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 
@jon92:
I don’t think that the issue comes on “when” it will be worn but rather “why and how” this was designed for an international contest.
Using the designer’s word (Sophie Bax) :
“La robe nationale est un hommage à l’océan Indien et au drapeau mauricien à travers le bleu et le vert.“, but where the damn are the red and yellow of our national flag?
btw, I have the impression that you are very well informed about this competition, judges and fashion etc. Is this right? In that case, thanks very much for sharing your knowledge with us. Really appreciate this.
@Sandeep Doorgah: Well, mo penser c pas ene photo shoot officiel, juste ene presentation des ‘costumes’ aux medias.
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@Yashvin: that was a pleasure to reply your comment! well, the red and the yellow are on the hat!!!!the photo posted here does not reveal much about the hat but on facebook i think you can see it!
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@jon92: wait, Those were not my words but those of the designer’s herself, as I quoted.
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@Yashvin: didn’t you write ‘but where the damn are the red and yellow of our national flag? ‘??????
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@jon92 : Exactly, I did say that in regards to the words used by the designer. I can’t see where she compares the famous red and yellow in the ‘dress’ when she talks about our flag…. Or perhaps our flag contains only the blue and green? euh…
Point to note : My blog post here includes the picture and text from orange.mu.
So, we are basically discussing what has been quoted and shown by none other than the designer.
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@Yashvin: ah okay!!well you should go ask her!
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Une journaliste irlandaise, Lorna Nolan, qui couvrait le concours, n’a semble-t-il pas apprécié – mais alors, pas du tout – le costume national d’Anaïs Veerapatren. Voilà ce qu’elle a écrit dans les colonnes du Herald : «Pauvre Miss Mauritius, c’est comme si on l’avait trempée dans de la colle avant de la traîner dans la jungle.» [http://www.lexpress.mu/story/352-decouvertes-miss-mauritius-2009.html]
can it get worse? may be they are competing for the best museum dress!!!! ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha………………..
TL
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@Natarajah Manick:
abt the branding Mauritius subject, I always said that they could organise a national competition…they’d have put the price at Rs. Million (instead of 30millions something they paid..pfff!) and got a much more suitable logo for Mauritius..mais bon…maybe half the money went into the pocket of u know who 😛
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Mais li touni sa robe la – vulgaire, no style, cheap and not at all glorifying for a woman.
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@jon92:
You said it right, national costume, not national garbage.
Given all the sponsors Mrs Obeegadoo gets, yes I can myself organise a far better competition than that. I am confident that there are above 100 companies, institutions which can do a far better job.
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Huh … Would have been better if she wore no clothes … Joking LOL! 😛
In reference to “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. 😛
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@Yashvin–> If you look closely, there is red and yellow. well, a few cm to be honest on the hat. xD.Perhaps, the designer was referring to that.
Oh, I still find the dress to be #EPIC #FAIL
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@ReenaDKL: hi!!you seem quite confident in yourself.good for you.so,go get the license!!!:) i would like to know what would you do instead and how would you improve the organisation.thanks
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@Avishna: hello!!!i would like to know how that national costume (which you think is a ‘robe) is ‘vulgaire, no style, cheap and not at all glorifying for a woman’? also, what is the purpose of that costume according to you?
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@TL: wow!!!what a discovery!!did you think the same thing before that this irish journalist publishes her opinion? her comment is actually quite funny and has certainly brought much attention on her article.well done Lorna Nolan!!!everyone has a unique opinion and it is pitiful to have one’s opinion biased just because of the comment of a journalist who is not even a judge in the competition!!!(i’m not targeting everyone)
have u seen the national costume of miss ireland 2009? personally, i believe the mauritian one was better.
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OMFG!!!
sophie bax ti high way letem li ti p fer sa linz la ou koi!!!
mem 1 dimun in gro nissa..(sry pu langage)
li kav fer 1 linz milion foi meyer ke sa kanmem..
fiouuuu.. c chagrinan ki zot p avoy miss mauritius ek 1 linz kumsa.. alor ki ena fashion designer bku pli bon ki sa.. pft!!!
