Miss Universe Thailand won the Best National Costume award at Monday morning's Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas.
The winner of the pageant was Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach, a 26-year-old Filipina-German actress and model who was born in Germany, lives in Manila and lists her hometown as Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao, southern Philippines.
Miss USA and Miss Colombia were first and second runners-up.
Aniporn "Nat" Chalermburanawong, the 21-year-old beauty from Lampang, also advanced to the last 10 of the pageant's finalists, but was eliminated at the selection for the Top 5.
She had earlier praised the unique costume, designed in Thailand and the winner of a contest to choose the best dress for Miss Universe Thailand 2015.
The winning design, Tuk-tuk Thailand, was chosen from 356 entries and was created by Hirankrit Pattaraboriboonkul, 35, an official at the Culture Ministry.
The designer Mr Hirankrit said he expected the new organiser of the Miss Universe pageant would expect new things on the stage, so he decided to utilise 3-D technology in his costume design.
As for the swimsuit competition, viewers voting online say contestants from the Philippines and Colombia wore their bikinis best.
The three finalists:
Tweet of the contest for Thailand:
This is Nat at the swimsuit competition Monday morning (AFP photo):
This TV screen capture shows the announcement that Miss Thailand advanced to the Final 10.
