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unusual facts about national costume



Jatari Indian Folk Association

The Jatari Indian Folk Association is a Hungarian musical group aims to explore and collect the folk traditions such as folk music, folk and sacral dances, national costume, folk instruments, legends, folk tales, Catholic liturgical and Gregorian tunes of Andean cultures of South America.

Lilla stjärna

Dressed in the Leksand national costume, Babs performed 5th in the running order on the night of the contest, following Luxembourg's Solange Berry with "Un grand amour" and preceding Denmark's Raquel Rastenni with "Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog".


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Blouson

In 1993, the blouson was worn as the national costume of the United States for the APEC meeting held in Seattle, Washington.

Chutima Durongdej

She won the 2nd Runner-up of "Best National Costume" and "Miss Photogenic" in the 2009 Miss Universe pageant competition held in the Bahamas.

Gavintra Photijak

She represented Thailand in the Miss Universe 2008 pageant held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, where her Muay Thai inspired costume won the Best National Costume Award.

Graciela Soto

Despite not winning her country's national title, she was chosen to represent Mexico in the 1999 Miss International pageant, held on 14 December 1999 at Tokyo's U-Port Hall, where she was a favorite to win the Best National Costume award.

Katty Fuentes

There, she received the Clairol Style Award and the third placement in the National Costume Competition.

Love Today

"Love Today" was used as the background music during the National Costume and Opening Presentation of Miss Universe 2008 held in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

Sue Downey

She later competed in the 1965 Miss Universe pageant, where she placed Second Runner-up and the recipient of the Best National Costume award.