IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

[note: I posted this to tumblr last night; this version is slightly cleaned up. and I added links to pictures!]

The national costume portion of the Miss Universe pageant is here, and this time there’s VIDEO.

I’ve never actually seen these costumes in motion before! They are even more bonkers this way and it’s GREAT.

I kind of want to liveblog this.

–fuck it, here we go from the start:

( it was a LOT, guys. )

[and that's where I stopped for the night. there are still forty minutes left. watch this space!]