A regular reader of yashvinblogs.com just asked me to have a look at the dress which will be worn by our Miss Mauritius during the Miss Universe 2010 contest on the 23rd August in Las Vegas.
Good luck to our representative!
Your views?
Robe nationale pour Miss Universe 2010
Yashvinblogs 
LOL @the dress. .
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No wonder with such outfits, Mauritius is never among the finalists!
The last dress was a joke as well … remember guys it looked as if Mother Earth was going to do the catwalk ? I described it as “robe fleurie” but some friends innocently told me “robe gaumon la – robe feiyaz la?” ummm but yes they are right that’s what it looked like !
The idea the designers keep in mind when manufacturing these dresses is the colour of Mauritius or something relating to the flag of our dear country. Common …. do our political delegates wear red coat, blue shirt, yellow tie and green pants when they go on international conventions ?
When a foreigner will tell me that it is the first time he is meeting a mauritian, I’ll surely tell him “look at the beauty contest, the candidate wearing the dress which looks like a bad joke to you will be the next mauritian you will see and will surely remember more than me !”
The question is; does Mauritius really lack fashion designers ?
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Oh my God!!!!????
There’s the school design (Fashion & Design Institute) and so many more which could create wonders…pfff!!!!
I once commented on the competition…
http://reenadkl.blogspot.com/2009/07/our-miss-ya-miss.html
but this is too much…from head to waist I can digest…but below..pfff!!!!!
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Bien drole….it’s suitable for carnivals, not for miss universe….miss carnival 😛
there’s no glamour n elegance in this outfit…if the country’s mauritius pa v dire bisin mette tou couleurs dans outfit la…a simple n elegant thing would have been fine…no wonder none of the mru contestants go to the top! u wont go for a second look at it once uve looked at it….
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YET AGAIN !!!
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Oh my god
what a mess
what a shame!!!!!!!!!!!
BOuffon!!! nou pou pass pou ban gro bouffon!
pfffffff
no professionalism!
Having done fashion design, i coud have designed a better one representing Mauritius…..
N foss fashion designer ,really, franchemnt mo ggn honter, dimoun pou riye nou representant… 😦
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Even the journalists who have been to the last Miss Universe contest did not like our “gaumon” dress.
One journalist from Ireland said: “Pauvre Miss Mauritius, c’est comme si on l’avait trempée dans de la colle avant de la traîner dans la jungle.” I admit that “qu’on aurait pas mieux trouvé” to describe the stuff.
The person responsible of our Miss Mauritius contest defended the local creation and confirmed that the outfit will be exposed in a museum in Bahamas.
Normal jo … bisin mete dan mizé meme sa !
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@lina:
“Normal jo … bisin mete dan mizé meme sa ! ”
lol!!! mega lol!!!
am sure like SANSAN said even she could have done better! Why did they not organise a design contest? they’d get far better models for cheaper…
bref!!!
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Mais mais mais …. c’est horrrrible!
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don sa n sapo la paille, n bra, n jupe e 2 bout la toile par derier enplas paye cher pu confectionne n tel rob… bref, c’est un desastre monumental..lol
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“Good luck to our representative!”
What can we say more? As a patriot, we can only wish her the very best and that she enjoys every minute of her participation in that prestigious contest…
Mais, malgré le fait qui mo enn parfait profane en la matière, ça
robetenue-la inspire moi plusieurs choses pas nécessairement positifs, impé couma l’année dernière: couma-dire pé rode faire Miss Mauritius vinn enn cobaye depi 2-3 l’année, glamour ou élégance nepli inspire bann saki’nn désigné pou habille Miss Mausritius, mais plitot enn espèce de “grunge” ou “trashion”. Li pas enn lerr pou alle expérimenter la, kiferr pas donne ça bann dimoune-la (zott ena bien pliss gout en matière d’élégance, in my own very humble opinion) enn chance, ou bien enn talent confirmé couma Lida O’Reilly ou Mario Guillot. Dommage, l’impression ki mo cwar la plipart dimounn pou gagner c’est ki l’organisation pe rode avoye sa pov tifi-la à l’abattoir (couma ti pé dire pendant campagne electorale).LikeLike
What is this ?
a dress ? they said a D R E S S ??
I say they need to get their eyes checked !
what i see , is a poor girl wrapped in a blue & white plastic bag !
