Miss U delegates parade in National Costumes

Last night, Monday, August 10, the 84 contestants of Miss Universe 2009 paraded in their national costumes. As expected, it was an exciting event seeing all the ladies in their colourful costumes. But I just saw them in pictures. I am not in Bahamas. LOL

I was impressed with Miss France Chloe Mortaud, Miss China Jing Yao Wang, Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez, Miss Philippines Pamela Bianca Manalo, Miss Panama Diana Broce, Miss Bahamas Kiara Sherman, Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos, Miss Ecuador Sandra Vinces and Miss Egypt Elham Wagdi. They all look fabulous wearing their costumes.

Miss Bahamas in National Costume

Miss China in national costume

 

Miss Ecuador in national costume

  

Miss Egypt in national costume

 

 

Miss France in national costume

  

Miss Philippines in national costume

  

Miss Puerto Rico in national costume

 

The ladies who did not impress me with their national costume are Miss Canada Mariana Valente, Miss USA Kristen Dalton, Miss Germany Martina Lee, Miss Netherlands Avalon-Chanel Weyzig.

Miss Canada in national costume

 

Miss Germany in national costume

  

Miss USA in national costume

 

You can now view the other national costumes in this LINK. I am still looking for the others so keep on visiting here.

More Similar Gowns of Misses Puerto Rico, Mexico, Egypt, Bahamas - patterned from Ellie Saab

That picture posted above is taken from a Colombian message board. A poster found out that the gown of Miss Puerto Rico Mayra Matos is not only an imitation from an Elli Saab gown but also from Miss Bahamas World 2008 Tinnyse Jamel Johnson's.

A reader explained in his comment he left here that this is a natural thing. He said that "nothing is original in the world of fashion. Every design had been done before with little different twists."

He has a point there. And another talk of pageant lovers is the gown of Miss Egypt Elham Wagdi. Many believe that gown was copied from Miss Mexico Elisa Najera's Top gown at Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam.

Miss Egypt Elham Wagdi's long gown for Miss Universe 2009

Miss Mexico Elisa Najera Top 5 long gown at Miss Universe 2008

But if you are thinking Elisa's gown is original, you are wrong since it is also an imitation from another Ellie Saab's gown which was worn before by Halle Berry.

Ellie Saab's gown

Who has the Best Headshot Among the candidates of Miss Universe 2009?

 

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I've been talking about Miss Earth new website yesterday and surprisingly, Miss Universe also updated theirs by uploading the headshots of each candidates to the 2009 Miss Universe in Bahamas. So, who do you think has the Best Headshot?

But I noticed some honest mistakes which include:

1. Miss Singapore Rachel Kum has the picture of Miss Philippines Pamela Bianca Manalo.

2. Miss Philippines named has been mispelled. Instead of PAMELA Bianca Manalo, what was written is PANELA Bianca Manalo.

Most of the ladies are beautiful in pictures. Most of them are photogenic. The question is, will there be a Miss Photogenic award this year after it was skipped last year?

Miss Indonesia Zivanna Letisha Sirigar is stunning in her headshot. She's a revelation. And I also noticed her big facial similarity with Miss Philippines Pamela Bianca Manalo.

Miss Korea Na Ri is not really that bad. She looks so sensual and sophisticated in the picture.

Miss Netherlands Avalon Chanel Weyzig is like a goddess. I love her almond-like skin colour.

Miss Paraguay Mareike Baumgarten Oroa's headshot should be changed. She doesn't look good in her picture. While most of the candidates have photoshopped pictures, Mareike's picture was not.

Miss Egypt Elham Wagdi is absolutely stunning.

These are only few of my comments. I try to post more next time.

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