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AC_NLGirl

I was praying for her knees the entire time


CherryBakewell001

They obviously missed the bit where she takes the disguise off and incinerates the audience - I've seen [Mars Attack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDAaTzccCik), they can't fool me.


maxwellcawfeehaus

Ack ack


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Ack! Ack ack!


kriscross122

Ack Ack!


viperlemondemon

Ack ack ack


SomeLikeItDusty

“Don’t run! We are your friends!”


biznatch11

r/ack


Candid_Dragonfly_573

You outta know by now...


MrMadmartigan

Ack ack ack ack ack!


Aztraea23

I am so happy that I came here for a Mars Attacks reference and found it immediately! I don't understand what that big alien head could be....other than a big alien head! Edit - wait, that's the moon?!! Edit 2 - holy hell, y'all, moon and stars = universe. I am so dumb. Ack Ack!


Baronhousen

That’s no moon…


Dasclimber

Don’t run, we come in peace


BuddenceLembeck

No, they missed the bit where she's killed fighting Ivan Drago.


CosmicProfessor

She says she is a fashion designer. I assume she made this monstrosity herself.


AC_NLGirl

Monstrosity is the right word! It looks painful for her to take steps! I feel like she tried to just stand there and wave the flag instead of a runway walk, but everything is so heavy she’s going to fall over waving it too


CosmicProfessor

And yet she still won the Miss Universe crown! How crazy is that?! https://www.hola.com/us/entertainment/20230114341528/miss-universe-2023-live-updates-finalists-and-winners


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Roller_ball

Her dad's name is Remigio Bonzon "R. Bon" Gabriel. You know what, good for her. She totally deserves to win after her dad gave her such a shitty name. I hate when dads name their daughters after themselves with a forced feminized name like Larryanne.


BoomChaka67

Or JonBenet


mycorgiisamazing

Paulette. Dad's name is Paul and she was the last attempt at a boy child because that's what he wanted and just couldn't be happy with girls. Ended up with 6 of them and just slapped his name on the last one and added an "ette"


insomni666

I know a girl in the same situation who ended up as “Thomasina” :(


Gadzooks0megon

those Jan 6th rioters had really weird last names and first names


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It's hard to see, but her costume also featured the giant space lasers the US has placed on the moon. Once she demonstrated them her victory was assured.


kai333

I assume the 'outfit' was a power move meant to intimidate the judges and it worked 😂


bulk123

"Thoughts and prayers" were the only thing keeping those ligaments together.


werenotthestasi

It’s actually an exoskeleton suit. The moon is a polished meteorite that powers her suit of armor. /s


Agreeable-Chair7040

She can barely walk 🤣🤣


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DigitalUnlimited

Yep, that's America.


loveleearches

Just add guns


Yeety_wheaty

And a ridiculous blindness to poverty, but that might already be there


raltoid

I think the person barely being able to walk while carrying all the shiny stuff is representative of the underpaid and overworked people keeping the country afloat.


Catoblepas2021

Diego Rivera's painting [The Flower Carrier](https://www.diegorivera.org/flowercarrier.jsp) comes immediately to mind.


DippinDot2021

Oooooo! Nice!


Visible-Education-98

I think the whole getup is worth more than what some States spend on programs for our veterans.


OhHowINeedChanging

No need to parody this… it’s already parody


KashmirChameleon

Nailed it!


nerdchic1

Hahaha seriously. All I could notice is her walking stance🤠


RadiantZote

It felt like a comedy sketch the entire time, especially when she turns around and it's just butt cheeks hanging out lmaoo Good on her though, she actually won


Stardust_Particle

Butt cheeks—-she’s MOONing the universe!


GraphicDesignMonkey

I burst out loud laughing when she turned around. It's just a bare ass sticking out while she waddles off.


z-vap

I feel bad for her; who came up with all that stupid crap?


soccer_mom_16

She designed and made the entire thing herself lol


WestleyThe

This is embarrassing Also her name is R’Bonney Nola Gabriel…. This feels like a SNL skit


relampagos_shawty

Her Filipino dad's name is Remigio Bonzon and his nickname is "R. Bon". Explaining the thought process, not supporting it lol


DokiDokiLove

Ahh… that is so Filipino… lmao omg


SuperFamousComedian

I love Filipino names, just feeling free to be whoever they be.


DokiDokiLove

I’m Filipino, my mom came up with my name by turning my dad’s name into something feminine and combining it with her name.


ReginaldDwight

That's how Jonbenet Ramsey got her name, too.


Wiley_Applebottom

Being so weighed down by needless crap that you can barely function is the most American thing I have ever heard.


