𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐈 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐄 "นางคาด" (Woman of steel) by Anchilee Scott-Kemmis | THAILAND 🇹🇭

✦ Miss Universe Thailand 2021, Thai-Australian Model Anchilee Scott-Kemmis (@annscottkemmis), will wear an unorthodox Thai costume based on that of an ancient Thai female combatant, featuring rope-bound hands instead of boxing gloves, at the 70th Miss Universe pageant in the Red Sea resort town of Eilat in Israel on December 12th.

 

✦ The costume is called “Woman of Steel”, or “Nang Kad” in Thai which literally means a woman whose hands are bound in rope.

 

✦ The avant-garde designer, Jaturon Raepetch (จาตุรณ แร่เพชร), said that his costume design for Anchilee is inspired by a Thai traditional costume worn by female combatants in the ancient martial art which is the predecessor of Muay Thai.

 

✦ He said that he adapted the traditional martial art costume to blend with internationalism, to illustrate women’s power, courage, and beauty, adding that it reflects more than just beauty, but also the unique identity and fighting spirit of the Thai people.