Miss Indonesia Elvira Devinamira debuts her national costume during the Miss Universe Preliminary Show in Miami in this Jan. 21 handout photo. (Reuters Photo/Miss Universe Organization)
Jakarta. Miss Indonesia Universe 2014 Elvira Devinamira has won the Best National Costume category at the 63rd Annual Miss Universe pageant, which took place in Miami on Sunday.
Elvira, 21, beat the 87 other contestants to the prize following three days of fan voting via Twitter, Detik.com reported.
Previously on Wednesday, the Miss Universe’s organizers announced on their official Facebook page that Elvira’s costume, titled “The Chronicles of Borobudur,” was among the top five, along with those worn by the contestants from Argentina, Canada, Germany and India.
According to Kompas.com, Elvira’s costume was inspired by Central Java’s Borobudur Temple, a ninth-century Buddhist monument and Unesco heritage site.
The costume, which was said to weigh some 20 kilograms, was created by seven Indonesian designers, including Didit Maulana, Anne Avantie and Alleira, according to Putri Kuswisnu Wardani, chairwoman of Yayasan Putri Indonesia, the organizer of Miss Indonesia, as quoted by Okezone.com.
Elvira also made it into the top 15 of the main pageant itself before dropping out. The Miss Universe title this year went to Paulina Vega of Colombia.
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