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@jon92:
oh I would more than gladly go for the license but youo must know that many have tried in the past but a certain person has a certain contract which apparently is hard to cancel…if they let go of it, i will certainly try to get the license 🙂
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@jon92: OMFG.. do u realiz wat u talkin about!!!b realistic man!!!
u said..”the national costume is not supposed to be a fashionable thing” did u review ur coment!!! its not supozd 2 b fash!!! u so rong.. zen i can go wid my pyjama n put.. red, blue, yellow, green in it.. WOW I GOT MY NATIONAL COSTUME!!! ITS NOT FASHIONABLE ..oopz ITS NOT SUPOZED 2 B FASHIONABLE.. BT @ LIST IT SEEMS LIKE A NATIONAL COSTUME.. o my!!! u also askd if we’ve seen z others national costume.. yep i’ve seen zem!! zey r fabulous.. unlike zis 1!!!
i’l ask u smfin!!
describe me MAURITIUS in zis ‘dress’ ( if i can cal it so..lol xD)
plz thnx^^
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@Yashnah: hi!!!many other countries have traditional dresses as their national costumes.although these are not fashionable, they represent the culture of the country!!nevertheless a national costume does not restrict itself to a traditional dress.i accept the fact that the costume does not agree with everyone’s taste and i respect totally your opinion.i would also make it clear that i’m not saying that this national costume is perfect.but then,maybe you can surely make a better one.
in fact,in 2007 miss italy had a piece of cloth coloured green,white and red,the colours of the italian flag, as her national costume.
i think i’m not the one to describe the dress.there’s already a description next to the photo above.
thanks
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@ReenaDKL: if you do,i sincerely hope that you’ll do a better job and make mauritius win the miss universe crown!!!good luck!!! 🙂
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Definition from wikipedia :
National costume (also: regional costume, folk costume or traditional garments) expresses an identity through costume which usually relates to a geographic area or a period of time in history, but can also indicate social, marital and/or religious status. Such costumes often come in two forms: one for everyday occasions, the other for festivals and formal wear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_costume
Bisin azoute morice dans sa la liste la, et met sa “costume” la so foto akoter, with the same text to explain from where it originated.
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@Yashvin: lol!you have a good humour and are very funny!!!personally, i don’t think this wikipedia definition or whatsoever is in the context of what the national costume is for miss universe!!!if i’m not too curious,i would like to know if you were to create the national costume, what would have it been?
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@jon92:
🙂 THNX!!! lol!! actually all you have to do is be genuine and deal with transparency…honesty and not prefer X, Y or Z…because of their skin colour, ethnical group they belong to, religious or political views..
There are beautiful girls with no brain…(am not judging, just stating worldknown truth…)
There are ugly girls with beautiful brain…(am still not judging, just stating worldknown truth…)
There are girls which are ugly without the beautiful brain…(am definately not judging, just stating worldknown truth…)
AND THERE ARE Beautiful girls with beautiful brain 🙂
This is where beauty with a purpose applies…
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@jon92: So, to answer your question :
“if you were to create the national costume, what would have it been?”
NO!
You know why? because that’s not my job and I believe that everyone should do what they are good at and give opportunity to others to show what they are able to do.
And would you create it if you were given the opportunity to do it?
I am asking this since it seems that you are perhaps someone, directly/indirectly related to the topic we are talking about. Just a wild guess.
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@ReenaDKL: sure!!!i totally agree!!but with everyone criticizing the organisation and it having such a bad image, no wonder why the both beautiful and brainy girls do not participate!!!furthermore, dalysha is actually going to las vegas and here, i don’t see much support from mauritian people!!!if one does not have the support, how can you expect her to win?
other countries have all their citizens really encouraging and supporting their contestants!!!for example, venezuela,usa or philipines.
these countries have the culture of beauty pageants.in venezuela, there’s even a school for pageants and young girls at the age of 13 get plastic surgery!!i’m not saying that mauritians should do the same!but you can see why they win because their people are really encouraging and supporting their contestants!
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@jon92: You got us wrong… Others might agree.
We are not criticizing our Miss Mauritius! Not at all. That should be clear.
The discussion is clearly about the dress or “national costume” as you call it…
From your comment, you said : “no wonder why the both beautiful and brainy girls do not participate!!!”
And yes, we are criticizing the organisation, and mostly the designer…
Why? I think that you have already gone through what Mauritians here think about the “creativity” used here to represent Mauritius at an international level.
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Dalysha is herself capable of judging the dress… She is in textiles and designing..
Alors bonne chance Dalysha..
my opinion..if counts.. its just an amateur dress being projected.