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na seriously? looks like those African tourists :p LOL
ps. am not related to her.. (surname)
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i thought it was a pare dessus. en tou le cas aler pas aler in deja perdi. selma ena boufon. surtou seki fien cree sa robe la. mo penser ki meteo sa pays la in prevoir la pluie le 23 aug.2010.
pOOr dAlyshA……………………………………..
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@Sandeep Doorgah:
lol! thank God u r not related…coz being a Miss she represents Mauritius and if she had the least lil bit of good sense, she’d have refused to wear this horror to represent Mauritius…what say???
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@ReenaDKL: To croire li ena choix? Sais pas…
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that’s a dress?? reminds me of hotel curtains…
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woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
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A qui profite ce crime?!?
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from the net:
:”Pour l’élection, Dalysha Doorga portera trois tenues : un maillot de bain de Shakini et des accessoires de Réserve Naturelle ; une robe en taffetas dessinée par Mme Bauccha et réalisée à l’étranger par le groupe Ashiana Fashion sous la supervision de Astapha Bauccha ; et une robe princesse au bustier plissé entièrement brodé à la main de pierres de Swarowsky, relevé par des cristaux bleu et blanc. Cette robe, baptisée Océana par sa créatrice Sophie Bax, a été montée pièce par pièce à la main pendant plus d’un mois et est estimée à US $ 1 500. ”
Cette robe, baptisée Océana par sa créatrice Sophie Bax, a été montée pièce par pièce à la main pendant plus d’un mois et est estimée à US $ 1 500.
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Cette robe, baptisée Océana par sa créatrice Sophie Bax, a été montée pièce par pièce à la main pendant plus d’un mois et est estimée à US $ 1 500.
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I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Hey, this dress is ugly for a Miss!!!! Damn it, seems like therez no designer in mauritius!!!!
(u wanted comments :p)
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Shit! To be honest,as a Mauritian I like the imagination of the designer as we need to encourage her but presenting such dress for a competition, its a bit cheap. Last time it was a green dress? “Garden”, “Wood” and God knows the other reaction about the last dress. Now its this? Oh my God….Please save Mauritius from Bad Comments! AMEN
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Don’t agree with you Mike… if it were hotel curtains it would have looked much better. Dans rido lotel meme ena ene zafer ki appel “black out” c’est ene doublure ki empeche la lumiere rentrer. sa creation la laisse trouve tout a travers !
In my opinion Laddoo found the right words “a poor girl wrapped in plastic bag”. Hopefully bane ecologists las vegas pas kidnap nu “local sandwich”.
I am a close friend of one of the ex Miss Mauritius now established in Australia … she says that they sign a contract and they have to do and wear whatever is asked to them by the contest committee. Of course they get a monthly salary and some other benefits as long as they have the crown.
Enfin en echange de kelke roupies, couma Torpedo p dire, zot p ale l’abatoir !
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Enfin maurice pa ti pou ena chance meme pou fer li remarke vu ki miss mru la meme pas xtra…Donc seul facon pou fer li remarke c fer vilain. Enfin bien souvent c vilain ki lamode Pfft
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@ReenaDKL: certainly if i was in her place, i would rather swim buck naked across the Ganges river with a paper cut on my nipple than wearing such dress xD
luckily i won’t have to do it
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TYPE Dalysha Doorga on Facebook and in the photos section you will see the faces of the 2 women who “designed” (rather abused the word) dress…pfff!!!
By d way, maybe Mauritius might actually win some awards:
Most ugly costume (they had to invent this award especially for that dress)
Funniest costume
Dress that will feature in the next Zombie/Horror movie…actually the dress will be the vilain..it will freak anyone!
Primerose should be banned from Mauritius. Send her to some far away desert island!!! she’ll dress monkeys out there!
She destroys the image of the country by sending horrors like this (may it be the girls or the dress…) to represent Mauritius…
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@Avinash Meetoo:
A Mmme Obee & son of course!!! Imagine all the sponsors they get!
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@Sandeep Doorgah:
lol!!! spare me the horror!!! lol!
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@Yashvin:
actually they kind of sign a contract..guess they don’t have much choice, but as a Miss and going to represent Mauritius, she should have said something…so what if they don’t agree??? you have to wear that horror!!!
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or maybe they wanted to represent a sort of exotic dress .. (exotic dress representing our country?) :O
Its winter here >.<
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Aie aie. C’est pas joli a voir.
