MODERN TWIST

MODERN TWIST. Miss Universe Philippines Rachel Peters shows off her Sarimanok-inspired national costume during the preliminaries of the 66th Miss Universe competition in Las Vegas Sunday morning, her costume depicting the sarimanok, a legendary bird of the Maranao people from Mindanao. The sarimanok is the legendary bird that has become an ubiquitous symbol of Maranao art, depicted as a fowl with colorful wings and feathered tail, holding a fish on its beak or talons.