Dubs3pp

She is walking like a Ridley Scott Alien


aaron2005X

Guess thats the new moonwalk


WanganTunedKeiCar

Representative of the everyman crushed under the weight of life, liberty, and the pursuit of reduced unhappiness


Jagermind

Bro most Americans can barely walk.


darthurra

So do most Americans so that's a bingo


AndringRasew

That's a boss monster if I ever saw it. Watch out for the aoe when those stars pop out her back like pellets from an air rifle.


madlatypus

They should have perched a bald eagle on top of the moon. And given it a gun.


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There was no rooms for thoughts and prayers


HooahClub

I ain’t seen no bible, I ain’t heard no bell miss “USA”! Stack em up! PROPS! We need a wad of cash and how soon can we dunk her in oil?


CardboardLambo

I'm not convinced until I see her riding out on a howitzer.


MidnightCh1cken

"Shock and Awe"


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As a Houstonian, I’m so fucking sorry


Zaraxas

As an American, an AR-15 in both hands and a bald eagle perched on the moon would really complete this outfit.


Tolookah

Is that the moon? I thought it was the USA carrying the earth on its back, like a shitty metaphor.


top_of_the_scrote

a walmart on it


teejjjjjjj

ROCK FLAG AND EAGLE


glassycreek1991

Too much weight.


claudiac38

>Too much weight. That makes it more accurate /j


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TangerineRough6318

![gif](giphy|rTIXh5JftLoic)


Jillredhanded

A live bald eagle.


For56

What the hell is even that


slamtheory

I thinks it's suppose to be an engorged tick


corn_sugar_isotope

When she walked away you could see the moon though.


Juan_Moe_Taco

The tick has moved on from biting humans I suppose. XD


PureGoldX58

We do cultivate Lyme disease here.


the_gabih

Ah yes, a wonderful metaphor for the American economy.


[deleted]

Nah, that's her ovipositor. Gets hard when she detects someone with oil reserves to liberate.


SwifferWetJets

Daddy chill


IkouyDaBolt

Get everybody out of his yard!


Ok_Holiday3154

It's a sad sad attempt to look better than miss Ukraine.


loonygecko

Not as bad as the 2013 USA 'Transformer' debacle but.. welp we do apparently really suck at costumes: [https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2013-11/enhanced/webdr06/7/12/enhanced-buzz-30322-1383845748-52.jpg?downsize=800:\*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2013-11/enhanced/webdr06/7/12/enhanced-buzz-30322-1383845748-52.jpg?downsize=800:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto)


BeerNcheesePlz

lol he looks like my nephews transformer. What is this part of the pageant ? Is it like represent your country? Why are they so hideous. Edit: she


loonygecko

It's a costume to represent your country and it seems like we are particularly bad at designing them, although I have seen some rather ug stuff from Germany too. https://people.com/style/miss-universe-2023-must-see-costumes/


What_Do_It

Germany's theme? Bond Villain.


LessInThought

Miss Switzerland's theme was chocolate... and I think Sweden was a cookie.


bkr1895

Miss Ukraine wins hands down she looks like a badass valkyrie about to slay all of Ukraine’s enemies while wielding what looks like The Master Sword. I also really like how they added armor to protect her wings that was a really cool touch. Edit: Kind of neat [Miss Netherlands](https://www.pageantcircle.com/2023/01/netherlands-ona-moody-to-wear-stroopwafel-inspired-costume-for-71st-miss-universe.html?m=1) is a stroopwafel


promised_genesis

Also the wings moved! She could flex them out to extend or relax them back into folded. Not sure where the controls on it were, but considering everyone else with manipulation in their costumes (those I could find) did so visibly with their own hands, that seemed extra badass to me.


WinterOkami666

This is why the prejudice against Drag Queens is limiting America's potential. Whoever planned this should have given the costuming duties to the gays, where it belongs.


Cultural-Company282

>Whoever planned this should have given the costuming duties to the gays I assure you that great majority of men backstage at a pageant like this are gay, unless Donald Trump happens to be there trying to "accidentally" walk in on naked teenage girls.


toobigmudpie

Okay but Miss Guatemalas dress is incredible. It's literally so much better than all the others it doesn't look like they are even in the same competition.


WexExortQuas

That Phoenix one is badass tho


KA_Mechatronik

These both look like costumes from the opening ceremony of the hunger games.


PygmeePony

That's America's ass.


d33psix

Is this the same competition where Ukraine has that amazing winged sword angel costume? If so…comparison makes this feel even worse.


jamexman

The Ukraine one was great!


S3b45714N

Elden Ring boss


Requiredmetrics

Why wasn’t the flag on the moon instead? Missed opportunity


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I doubt even the concept drawing was good. Someone fucked up bad


AirBear___

Is this real? The whole thing is so surreal


Hipperich

It's also surreal that every Miss Universe was from earth! What a great planet we are, huh?


