Australians invited to vote for the national costume they want Miss World Australia to wear
NOVEMBER 8, 20162:50PM
AS MILLIONS of Americans head to the polls to decide the fate of the free world, Australians too are being invited to have a say on our own important national issue.
Organisers of the Miss World Australia pageant want the public to decide which outfit Queensland beauty queen Madeline Cowe should wear as our national costume at the Miss World competition next month.
Ms Cowe, 23, a law student from Tully, Queensland was crowned Miss World Australia in June and will represent us at the international pageant in Washington DC.
“Growing up in Tully, you don’t really aspire to enter pageants or do modelling — it’s just not something that comes up that often,” she told The Townsville Bulletinafter her win.
“I want to visit kids in rural areas and let them know that anything is possible, and they can achieve whatever they want to do, whether that be a model or a doctor.”
Miss World Australia Madeline Cowe. Picture: Mark CranitchSource:News Corp Australia
On December 18, Ms Cowe will realise her dream when she steps into one of four dresses created especially for her by various Australian designers.
“We put a call-out asking young, up and coming designers if they would like to come and design something for the pageant,” Miss World Australia national director Deborah Miller told news.com.au.
The brief was to design an outfit “inspired by something Australian, whether it’s the landscape or iconic things like Vegemite,” Ms Miller said.
“It’s a great opportunity. If they win they come to Washington and about a billion people watch the grand finale.”
Voting began online yesterday and is open for two weeks. Here are the four options.
This costume was inspired by Australia’s most iconic brand — Vegemite. Picture: Mike ChangSource:Supplied
This costume is inspired by Australian postcards and what brings tourists to our country. Picture: Mike ChangSource:Supplied
This design is inspired by Australia’s multiculturalism with indigenous representation. The butterflies are local to Tully, where Miss World Australia, Madeline Cowe, grew up. Picture: Mike ChangSource:Supplied
Angelique Dibella is from Tully, Queensland. Her design was inspired by the interpretation of the Dreamtime Rainbow Serpent. Picture: Mike ChangSource:Supplied
Australia has an interesting history when it comes to our national costumes at beauty pageants. Here is former Miss Universe Australia winner Jesinta Campbell, now Jesinta Franklin, modelling her national costume in 2010.
Miss Universe Australia 2010 Jesinta Campbell models her national costume designed by Arthur Ave's Natasha Dwyer.Source:News Limited
Picture: Matt Petit/APSource:News Limited
Here is the costume Miss Universe Australia 2015, Monika Radulovic, wore during the most recent Miss Universe competition.
The outfit is a nod to Dame Edna and the Sydney Opera House. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied
Miss World, which started in 1951, is the largest and longest running international beauty pageant. It garners a worldwide television audience of more than one billion people.
In 2014, pageant organisers announced the famous swimsuit section of the competition, where contestants parade around on stage in bikinis, would be scrapped.
“The organisation has decided to take itself out of the swimsuit world because it isn’t the path they’re trying to take,” national director of Miss World America organisation, Chris Wilmer, told US ABC News.
“It’s not just a beauty contest, it’s ‘beauty with a purpose’. There didn’t seem to be a purpose to have the swimsuit.
“Miss World should be a spokesperson who can help a community. She’s more of an ambassador, not a beauty queen. It’s more about the outreach and what a woman could do with a title like Miss World.
“I salute the Miss World organisation for their efforts to try and modernise. Pageantry is an age old industry and I think with Julia getting rid of swimsuit and making it more of a lifestyle competition sends a strong message and I applaud her for it.”
The Miss Universe pageant, arguably the more famous event, still includes a swimsuit section in its competition.
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