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Laura Valenti, Miss Italy 2009, performs in a National Costume show in the Rainforest Theater at the Wyndham Hotel in Nassau, Bahamas on Monday, August 10, 2009 as part of the preparations for the Miss Universe 2009 competition. The Miss Universe 2009 competition will air live on the NBC Television Network at 9:00 PM ET from ATLANTIS, Paradise Island, Bahamas on Sunday, August 23, 2009. Hand Out, Miss Universe L.P., LLLP

Italy can do a national costume about Venice’s Carnival… they can create a fantasy costume with that… Why Italy don’t have the initiative to create a great national costume? they have a lot of italian culture and traditions… very lackluster.. I hope Italy can talk to Panamanian Designers like Miss Canada in 2003 to make a great national costume
It doesn’t look like a national costume at all! Very disappointing!
Looks to me like an evening gown rather than a national costume.
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i cant see the reason why italy dont care about national costume that much.. year after year they constantly hit the list of worse national costume.. sorry i mean italy is one of the oldest country in the world. rich in history and culture! so i know they can do better than this!