The Miss Universe Contestants Wore "National Costumes," And Miss USA's Is Actually Pretty Cool

The Miss Universe pageant was this weekend!

Contestants onstage
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Congrats to Sheynnis Palacios from Nicaragua for winning the title!

Sheynnis waving and wearing the crown
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But I'm here to talk about my favorite part of the pageant: the national costume competition. During this part of the pageant, contestants dress up in a costume that best represents their country, and it's always super entertaining.

Here's how everyone dressed this year...

1.Miss Switzerland

She's wearing a very colorful bodysuit, ornate emblem that includes the Swiss flag behind her, and high boots
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2.Miss Dominican Republic

She's wearing a leaf-print flared gown and leafy train
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3.Miss Slovakia

She's wearing ornate headgear and a strapless dress
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4.Miss Angola

A flared, colorful long skirt and bodice top
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Detail of Miss Angola's dress, showing the illustration of a person in a Native outfit
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5.Miss Bahamas

Wearing a flared, colorful, bejeweled dress and large hat with ribbon
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6.Miss Croatia

Wearing a short, strapless fringed dress and high boots
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7.Miss Egypt

A two-piece sleeveless short set with lots of armbands, tall headpiece, and a large train
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Close-up of the outfit
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8.Miss France

She's wearing a spangly bathing suit and headpiece and floor-length stringy train
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9.Miss Great Britain

She's wearing a crown and flared gown with words hanging on it
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The back of the gown shows a replica of the Oxford Dictionary of English
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10.Miss Denmark

She's wearing a colorful, ornate, bejeweled outfit with peacock-like, feathery train and dragon headpiece
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11.Miss British Virgin Islands

A sleeveless gown with flared bottom and the territory's "Vigilate" flag as a sash
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12.Miss Kosovo

She's wearing a long-sleeved, two-piece gown with brocade collar
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13.Miss Nicaragua

She's wearing large headgear and a bejeweled winged outfit
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14.Miss Lebanon

A sleeveless gown with a sheer printed train
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15.Miss Thailand

An ornate, bejeweled gown and headgear with long braid
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16.Miss Portugal

A strapless, two-toned, bodice-top gown with cape
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17.Miss Albania

A bodysuit with large wings
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18.Miss Norway

A flared, strapless gown with fringes and accents of the tricolor Norwegian flag stripes
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19.Miss Canada

An ornate, bejeweled, maple leaf–winged gown with a flared bottom consisting of many flags
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The back of the wings says "Inclusivity makes dreams come true"
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20.Miss Italy

A flared one-piece with gold front, lacy train, and webbed wings
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21.Miss Malta

A bodysuit and tights with multicolored butterfly wings
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22.Miss Indonesia

Ornate headgear with a large overhead piece
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23.Miss Germany

She's wearing a two-piece minidress with train and fringed wrap and holding up a "Grimms Märchen" book
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She's holding the book open
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24.Miss Guyana

She's wearing minidress and has a complex, multitiered train of flora and fauna behind her
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25.Miss Bahrain

Wearing a pantsuit, a sparkly headpiece, and train
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26.Miss Poland

A flared, strapless gown with opera gloves and puffy train
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27.Miss Zimbabwe

An ornate, beaded gown with train and spiked headgear
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28.Miss Myanmar

Wearing a print, gold-tone gown with a multitiered train with dangling currency
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29.Miss Puerto Rico

A "cobblestone" flared gown with a back showing houses and other landmarks
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30.Miss Panama

A short dress with flared sleeves and an ornate, colorful train with many strands
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31.Miss Nepal

A gown with a thigh-high side slit and colorful headpiece that looks like an exploding bomb with missiles on top
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32.Miss Ukraine

She's wearing a swirling, sheer outfit and holding a gold-tone baby
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33.Miss Laos

She's wearing a colorful, short-sleeved gown and ornate train that includes the red and blue of the flag
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34.Miss Mexico

A colorful, bejeweled, flared gown and headpiece
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35.Miss Russia

A long-sleeved, lacy, flared gown and ornate headpiece
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36.Miss Japan

A long, fringed red gown with white accents and paper-bamboo parasol
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37.Miss Malaysia

A bejeweled headpiece and yellow brocade dress suit
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38.Miss Trinidad and Tobago

An ornate red, feathery outfit with attached bird-head accent
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39.Miss Spain

A straight, deep-back yellow flamenco gown with flared bottom and flared sleeves
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40.Miss Paraguay

She's wearing an ornate headpiece with colorful sleeveless bodysuit, tricolor-flag wings, and a sign saying "Por amor al arte"
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41.Miss Chile

A straight gown with winged sleeves and headpiece
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42.Miss Finland

A short, long-sleeved, flared dress with petticoat and front bow and high boots
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43.Miss Greece

A gown with an ornate front, and she's carrying a "Take our history back" scroll and a wand
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44.Miss Belgium

