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Dindi Pajares' national costume for Miss Supranational 2021 aims to empower

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<p>Dindi Pajares looks like a Filipina doll in her national costume for Miss Supranational 2021.</p><p>Miss World Philippines released photos from Pajares&#x27; national costume shoot which showed her wearing a mascota, which was worn by Zamboangueñas during the 1900s.</p><p>&quot;The inspiration of this Traje is all about women empowerment -- as fashion is a highly visible and forceful medium that commands attention and communicates possibilities,&quot; read a post on the Miss World Philippines Facebook page on Friday. </p><p>&quot;It aims to channel the cry for women empowerment, a work of art that would be definitely make everyone stop, look, and listen. The designer believes fashion has often been stigmatized as frivolous and antithetical to feminism; this exhibition is showing the opposite -- &#x27;challenging stereotypes of what feminism can be.&#x27;&quot;</p><p>It added that Erich Miñoza, the designer of Pajares&#x27; national costume, hopes to show different races and backgrounds through intricate details and fabric manipulation.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/msworldphil/posts/2673827212921318" data-width="auto"> </div><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/msworldphil/posts/2673813696256003" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Considered a fan favorite, Pajares is one of the 10 Miss Supranational 2021 candidates with the most number of online votes.</p><p>She has also been performing well so far in pre-pageant competitions, as a Top 10 candidate in Supra Influencer and a semi-finalist of Supra Chat.</p><p>The Miss Supranational 2021 coronation night is set to be held in Poland on August 21.</p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1736428" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

'It aims to channel the cry for women empowerment, a work of art that would be definitely make everyone stop, look, and listen.'