Nadeen Ayoub’s Miss Universe gown blends tatreez embroidery, symbolic motifs and hand-painted heritage in a powerful tribute to Palestine.

When Nadeen Ayoub walked onto the Miss Universe stage, she was not just wearing a national costume, but was rather carrying a history. The ivory gown, built around purity and memory, came alive with golden-green embroidery pulled from the visual language of Palestinian villages. Every thread traced the tatreez tradition - the art passed through the hands of Palestinian women for decades - and she treated it less like embellishment and more like inheritance.

On Instagram, Nadeen shared that stepping onto the stage in a gown “that carried generations within it” was one of the most meaningful moments of her life.

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