These are the over-the-top Miss Universe costumes that you need to see

BY YVETTE TAN From Mashable

We’ve seen some crazy pageant costumes over the years, but it looks like this year’s will set the bar higher.

The Miss Universe candidates have begun arriving in Manila for this year’s pageant, and some of the countries in the Asia-Pacific have offered a peek at how their contestants will represent them.

Love ‘em or hate them, you be the judge:

Miss Malaysia

The weight of Malaysia is on her shoulders IMAGE: RIZMAN RUZAINI/INSTAGRAM

IMAGE: RIZMAN RUZAINI/INSTAGRAM

Kiran Jassal’s costume features the country’s iconic twin towers in Kuala Lumpur, and has more than 100,000 Swarovski crystal sewn into the silver and nude piece.

Since its unveiling last week, the piece has already got netizens talking, with some comparing the costume to armour, and others even making memes.

Miss Thailand

IMAGE: MISS UNIVERSE THAILAND

Swarovski crystals seem to be everywhere in this pageant, with Miss Thailand’s national costume similarly featuring a hundred thousand Swarovski crystals.

Chalita Suansane’s costume takes inspiration from vintage photos of the country’s Queen Sirikit.

Complete with sparkly shoes, mind you.

IMAGE: MISS UNIVERSE THAILAND (FAN PAGE)

Miss Australia

Some online were not so kind to Caris Tiivel, with some comparing her outfit to

“leftover Christmas tinsel.”

The blue and pink dress is meant to raise awareness about the dangers of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef.

IMAGE: STEPH AUDINO LABEL/ INSTAGRAM

Miss Myanmar

Miss Myanmar’s costume features a traditional Burmese marionette, which is a popular art form in the country.

IMAGE: HTET HTET HTUN/FACEBOOK

They even made a mini version of Htet Htet Htun in marionette form.

Which is not creepy at all.

IMAGE: HTET HTET HTUN/FACEBOOK

And if you think these costumes are wacky, just remember that in 2015, Miss Thailand won for her costume featuring a tuk tuk, the local auto-rickshaw.

Miss Universe Thailand 2015 Aniporn Chalermburanawong, wearing a dress that looks like a “tuk-tuk,” a three-wheeled motorized taxi, for the national costume segment of the beauty pageant poses for photographers during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. Miss Universe pageant to be held at Las Vegas in December.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

IMAGE: AP

That is all.

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