You can tell some countries fully understood the assignment, while others, well, didn’t.
My favorite part of the Miss Universe pageant is the “national costume presentation,” where participants dress in a costume that represents their country.
The 70th Miss Universe pageant was on Friday, and here’s how each country, all 69 of them, dressed as, well, their home countries:
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Miss Canada, Tamara Jemuovic:
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Miss Germany, Hannah Seifer:
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Miss Nepal, Sujita Basnet:
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Miss Laos, Tonkham Phonchanhueang:
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Miss Kenya, Roshanara Ebrahim:
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Miss Kazakhstan, Aziza Tokashova:
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Miss Honduras, Rose Melendez:
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Miss Ecuador, Susy Sacoto:
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Miss Chile, Antonia Figueroa:
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Miss Bolivia, Nahemi Uequin:
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Miss Belgium, Kedist Deltour:
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Miss Croatia, Ora Ivanisevic:
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Miss Nigeria, Maristella Okpala:
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Miss Denmark, Sara Langtved:
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Miss Haiti, Pascale Belony:
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Miss Iceland, Elisa Groa Steinþorsdottir:
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Miss Cayman Islands, Georgina Kerford:
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Miss Ireland, Katharine Walker:
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Miss Venezuela, Luiseth Materan:
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Miss Peru, Yely Rivera:
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Miss Jamaica, Daena Soares:
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Miss France, Clemence Botino:
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Miss Ghana, Naa Morkor Commodore:
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Miss Nicaragua, Allison Wassmer:
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Miss Mauritius, Anne Murielle Ravina:
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Miss Norway, Nora Nakken:
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Miss Namibia, Chelsi Shikongo:
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Miss Vietnam, Nguyen Huynh Kim Duyen:
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29.
Miss India, Harnaaz Sandhu:
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Miss Costa Rica, Valeria Rees:
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Miss Finland, Essi Unkuri:
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Miss Turkey, Cemrenaz Turhan:
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Miss Thailand, Anchilee Scott-Kemmis:
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Miss Ukraine, Anna Neplyakh:
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Miss Singapore, Nandita Banna:
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Miss Slovakia, Veronika Scepankova:
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Miss Spain, Sarah Loinaz:
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Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane:
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Miss Sweden, Moa Sandberg:
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Miss Panama, Brenda Smith:
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Miss Russia, Ralina Arabova:
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Miss Romania, Carmina Cotfas:
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Miss Poland, Agata Wdowiak:
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Miss Philippines, Beatrice Gomez:
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Miss Portugal, Oricia Domínguez:
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Miss Puerto Rico, Michelle Colon:
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Miss Australia, Daria Varlamova:
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Miss Bulgaria, Elena Danova:
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Miss Czech Republic, Karolína Kokesova:
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Miss Cameroon, Akomo Minkata:
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Miss Malta, Jade Cini:
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Miss Italy, Caterina Di Fuccia:
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Miss Kosovo, Tuti Sejdiu:
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Miss Netherlands, Julia Sinning:
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Miss Morocco, Kawtar Benhalima:
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Miss Mexico, Debora Hallal:
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Miss Korea, Jisu Kim:
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Miss Israel, Noa Cochva:
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Miss Japan, Juri Watanabe:
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Miss British Virgin Islands, Xaria Penn:
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Miss Guatemala, Dannia Guevara:
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Miss Great Britain, Emma Collingridge:
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Miss Cambodia, Ngin Marady:
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Miss Greece, Sofia Arapogianni:
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Miss Hungary, Jazmin Viktoria:
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Miss El Salvador, Alejandra Gavidia:
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Miss Curacao, Shariengela Cijntje:
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Miss China, Shi Yin Yang:
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And last but not least, Miss USA, Elle Smith:
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Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/miss-universe-costumes