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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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Here s where South Africans can watch the Miss Universe pageant Updated
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On 17 May, Miss Universe 2019, Zozibini Tunzi, will crown her successor.
This year, Natasha Joubert, who was crowned second princess at Miss South Africa, will represent the country at the 69th edition.
South Africa is hoping for a back-to-back win. Over the past four years, South Africa succeeded in the competition.
In 2019, Zozibini Tunzi was crowned Miss Universe and is also the longest-running title-holder in history.
Since 2015, Miss Universe has been annually hosted by TV personality Steve Harvey.
1Magic (DStv channel 103) announced that the channel will be officially airing the Miss Universe Pageant on Monday, May 17 from 02:00 to 05:00.