Miss Universe contestant represents El Salvador with Bitcoin-inspired costume

Actress and exemplary Alejandra Guajardo represented El Salvador successful the preliminary contention of the Miss Universe 2022 pageant by wearing a costume featuring Bitcoin during her locomotion crossed the stage.

In a Jan. 12 post connected her Instagram relationship tagging El Salvador president Nayib Bukele, Guajardo showed herself walking gracefully with a elephantine colón — 1 of the country’s accepted currencies until 2001 — strapped to her backmost adorned with cocoa beans. In her close hand, the pageant contestant carried a unit topped with a ample carnal Bitcoin (BTC).

“This look represents El Salvador’s past of currency,” said the Miss Universe announcer. “For a agelong time, cocoa was used, and past the colón, until it was replaced by the U.S. dollar. In 2021, El Salvador became the archetypal state successful the satellite to usage Bitcoin arsenic ineligible tender. You don’t request a sash to locomotion astir dressed arsenic cash.”

Alejandra Guajardo, wearing astatine Bitcoin costume astatine Miss Universe 2023 successful New Orleans. Source: Instagram

Plastic creator Francisco Guerrero designed the currency suit, with BTC astatine the front, perchance representing the aboriginal of currency successful El Salvador. It’s unclear whether the authorities oregon Bukele whitethorn person had a relation successful promoting the cryptocurrency for a planetary audience. Bukele utilized his Twitter relationship to report respective BTC buys pursuing El Salvador’s adoption of the crypto plus arsenic ineligible tender successful September 2021.

As portion of the pageant format, 16 semifinalists volition beforehand pursuing the preliminary competition. There are contestants representing 84 countries successful the 2022 event. 

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Guajardo’s locomotion crossed the New Orleans signifier followed El Salvador’s legislature approving a measure aimed astatine providing a framework for Bitcoin-backed bonds. Pro-crypto lawmakers successful the state projected utilizing specified bonds to wage down sovereign indebtedness and money the operation of a volcano-power Bitcoin City.

Cointelegraph reached retired to Francisco Guerrero, but did not person a effect astatine the clip of publication.