The last round of the preliminaries has just been showcased as the ladies stood out wearing their national costume. Who wore it best and was able to represent their country the best? Check out the photos and reasons why these are the top 5 candidates that wore their national costume with pride and style.

The national costume is presented in order for the women to represent their countries in style and in a new and dynamic way. This year, the candidates and their designers went all out, creating elaborate and wonderful national costumes for their representatives. The national costume should work both ways, enabling the candidate to showcase her country and for the national costume to showcase the candidate and how well she can look just as great in an evening gown and in the national design.

Taking the top spot is Miss Israel. Her national costume was made from white cloth and elaborate gold designs in the front. She looked like a goddess and it did everything to showcase her and her country.

Making headlines and taking the second spot is Erin Brady, representative of Miss USA, she wowed the crowd with her national costume as "Transformer" Optimus Prime. The cool thing was that she made it look stylish and it was the best among the other national costumes.

Miss Argentina will take third place as she wore a beautifully made gold, craved top and following feathery skirt. She wowed the crowd with her physique and the way she carried the craved ensemble.

Miss Great Britain gets the fourth place as she wears a renaissance ball gown that is in everyway modern.

In the fifth place is Miss Switzerland that looked every bit as beautiful as her national costume that was made of silver and white pieces and feathers. She looked stunning.

Who do you think should win in best in National costume? You can see the photos of the national costumes of the Miss Universe 2013 candidates here: IN PHOTOS: 2013 Miss Universe National Costume competition

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