Miss Universe Malaysia to don nasi lemak outfit for world pageant

KUALA LUMPUR: Miss Universe Malaysia Samantha Katie James will be wearing a nasi lemak dress for the national costume category at the Miss Universe 2017 pageant in December. The outfit, conceptualised by local designer Brian Khoo, was unveiled at a launch on Tuesday (Oct 31). The model, who is of Chinese-Brazilian descent, will wear the unique dress at the global pageant in Las Vegas. According to a report by The Malay Mail, the outfit features hand-embroided rhinestones to symbolise rice grains, red rhinestones to denote the spicy sambal and a pair of "wings" that represent banana leaves used to wrap the nasi lemak. Sapa kata takde kacang n ikan bilis

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