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@jon92: oh..sry i can’t do a better one..lol xD..
bt i can do several better zan zis one..
i dnt understand y u comparing zis ‘dress’ 2 others..
its our ‘national garbage’
OoOOpz sry ‘costume’ see even am failing 2 recogniz it pft!!
yep national costume..so 1stly it shud describe our country.. ou histry.. our culture..
zis seems 2 b som sort of rags!! sry bt its true 4 me its like zis!!
zis ‘dress’ mostly reveals Dalysha’s boobs, belly etc.. am not sayin its rong.. bt z designer cud hav reveald much more of our country’s histry..zan z miss mauritius history lol xD
look.. “simple but beautiful” zats ril imprtan 4 anifin u do..
bt zis 1 is not simple @ al.. wich means not beautiful @ al..
its like a.. like we C “galimachia”
awww.. i juz realiz wat z designer wantd 2 make refrnce 2.. haha!!
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@Yashvin: i’m not at all related to the organisation if you think so!!i was just guessing what all of you would have proposed else!!i thought that maybe you can definitely do something much better since you are all saying that the costume is a total disaster.
similarly it’s not my job to do such creations and it’s not me who made a fuss about it.
p.s: i’m sorry if i made you angry( you seem to be so)
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@jon92: Na, am not angry, don’t worry 🙂
Providing a platform for discussion is one of the aims of this blog, else I would have disabled the comments section 😉
And once again, I really appreciate having you here, despite that on this post, most of us seem to disagree with you, but you are still standing firm on your beliefs, that is nice.
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@jon92:
I already posted my opinion on my blog:
http://reenadkl.blogspot.com/2009/07/our-miss-ya-miss.html
here we are discussing about the dress etc…
also Ii can’t see myself supporting someone who does not deserve the crown..I saw her interview on tv the last time for a local prog…pffff!!! she has no class at all…she does not even know how to speak! I mean even sa ban “squatters” dubreuil la ine exprime zot mieux lor tv!!!
No, sincerely, it takes guts to participate in such sham, but it does not mean she deserves my support.
Please not that this is my personal views and opinion 🙂 thnx.
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@Yashvin: maybe you are not criticizing our miss mauritius but i don’t feel that most of you have showed some support!!!hello!!don’t you realise that you have made this costume take all the attention and no one is caring about dalysha representing us at las vegas(except some). how can someone have confidence in oneself when all of her compatriots are saying that it is shameful that she is wearing this costume for the pageant.
ReenaDKL even said that she does not have what it takes to be miss mauritius.
see, we do not even believe in her capacities!!!
so,congrats for not criticizing her then!!
where is solidarity among mauritians and our support for dalysha?
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@jon92: I think that you missed the last part in my article…
The part where I said :
“GOOD LUCK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE”
Time to go to bed, will be back tomorrow 😉
Good niteeeeeeee!
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@ReenaDKL: oupss.sory for going out of subject!!i think we’ll find our future miss mauritius and next to be miss universe in dubreuil then!!!don’t let this opportunity go!!!
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@Yashvin: i was not talking about you!!!good night then!!!
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@jon92: we r suportin her zats y we r all saying zat maybe if she had sm more apropriate dress she cud hav had beter chances 2 go fru z best 1s!!
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@Yashnah: i really appreciate that you defend your opinion with much humour and a little bit of irony!! 🙂
it is said that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder…
you should really propose your ideas of the national costume to the organisation then.that would bring some fresh air and change!!i think this would be nice especially when u’ll be able to propose several ones.there will be a variety of choice and we’ll be able to choose!!!
i would have like to see the costume as you do but unfortunately everyone sees things from a different angle.
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@jon92:
Man, I simply can’t go along with the winner of an arranged competition. It would be same like a guy gets admission to a medical school through backing, bought his diplomas and I tell him “go ahead! i will support you…you can operate on me coz i believe you are the best surgeon!”
c’mon, at least i say what i have on my heart. am not beautiful and would never have made even the top 1000 in any beauty contest, so simply dedicate myself to something at good at.
By d way, one of the nice competition here in Mauritius is “Face of te Year” for it really captures the beauty in them…it’s all about the face…so no bla bla and bla…
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@Yashnah: good if it is so!!but i did not see a single form of encouragement or support in your comments or maybe i miss them.if so i’m sorry!!!but i’m not targeting you but it is a fact that a majority of you did not show any support, do you agree?
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@jon92:
do you really read the whole comment or just a part of it???
quote:
“I saw her interview on tv the last time for a local prog…pffff!!! she has no class at all…she does not even know how to speak! I mean even sa ban “squatters†dubreuil la ine exprime zot mieux lor tv!!!”
i said they expressed themselves better than her being simple squatters while she is THE MISS MAURITIUS and could not even speak like a lady to suit the title…
My lil daughter is sleeping and i’d love to get some sleep too…i’ll reply to all your other commenst to follow tomorrow…dac?
