to see them actually design things based off of the spirit of the country. I'd like to see what it is that separates one country's culture from another, not just a pretty dress. Even though they look a little strange in some cases, I like the ones based on mythology because they were interesting, even if eye-boobs are a little creepy.
Egypt's was certainly the best design in both the outfit and incorporating the country's culture as far as I'm concerned. It wasn't my favorite outfit (I'm biased towards the one I suspect to be India, as I love saree) but it was my favorite costume.
Down with the USA. They even don't care about they allies (like president Obama not comming for aniversary of suprise attack on Westerplatte that have started WW2)
nope coz its always looks like brother earning money and greedy sister takin it all. Why? Coz we have invaded Iraq together and only Americans are makin profit there... Lets see - We are riskin our brothers lifes there (Afghanistan, Iraq) for some bulshit "We will bulid anti-rocket shield in Poland!" (also its now a "trade card" with Russia) , "We will give Polish citizens visa to USA like French and British have!" NO MORE LIES NO MORE BULSHIT AMERICANS - DO YA REALLY THINK THAT WE ARE SOMETHING LIKE RETARDED JOHNNY?. The jar is carring da water until handle will not pull off... and that day have came. Polish Society is disgusted with this and someday Thou "will wake up with hand in toilet" but not the clean one.
"your anniversary " i ya "our" anniversary of the World War 2 beginning - the day that hell was better place than earth
listen - Companies are makin profit and Governement is losing citizens cash ... what do they care? Those money are not really belong to them but $$$ from bribes from companies are really nice.. simple ya? THIS IS WHAT I CALL REALITY.
“You should go into politics on the Don’t Forget Poland ticket.” ahahaha well I am already politic...
Btw please forget all history especialy this about U.S - it will be very easy to asimilate citizens in country like that. If Poles that remember abo things like aniversary of WW2 are funny then Jews that remember about Destroy of Salomon Temple and still weeping about that are much more hilarious.
You sound like the kind of person that thinks if you spend $750B to make $100B you've made a sound investment. You should go into politics on the Don't Forget Poland ticket.
ya very funny... and Texaco and so on are not makin profit from Iraqi oil right? And Coca-Cola and other vultures like McDonalnd are not takin profit from Iraqi market? Thous companies are trading money for lifes and U.S goverment help them don't ya think? And for some certain we do not want our brother lifes be they sacrafice for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I want to live in the universe where the U.S. made a profit off of invading Iraq. That sounds like a nice universe to live in. Can I get a visa for that universe?
I said down with the North Long Live The South ;p
but i think that even if McCain was this guy who became 44th President of the United States that would happen coz we are only a "usefull" card in game with Russia
Yeah, man, if you don't think people complain about Blizzard's sales tactics and release dates, the rock you live under must be quite the spectacle.
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Miss Universe? Where are the women not from Earth? Like the Navi from Pandora... she's 9 foot tall, blue with a very strong body...
How about Miss Earth?
Where's Miss Macross?
RANKA-CHAN
its 2009, it should be lyn minmei, duh! go read your macross history book
there not weird there interesting costumes since there supposed to represent there country and it's culture
Needs more lolis...
Needs more OL.
Im scared and aroused. Conflicting emotions.
It depends on your fetishes, really.
I like the UK costume, the India costume and... Mongolia, I think? The one with the scorpion stinger-looking hat and the bow who ISN'T posed like she's about the fire it.
Ireland just looks trashy and awful and it makes me ashamed to be part Irish. :(
Hell yeah, Ireland~
None of this women are attractive...
something is the matter with you.
I loved several of them. Once like the one I think belongs to India were simply beautiful.
Then you had Japan's and the opening picture's...
Oh, and there is the pure fail like USA's. I know that the closest we have to ancient mythology is the wild west (this is of course, ignoring the native American culture which most people think of as 'feather headdresses' and is probably better off not being used since we'd butcher it) but a gaudy cowboy getup is more dignified than... than that!
Yeah, I'm just butthurt my county managed to fail in making a costume so badly that it makes the freakshows look better. At least they were interesting.
Now, I'm going to save all of the ones I liked in mass and stare at them all day.
Uh, the 4th is supposed to be?
