A bit of fluff news, to be sure. But with all the rigamarole surrounding US politics at the moment, I thought we could use a light-hearted palate cleanser... and there are allegations of her Miss USA win being rigged in her favor. Dangit, is nothing free from controversy anymore!?

Here's a vid of the "National Costume" part of the competition. Spoilers, Miss Ukraine's is the best.

I don't really care for beauty pageants on principle, but that was way more interesting than I expected and I surprised myself by actually watching the whole video. There were some really gorgeous costumes there. Some looked more like parade floats than dresses, kind of tacky and awkward but interesting nonetheless lol. And you were right, Ukraine's absolutely was the best!

Congrats to her!