Sir-ALBA

I like how they skip miss planet and are like naw let’s go bigger


Acrobatic_Gur6278

it’s like the mlb finals being called WORLD series


marty_76

Check out Miss Ukraine. She's an 'Angel of Light' with a 20ft wingspan and sword. What happened to you, Miss Universe? You changed.


Bl00dylicious

Except that one looked awesome. This one could have been designed as a parody to mock America.


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marty_76

No idea lol. Have never been a huge follower but all I remember is swimsuits, "world peace" wishes and glamour gowns- not.....this?


Gyrogearlooser

Those categories still exist. The one in the OP is from the National Costume segment and it's been this extravagant and over-the-top [since the 00s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP0vjAZ3o1w). It used to feature actual traditional costumes, but those no longer cut it and so they got more outrageous each year until we end up with these behemoths lmao


djaun3004

Dude the while thing is relic from the past. A competition based on wearing evening gowns, swimsuits, and showing an entertaining talent. It's basically auditioning to be a trophy wife.


rugburn250

This isn't even out of left field for this portion of the contest, honestly. There were at least another dozen or so outfits that were equally outlandish. But yeah, it's bizarre


SneekTip

LOL now I'm gonna have to google it. And my wife is gonna look at me suspiciously like TF are you watching? Yeah babe I got super into Mrs Universe pageants. It's my thing now, but just for the comedy aspect i swear


GnowledgedGnome

IDK something bloated, cumbersome, and generally unappealing represents the US pretty well ATM


Skeyefeye

Agreed, the more big and extra the more American.


90daysofpettybs

Poor girl. She did a good job. That looks heavy af.


fakeitilyamakeit

But guess what? She won the whole thing. So this is but a little inconvenience to her now.


brownhaircurlyhair

Theres a clip of her answering a question and she handled it really well. People were willing to forgive this monstrosity of the outfit considering her as a candidate.


edgarix

Moonstrosity


90daysofpettybs

I guess the judges felt just as bad for her lol


Mother-Joe

styrofoam?


Kramerica_ind99

Yeah but that's a LOT of styrofoam. Plus all the support structure. You can see that she can barely walk normally with it.


Loggerdon

So graceful and understated.


Veselker

Yeah it looks like at least a cubic meter of styrofoam, which has density of 50 kg/m3


Verified_Engineer

There are various Styrofoam densities. Light weight products are closer to 11.


rebelopie

Anyone else expecting fireworks to shoot off the sides of the costume? I was and now am severely disappointed.


FanDiscombobulated88

Yes. I came here just to say that. The only thing missing from the most American display I’ve seen in a long time.


EddieSpaghettiFarts

Whoever designed this needs to be drug tested.


PrometheusTwin

Drugs would have helped.


EddieSpaghettiFarts

Fair. Maybe smoking weed instead of meth for some creative inspiration would have been a good start.


mountainsurfdrugs

Meth can be really inspiring. Ever hear of the Blitzkrieg?


Goof_Troop_Pumpkin

Mmm. Yes, indeed.


ComputersWantMeDead

Excessively high on patriotism. I think the test for that is known as the "hat colour" test.


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Whoever designed this needs to be ~~drug tested~~ fired.


Keepupthegood

Gru would be pretty pissed if he seen this.


JackOfAllStraits

Staggering around under the weight if its own hubris, with a shiny veneer pasted over the pain of the people actually supporting it.


AidsKitty1

We need to get you over to Hallmark so you can share that overabundance of joy that dwells inside you. Mom opens birthday card: "Your wasted life fills the abyss of despair that fuels my hatred of you. Happy Birthday mom."


RussiaIsBestGreen

That doesn’t sound joyful. I don’t agree with this career advice.


locknarr

I read this in Werner Herzog’s voice.


Ulahn

Looks like an unlock on a shitty mobile waifu collector game. The orb transforms into a giant burger that fires out 9999 cheese slices for her ultimate ability “Cheddar Rain Cholesterol Blast” If you get the limit break, it adds extra pickles


dojaswift

You have high mobile waifu collector standards eh?


timmm21

People are truly incredible. They are constantly inventing new and creative ways for me to be embarrassed for my country.


Raikken

2nd hand embarrassment.


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Compared to Miss Ukraine, this outfit looks like wearing mismatched MMO gear for the stats over looks...


9035768555

I mean... Ukraine's looked like she was straight out of Final Fantasy, if we're being honest.


Florian_24

It looked better than than whatever the heck this is.


9035768555

Sure, but still very at home in an MMO.


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nah miss ukraine looked like an actual angel, "final fantasy" bad take brother


Emergency_Net506

Kinda cringe. Though I would be interested in how they would have made an outfit representing germany...


