I didn’t know Miss South Africa was still a thing…

Apparently, it is, and the reigning Miss SA, Tamaryn Green, is about to head off for the Miss Universe pageant.

Contestants in the Miss Universe pageant have to come prepared with a national costume, and this year’s costume was designed to reference the iconic blue crane – which is South Africa’s national bird.

Green was super amped about the costume until pictures of it went up on social media – but we’ll get to that.

First, let’s have a look at the costume, which was designed in collaboration with the Miss SA costume department:

Yeah, not their best work.

Anyone else getting “that bird from The Neverending Story” vibes?

Yep. Let’s see it from all angles:

That tail though…

The Citizen reports that, following the backlash on social media, posts of the outfit have been removed from all Miss South Africa pages. Not hard to see why.

Here’s what people thought about the look on social media:

Pretty sure it’s back to the drawing board.

[source:citizen]