Some are actually quite elegant.
"Some are quite elegant"
Indeed, look at no.18, pretty nice, anyone knows who she is?
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/wp-content/gallery/misc-images-xxviii/miss-universe-2009-cosplay-freakshow-018.jpg
Some of them look like final bosses of some RPG.
They should stick with the bikinis and leave these costumes to the circus shows.
thanks for wasting my 5minute life time.
There were a few costumes there were kind of normal. The US one made me laugh.
#26 is definitely my favorite.
Looks like monsters from a Kamen Rider/Flashmen/Power Rangers series.
I uh.... I can't tell which girl is supposed to be representing my country..... I'm a brownie, can any one tell me where should I be looking?
rather than cosplay
i think it's the costume that represent your country
mine is 23, from indonesia
That's what I was talking about. I'm Mexican, but none of those weird-ass costumes give me any hint of my country.
JESUS CHRIST IRELAND DID YOU EVEN TRY?
Just give me the women in bikinis. No need for some fancy shmancy retarded costumes.
scary
I'm kinda upset that the United States is represented by NASCAR.
This is actually a really nice show imo
is this Ms. Cosplay Universe 2009, oh well....
Why is there so man ugly women in the Miss Universe pageants these days?
Only seeing a couple in there that are really attractive...
Someone needs to show the designers Haydee's gown to the opera from Gankutsuou and see what they can make of it...
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/49193__468x_miss-universe-2009-cosplay-freakshow-035.jpg
LOL WUT?
a couple of these costumes looked like a bush held together with tape and prayers
Ohh goshhh, i see Miss colombia, yayyyyy
Looks like designs for the next Touhou Project game. Is ZUN involved in this?
So America gets NASCAR, huh? DX
I think that Race-Queen-like one was Monaco...
The helmet looks like US ;)
number 23 -- from Indonesia -- is hot (promotes, promotes)
I concur, Miss Indonesia looks good to me. Miss Japan looks creepy with that mask.
not 2d, check
not loli, check
not (enough) dfc, check.
ok, 3DPD it is!
yeah, i also think that one looks good than the others...
Disgusting 3D pigs.
Talk to your hand crepy otaku
These outfits must have been designed by people who want to make women look ugly.
Numbers 5, 16, 37, and 42 looked pretty good.
Number 35 looked like a man, with that squared-off jaw.
Where the hell is Miss Korea?
same, didnt notice one yet...
I have the sudden urge to go to Ireland.
As bizarre as some of these are, Ireland really seems to be the worst to me. It's like they weren't even trying. What I assume to be Egypt(Whole golden wing thing) is my favorite really.
The thought of a national symbol seems to have been lost on a lot of the designers. Lets just throw shit together and have our flag in the middle.
See Finland? Nr.13 (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/49171__468x_miss-universe-2009-cosplay-freakshow-013.jpg) She's wearing a simple dress (and hueg hat) made of fabric with the Marimekko floral pattern, which doesn't look all that special but is one of the most successful (although obscure) Finnish trademarks internationally.
Agreed. I think it would be nice to see them actually design things based off of the spirit of the country. I'd like to see what it is that separates one country's culture from another, not just a pretty dress. Even though they look a little strange in some cases, I like the ones based on mythology because they were interesting, even if eye-boobs are a little creepy.
Egypt's was certainly the best design in both the outfit and incorporating the country's culture as far as I'm concerned. It wasn't my favorite outfit (I'm biased towards the one I suspect to be India, as I love saree) but it was my favorite costume.
same here. miss egypt's costume is truly awesome.
Lol. That's what I was thinking. It was like they walked up to her and went "Here's a flag an a leprechaun hat, now go, you're on!"
*and
Lol haha, http://www.sankakucomplex.com/wp-content/gallery/misc-images-xxviii/miss-universe-2009-cosplay-freakshow-015.jpg is Anti-christ...
Propably Georgia
It sure is "Miss Universe" It looks like they all come from space in those outfits.