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I dunno y they even bother 2 organise Miss Mru contest each yr wen they can’t even present z winners in an acceptable manner during international contest…Innovation c bon..esp wen it cmes 2 creativity..bt its a waste of time if it produces disasters like this 😮
P.S im no fashion freak/expert..its juz my own personal view..maybe z international audience wud like this creation..enfin bonne chance a nu miss 😀
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Truver kifr morice pu ale ggn bater boeuf 😛
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Apparement Miss Dalysha li mem ti ene zelev Fashion N Design non? Ti cpav donne li mem fer so linze…ek ene koT nu ena ban dimoun cuma Lida Oreilly ki p fer Miss India so linze ek nu cuma ban couillon nu mem pa p cpav dir nu compatriote ki assez internationally acclaimed dan fashion world confectionne ene bon linze…Moris ena tou pou gagne Miss World…pa mank zoli tifi dan Moris…ban tifi eduK…pa mank bon styliste…ena c ki ena potentiel vin bon mannequin e.g Late Miss Viveka Babajee…zis ki ban la pa encouraG pour vin particip dan Miss Mauritius lakoz si zot mette zot candidature = zot pou passe pour bouffon…but so organisaition in monopoliser par 1 sel dimoun…wadirer so personal property sa…virer tourner pena innovation…si ena nouveauT c plito vers la vilaineT ek le bouffonade.
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Mon fek chek enkor ban foto sa linze..costume..habillement…enfin plito dir sa “zafer” la lor page Dalysha lor Facebook…abe si ti pou rod dan la foire mem kikfois ti pou gagne pli bon LOL…d’apres l’ordre 1 concours Robe de soiree sa…mais ban piow la in fer li sey linze mariaz…si Madame Soz pe lir ici….prend retraite s’il vous plait ou mem si cela vous plait pas…ene koT pe fer gaspiyaz kasse lot koT ou p fer nou gagne la honte + mo sagrin sa pauvre tifi la…mo penC li pou bizin ena boku couraz pou paret dan 1 zafer cumsa devant tou sa dimoun la. En passant Madame Soz…san fois la dan ki Mizer pou mette linze la? 😀
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Li kapav ena sapphire ou sipaki pierre ladan… mai pu vilin li vilin. Zot koir ki kan zot pu met pierre precieuse dan robe la pu 1 mari zafer. Tjr moris pu recrute bne 1 bne kaliT dimun pu fer robe la et apres zot dir nou pays. Mo pa raciste mai pays la roul kmsa. Mauritian flag? Mo koir mank 2 couleur dan robe la.. lol.. bne designer la color blind.
P.S: Branding mauritius ti mem zafer.
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OH My GOD.>>WHAT IS IT…….kel honte ..ma petite niece de 6 ans faire plis zolie robe pou so barbie…non mai c nul o carre..franchement sa fille ki pu porte sa ..mo chagrin li ….pitie ..ale fer apel ban stylist ki ena goute mama oh..CATASTROPHE
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hello everyone!!!
first of all i must say that i respect the opinion of everyone and that’s really nice that one can express oneself here.
then, i think it’s quite misleading to say what dalysha is wearing above is a dress!!!!that’s not a dress!!! it’s the NATIONAL COSTUME!!!
then, in the miss universe pageant,points are not attributed to contestants according to their national costumes or their dresses!!!
the national costume is not supposed to be a fashionable thing but it should represent the country in some way!!!have you ever seen the national costumes of the other countries???
nevertheless, the miss mauritius organisation is indeed not a perfect one and there is so much room for improvement.everyone is saying so many great things and what they would have done instead.but are you ready to take the responsibility to organise miss mauritius and do you really know something about beauty pageants???our country’s population is quite small and it is normal that the probability of us winning is smaller and to be a beauty queen does not require beautiful physical attraits!!!
last year, before that the irish journalist comment on the mauritian costume, did any of you say anything about the costume???
finally,it’s rather unfortunate that the evening gown of dalysha resembles a wedding dress.ok,thank u for reading my comment!!!
well,now,i’m waiting impatiently for your comments…
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it’s hardly a dress!!!
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@nish: exactly,that’s not a dress!!!it’s a national costume as i’ve said in the comment preceding yours!!!
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@jon92—> National costume?More like a clown’s dress!