She's wearing a short, sleeveless, uneven-hem dress
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45.Miss Mongolia

A long, bejeweled gown with long robe and headpiece
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46.Miss Latvia

A tasseled short, sleeveless bodysuit with tiered, pastel train and wings and thigh-high boots
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47.Miss Namibia

She's wearing a beaded headpiece and a two-piece short outfit with an animal head with long antlers covering the pelvic region and a lace-and-fur train behind
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48.Miss Nigeria

A colorful outfit with tasseled arm- and legwear and ornate blade train and headpiece
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49.Miss Netherlands

She's wearing shiny pants and a large tulip on top
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The tulip petals opens to reveal a rainbow pattern
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50.Miss Ireland

An ornate gown with train and headpiece, embodying a Celtic sea goddess
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Close-up of the bejeweled headpiece
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51.Miss India

She's wearing a thick necklace, ornate spiral headpiece, colorful bandeau top, and colorful, bejeweled print long skirt with train
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52.Miss Hungary

She's wearing a short flared dress with print top layer, puffy sleeves, and long train, with the green, red, and white of the flag
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53.Miss Jamaica

She's wearing a colorful, ornate headpiece and matching long-sleeved bodysuit outfit with flared jacket that has an ocean theme
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54.Miss Honduras

She's wearing an ornate two-piece outfit and ornate headdress with a train that has illustrations of Native scenes
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55.Miss Guatemala

She's wearing a bodysuit with circular, sheer train
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56.Miss Mauricio

She's wearing a bodice top and long flared, print skirt
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57.Miss Kazakhstan

Wearing a warrior headpiece and flared, multi-tiered gown with long, sheer cape
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58.Miss Cambodia

She's wearing a headpiece, tube top, ornate necklace, and shiny mid-calf skirt with bejeweled belt with tassel
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59.Miss Bolivia

She's wearing a large feathered, beaded headdress, Native-themed colorful, two-piece outfit, and large, colorful train
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60.Miss Brazil

She's wearing a beaded headpiece and train with large parrot heads, long-sleeved bodoysuit, and tasseled boots
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Side view of the bird-themed outfit
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61.Miss El Salvador

She's wearing a sleeveless gown and headpiece with a volcanic lava theme
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Close-up of the bejeweled, "glowing" headpiece
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62.Miss Singapore

She's wearing a bodysuit with a shiny print jacket with long, flared sleeves, and a train
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Close-up of her face jewelry, including a large hoop nose earring
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63.Miss South Africa

She's wearing a two-piece gown with train, sash, and matching necklace and headgear
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64.Miss Pakistan

She's wearing a colorful bejeweled, tiered gown with flared sleeves and ornate matching fan
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65.Miss Philippines

She's wearing a fringed aviation-themed bodysuit with large wings and in the colors of the flag: red, white, blue, and yellow
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66.Miss Cameroon

She's wearing a short, ornate outfit with armored neckpiece, train, and large headdress in the colors of the flag — red, gold, and green — and photos of prominent Cameroonian women
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67.Miss Colombia

She's carrying the colors of the flag — blue, red, and gold — and wearing an ornate, long-sleeved tasseled, bejeweled bodysuit with ornate headdress
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She's showing a flag cloth that also has the silhouette of a tree and people on horses with a bright sun backdrop
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68.Miss Bulgaria

She's wearing a short, sleeveless, golden outfit with large wings and a circular headpiece
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69.Miss Cayman Islands

An ornate bodysuit with long sleeves that have spherical, sea-themed and butterfly attachments, along with high, sparkly boots and a small, shiny train
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70.Miss Vietnam

A long, traditional, ornate, long-sleeved tiered gown and robe with bejeweled headpiece
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Close-up of the colorful print hand fan and bejeweled headpiece
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71.Miss Australia

She's waring a strapless, multicolored pastel gown with jeweled and tasseled accents
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72.Miss Argentina

She's wearing a bejeweled bodysuit and headpiece with the country's Sun of May theme
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73.Miss Ecuador

She's wearing a sparkly long-sleeved bodysuit, shiny thigh-high boots, and an attached train showing a light-up hat, train car, and railway tracks, as well as an emblem for Eloy Alfaro Delgado, former president of Ecuador
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She's giving a thumbs-up
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74.Miss Costa Rica

She's wearing a bejeweled headpiece, bodysuit and long train, with a marine/beach theme, and carrying a large staff with flora and fauna
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75.Miss Curaçao

She's carrying a torch and wearing a gold-tone bodysuit with wings to represent the three rings of the Olympics
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76.And lastly: Miss USA

She's wearing a bejeweled Statue of Liberty headpiece, a bejeweled bodysuit with a US flag train showing different flags and a Route 66 sign jutting out of it, and flag-themed, thigh-high bejeweled boots
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Close-up of the outfit
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The back view of Miss USA on the runway
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