Where is Porando-chan?
hmm tam miedzy Filipinami a Puerto Rico 2 rzad od góry lewa strona środka ;p
Miss USA made me crack up so bad
Down with the USA. They even don't care about they allies (like president Obama not comming for aniversary of suprise attack on Westerplatte that have started WW2)
shut up. not everybody voted for him
Did you think you were the U.S.'s one and only, but then it forgot your anniversary and now you want to make it sleep on the couch?
nope coz its always looks like brother earning money and greedy sister takin it all. Why? Coz we have invaded Iraq together and only Americans are makin profit there... Lets see - We are riskin our brothers lifes there (Afghanistan, Iraq) for some bulshit "We will bulid anti-rocket shield in Poland!" (also its now a "trade card" with Russia) , "We will give Polish citizens visa to USA like French and British have!" NO MORE LIES NO MORE BULSHIT AMERICANS - DO YA REALLY THINK THAT WE ARE SOMETHING LIKE RETARDED JOHNNY?. The jar is carring da water until handle will not pull off... and that day have came. Polish Society is disgusted with this and someday Thou "will wake up with hand in toilet" but not the clean one.
"your anniversary " i ya "our" anniversary of the World War 2 beginning - the day that hell was better place than earth
@Lichtsyn:
Texaco, IBM, Bofors, Krupp, ...
Please say it together with me: "MULTI-national company".
^^^^^
Thank you.
listen - Companies are makin profit and Governement is losing citizens cash ... what do they care? Those money are not really belong to them but $$$ from bribes from companies are really nice.. simple ya? THIS IS WHAT I CALL REALITY.
“You should go into politics on the Don’t Forget Poland ticket.” ahahaha well I am already politic...
Btw please forget all history especialy this about U.S - it will be very easy to asimilate citizens in country like that. If Poles that remember abo things like aniversary of WW2 are funny then Jews that remember about Destroy of Salomon Temple and still weeping about that are much more hilarious.
You sound like the kind of person that thinks if you spend $750B to make $100B you've made a sound investment. You should go into politics on the Don't Forget Poland ticket.
ya very funny... and Texaco and so on are not makin profit from Iraqi oil right? And Coca-Cola and other vultures like McDonalnd are not takin profit from Iraqi market? Thous companies are trading money for lifes and U.S goverment help them don't ya think? And for some certain we do not want our brother lifes be they sacrafice for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I want to live in the universe where the U.S. made a profit off of invading Iraq. That sounds like a nice universe to live in. Can I get a visa for that universe?
I said down with the North Long Live The South ;p
but i think that even if McCain was this guy who became 44th President of the United States that would happen coz we are only a "usefull" card in game with Russia
Disgusting 3d pigs
crepy otaku
it can't be helped
These Miss Universe contests are dumb. We should all just vote for the one with the biggest rack and be done with it.
Helmet and Oni Mask is allowed? Fail
LOL!
well...i prefer DFC.
Hehehe oni
a Ty kto do diabla???
Miss Japan has a Raep on her "face",lol...
I think Miss Korea and Miss China are more attrative than her...
which one was miss korea...
I like Miss Russia
Or is she UK? I can't tell. The Evil Princess one.
They dress like my grandma!
i like all lol
I like all loli
fix'd
Is that person in the first pic even a girl?
Lol at the race car driver costume though.
Yeah, really fuckin' lol.
That's all the U.S. needs... more international correlation to redneck NASCAR fans.
#8 looks like she has decorated her schlong.
i like the last 1? lol
I like pic 20 more. so hawt!
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/wp-content/gallery/misc-images-xxviii/miss-universe-2009-cosplay-freakshow-023.jpg
Our Indonesian princess!! <3
Oh, right! Is she cosplaying... Srikandi? :D
GO INDONESIA !
INDONESIA, FUCK YEAH!! >:3
Nippon Banzai!!!
Banzai!!!!!
GO INDONESIA!!
KOREA HAS TIFFANYS SMILE ZOMG
"What is the most interesting thing about Japan?"
SHE SAID THE TOILETS. SHE SERIOUSLY SAID THE TOILETS. NOT THE TECHNOLOGY, THE CENTURIES OF EAST ASIAN HERITAGE OR CULTURE, BUT THE TOILETS.
http://www.missuniverse.com/videos/view/511
/bleed
She's beautiful!
Freaks on a loose??
my ass better then 3d pig disgusting!
Nah crepy otaku
Pics or bullshit.