Beauty queens turn activists at Miss Universe s National Costume Show Fashion statements abounded at this event 14 May 2021 - 18:40 By Paula Andropoulos Miss Universe Singapore Bernadette Belle Ong. Image: Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images
Historically, the national costume segment of the Miss Universe competition has encompassed a bizarre range of walking human floats and on the nose puns from the presenters and this year s, which took place in the US on Thursday, was no exception.
However, perhaps because of the heightened social and political circumstances in which we universally find ourselves, some of the participating country s representative’s costumes made interesting and provocative statements, showing once again how fashion can operate as a conduit for protest and self-expression.
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