The national representation of Madison Sara Anderson, Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019 is designed by Puerto Rican designer Joshuan Aponte. The model and team presented the costume to the public few days ago in the vicinity of El San Juan Hotel. The costume represents the national flower of the country, Flor de Maga.
The costume which was designed with light fabrics and many Swarovski crystals were displayed for the people as Madison would be donning the costume for the title of Miss Universe 2019.
The suit or costume is said to be inspired and dedicated to the maga flower and the golden coqui. The coqui is made of very light fabrics to represent the freshness of the Puerto Rican mountain. The crystals are added to represent the morning dew. The designers explain that they used the model’s legs as stem of the flower and added a headdress that is made in three-dimensional prints to complete the look.
The designing and development of the costume took eight months. Engineer, two designers apart from the main designer and ten people were responsible to apply crystals throughout the dress. The dress has a built-in device with Bluetooth technology, which will produce the sound of the coqui while the Puerto Rican model is on stage.
Madison 24, confessed that she feels extremely proud to be taking the identity of the national flower of Puerto Rico, coqui & maga flower to an international level. When the model was asked about her inspiration behind the costume she stated, “I was the inspiration, because I am from here like the coqui. I am like the coqui; I can live in another country but I found my voice, I found my song here in Puerto Rico.”
Last year Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2018, Kiara Ortega’s costume featured three pairs of hands and a star headpiece. The costume was meant to represent the people of Puerto Rico rebounding after the devastation of Hurricane Maria.
(Photo Credits: Madison Sara Anderson Instagram)