Colombia and Thailand have the most Best National Costume wins
Miss Universe Thailand Aniporn “Nat” Chalermburanawong in her “tuk-tuk” inspired national costume at the Miss Universe pageant at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas in 2015 | Photo: PinoyThaio
When it comes to Best National Costume wins, two countries are tied on top of the list: Colombia and Thailand. Both countries have six wins each.
Colombia s candidates in 1968, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1997, and 2002 have won the title; for Thailand, it was Miss Universe candidates in 1969, 1988, 2005, 2008, 2010, and 2015 who bagged the award.
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Thuzar Wint Lwin holds up Pray for Myanmar sign during national costume show. (Image: Miss Universe)
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Left to right: Miss Universe Uruguay Lola de los Santos, Miss Universe Myanmar Ma Thuzar Wint Lwin and Miss Universe Bernadette Belle Ong during the National Costume segment of Miss Universe 2021 Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images
Thuzar Wint Lwin strode down the runway at the Miss Universe pageant in a costume that represented her Chin people in northwestern Myanmar.
When she got to the end, she took a bow and unfurled a scroll she d been carrying. Pray for Myanmar, it read.
It was a powerful message from Myanmar s Miss Universe contestant and a reference to the ongoing bloodshed in her country since the military junta seized power in February.