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@ReenaDKL: does face of the year still exist?i think the criteria are really different!maybe the competition is arranged (i’ve no proofs to assert this) but i do not think it’s nice to prejudge someone. hope that you’ll find the miss universe winner soon then.however, it’s nice that you are sincere!!!
pfff i’m rather tired of commenting in this blog.i’ve to type so much because everyone is against me 😦
i’m going to bed.bye and goodnight.
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Mo rate sa post la. Interesting. Mo pas interesser ar robe la. Tifi la pas meme league miss universe. Li vilain. li ena stretch marks et so la jambes pas assez dodu. Li aussi ena ene visage zome (net remove so cheveux et to pou remark sa.) Donc, meme si li habille avec ene linze ki vilain, pas fer aucun difference. Li pou perdi.Esperons ki ministere de la culture pas aide sa compagnie private ki occupe miss mauritius la. Ene gaspillaze sa. Bizin ene live photoshop plugin dans lunette 3D pou live adjust so vilainte et fixer robe la tou. C’est ene opinion. Mo pas en guerre contre Miss la. Mo juste pas trouv li zoli et pas trouv robe la zoli.
Aussi mo pas comprend kifer pas laisse banne piti universite sa ki fer fashion fer sa banne robes la pou ene minimal fee. Zote p outsource travail au lieu donne ene opportunity banne zeleves. Shame!
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@jon92: Morning jon92.
That was a very nice debate.
Thanks very much for expressing yourself for the first time on this blog.
@Everyone :
Nice Sunday to everyone 😉
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seriously…. its awful. no class,no style. simply looks like a bikini n pareo wid some kind of fabric joining them…
but thats my opnion… mayb other ppl find it wow
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@jon92–> Did you by any chance design by “dress”?
@Fadil–> Voila Fadil. :p. . +1
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Oceana? Sounds travesti.. lol
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Lida Oreiley (enfin pa koner exact cuma ekrir so nom) confectionne linze pour Miss India, kan mem ena sipaki kantiT designer dan India…mais c 1 Mauricien ki zot in fin soizir…nu Mauricien…virer tourner contract la vin pour 1 sel dimoun…justement la kestion c cuma each year 1 sel dimoun gagne contract pou fer tou…I guess ena cours Fashion N design dan UoM…si mo pa tromP even IVTB offer sa ban cours la…alors plus ou moins ti cpav fer tou sa ban zeness la work ensam ek come wiv something better.
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1 explication possib: C pa Miss World so costume…c Miss Universe…li ena pou fer competition ek ban Marsien ek extra-teresste osi 😀
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@ReenaDKL: is there anything wrong with a squatter speaking better than a miss mauritius? is it because one is a squatter that one cannot express oneself in a right way?
you should propose give lessons to the Miss about the way she has to speak then.i’m sure you’ll do a great job!!!
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@The Fargonator: wow!!!i think that you can become the Osmel Sousa of Mauritius!!!all of you have so many great ideas and propositions but have you submit them to the organisation?
beauty expert, you should find the ‘zoli’ girls and send them to miss universe pageant. then, mauritius will be able to win the contest. youpi!!!
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@Yashvin: thank you!!!yes, i’m making your blog become even more interesting!!!
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@jon92:
ayo papa!!! you are distorting my words…i mean to say that as Miss representing the WHOLE Mauritian in the world, she should at least be able to speak like one..a true lady..
When i said the squatters spoke better than her it was more irony/humour than being mean…I in no way wanted to “denigrer” them 😛
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@Tushal: if i’ve well understood your question, no it’s not me who have designed that dress!!and, if i’m not wrong, i think it’s mentioned above that it is sophie bax and valerie olivier who have made the national costume!’
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ORDER! ORDER!
Please stick to the subject, that is the ‘dress’ or national costume, whatever name it has.
Thanks 🙂
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@Yashvin: i’m sorry if i did so.i will once more request to you that you change the title of your article because it’s a misinformation. the word ‘dress’ makes everyone think that dalysha will be wearing the national costume as an evening gown, which is totally false.
for example,Armaan is talking about Lida O’reilly making the dresses of miss india when we are supposed to talk about the national costume!!!in fact, lida o’reilly has not made any national costume but in this debate we’re talking about the national costume. so, i don’t see the linkage between an evening gown and a national costume.
i hope you’ll do the necessary!!!
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