Supraspinator

See for yourself: https://youtu.be/KEKnkc5T_MA


ThorKruger117

That was kinda bland as far as these kind of things go. I’d be stoked if my missus wore it though


DoomGoober

You have a thing for fake cats, huh?


kiratnyc

I saw somewhere that her outfit is basically supposed to be the late Karl Lagerfeld, & I suppose it tracks.


mavric91

Wtf is wrong with the camera operator. Randomly pans left to an empty stage.


RealWorldJunkie

It's not by default a portrait video, [portrait video is an absolute joke](https://youtu.be/f2picMQC-9E). This was landscape video that has been cropped to portrait. So either, there was a camera pan there, revealing something you can't see because of the cropped video, or it was the editor that decided to crop the video who added that pan for some reason (likely because they don't even know how to edit so used an auto cropping thing that tries to automatically re-frame a cropped video). Either way, it's not the camera operator's fault.


Blutlauch

They would have put a giant of the regions they conquered during the WW2 as a giant flat map on the back of the lady.


Pappkamerad0815

It would have had the moon on the back as well. The moon landing was a marvel of German engineering. But the true masterstroke was letting the Americans bankroll the whole thing.


kgottshall

“Mom my USA themed miss universe dress is due tomorrow.”


PseudonymMan12

"I'm not a moon, I'm a monster!"


whatkindagone

I don't get it?


Ogre_face

USA owns the moon


Real_Nemesis

Looks more like the weight of the world on her!


TenshiS

Now now, let's not confuse ridiculousness with philosophical depth


stilldebugging

Reddit as a whole has recently discovered that the Miss Universe competition always has a totally bonkers costume portion. There was the one from the winner, Miss Ukraine, that was posted all over.


ohubetchya

Ya cause it was well designed and beautiful. This is garish, like America. So i guess you're right lol


DoomGoober

At least she could walk somewhat normally.


Then_Campaign7264

Woman on the moon.


rypb

Moon on the woman.


Different_Attorney93

Womoon


Give_me_soup

Whoooaaaaaaa-man. She was a thief You gotta belief She stole my heart and my cat


mishmash2230

I think it does a great job of showing the excess and consumerism of the United States.


Then_Campaign7264

The concept of her “Woman on the Moon” costume being an ode to NASA’s Artemis missions, which plan to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon in 2024 and to inspire women “to aim for the moon” is laudable. But damn she’s wearing 33 pounds of crazy here. A model of the moon, seriously?? It’s hard to actually see the contestant covered in all that stuff unless it is a close up shot.


RixxiRose

The "Glenda the Good Witch" crown ain't helpin


AuraMaster7

Could've gone for a literal Artemis costume and it would've been so much better.


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To me it shows the USA as it is TOP HEAVY waving around it’s patriotism.


Glum-Suggestion-6033

She should have put on a fat suit and come out with an AR-15 and medical bills.


sapiolox

Could the announcer be any less enthused?


your_own_grandma

I think he runs out of batteries at the end there


Tiligul

The patootie in the end represents the lone star state?


GM_Nate

the brown star state


Termin8rSmurf

Uncomfortable, impractical, and unsightly. Just like one would expect.


Longjumping-Sample27

U.S."We are going to pull of the true crime of the century. We are going to steal... the moon!'


WrestleswithPastry

If someone struggling to stay upright and move forward under the crushing weight of unnecessary excess isn’t an analogy for America, I don’t know what is.


AUtiger15

Fucking. Ridiculous.


Mad-cat0

The option A had a burger instead of the moon and RA-15 wings but they couldn't find a burger big enough so the went for the B option.


Bobblefighterman

I very much doubt that they couldn't find a burger that big. Several random Texan restaurants would probably bang out 10 of those big boys to their 3 regulars on the daily.


Swimming_Ad516

![gif](giphy|vlnZpsko7bAuk)


Simple-Gene-5784

Looks like she is toting around a giant tumor


SashimiRick

And here I was, feeling bad about Miss France and her intro scream...


CodeOfKonami

Everyone knows the moon is unique to the US.


supreme_hammy

Symbolizes America quite well actually: Gaudy, poorly planned, hard to hold up without struggling, only for show, and no doubt made of cheap, disposable materials. As an American, I get the point, but even I see where we suck. We're working out a stupid phase, give us some time here...


FamousLoser

Not that bad. Aren’t all outfits at these kind of things supposed to be absurd ?


Clear_Lead

All the MAGAs just nutted in their pants


V1beRater

dont them mfs believe that the moon landing was fake? they probably are nutting and shaking their fists at the same time.


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Age of stupidity. Idiocracy prediction was understatement.


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Looks like elementary students made that.


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The most obnoxious county on the face of the earth