My two cents worth opinion.
@Arrmann–> +1
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P:S I just went on the facebook page for the pictures and saw the “dalysha’s evening gowns, swimsuit and costume” album. Seems like a website for you know. . those sex websites. .
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@jon92:
Hi!
Just wan’t to clear a tiny misunderstanding.
Nish’s comment was approved at the same time as yours. So, there was no way she could see your comment before leaving hers.
btw, thanks for participating in the post 🙂
My guess why none of us did comment about the previous costume : Perhaps Mauritians were not really interested until foreigners did actually dare to criticize the costume.
And as you can notice, immediately after the presentation of the costume this year, I was asked to write on this so that Mauritians can discuss about it before others do…
Since you mentioned the costumes of other countries, here’s the link to some of them : http://missosology.org/mu10/2010/07/21/miss-u-is-colorful-because-of-national-costumes/
Sharing it here so that other readers can compare 🙂
Finally, I will quote you :
“finally,it’s rather unfortunate that the evening gown of dalysha resembles a wedding dress.”
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@jon92, we cant just design a national constume any day! it should represent our cultures and tradition! being in the Designing field myself, i just cant interprete any of our Mauritian values in that, trying to represent multi-cultural society, doesnt mean we have to keep adding elements or colors to a particular design, that’s just too literal!
i wonder if they actually took time to study our culture!! even if we hav numerous cultures in our island, we do stand as one with our own identity and traditions, and where is that in the dress? i cant see it. is it anchored too deeply inside its concept?? that i cant say…
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@Jon92
I get what you mean and I respect your opinion.
Talking about the other countries… We have nothing to do with them. Even if I compare, especially to the winning countries, our dress is barely comparable and hardly in a good way.
I know the judges there are professional but how objective can they be to not let themselves be disturbed by such? (practically no one notices the beauty of a girl all covered up with jewelry, it’s the same for the dress)
Now, I’m no fashion designer nor a collaborator of the Miss Mauritius but I do have a certain creativity and overall judgement.
Finally, in what ways does this dress represent Mauritius?
Sorry, it’s just big money stupidly spent on useless creativity. There’s a lack of strategy, creative communication and coherence. And unfortunately, these opportunities are always far away from Mauritians. Big design schools and popular degrees for nothing.
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@Yashvin: mo pa p croir mo p dir sa la.. mai..mo penser si photograh la ti pou servi lightning equipments (umbrellas), shooting enclosures, dalysha so costume ‘peu etre’ ti pou mieu represenT lor ban foto?
coz mone chek to link pou ban lezot model la.. et zot foto… quite impressive…
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@Yashvin: well,sincerely, i don’t know what the world will say about it!!!i said it is unfortunate because the white dress made by Ashiana is not usually the type of evening gown weared by the contestants.but we’ll see!!!
well that’s better to post this link!!!the other readers will get to know a little about national costume but this link does not unfortunately show all the national costumes for this year!!!
very good for you and your blog to publish the “robe pour miss universe 2010”!!!but it’s incorrect to call the national costume as such, giving the impression that dalysha will wear this for the evening gown competition!!!
i think that people’s minds have a bit been influenced by the irish journalists comments.knowing that the organisation has not a good image in the country, this has worsened things more!!!
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@zaheer: you really have great ideas but the costume is not bound to represent the country’s culture or tradition.i’ve said that it represents the country in any sort of way!!i would have liked to see a real mauritian culture but mauritian society is so complex for me.we claim that we live in multi cultural society without any conflict of cultures but i think it would be wrong to say that it’s totally true.i really appreciate that you consider all mauritian people as one!
p.s:have u read what this costume is supposed to represent?
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@Natarajah Manick: you should read what it’s written next to the photo above.
to see other countries’ costumes can give us an idea how surprising each one is more than the other!!!
i think that creativity is part of what humans are for.
the beauty is not the only criteria to win the miss universe pageant!to be frank,i don’t know the pageant perfectly well because last year 6 of the top15 were handpicked by donald trump while it is supposed to be the judges’ responsibility to select the top15
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I’d say we are one, and we DO have a culture, being from various parts of the world with different ancestral backgrounds doesnt mean we should be treated as such. all those could be combined into simple ideologies and conceptualised. am nt against what they tried to accomplish here, its good in a way! but here, what we can see is just an unacceptable literal interpretation…
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