Need to smile? Tired of LOLcats?

Then you should peruse the Miss Universe National Costume Category for 2008. Greece, Russia, Israel, Thailand, Denmark, Korea - all good. Ireland's pretty, if too floral for me, and I admire Finland's simplicity. The rest - bwahahaha! The New Zealand one is particularly cringe-inducing this year. I think she's trying to do the haka up there. Which is wrong in so many ways. This gallery starts with a memorable one, too. I don't like cricket, oh no...