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MISS EL SALVADOR'S GOLDEN BITCOIN OUTFITJulia Casey passed along this article about the money-themed outfit worn by El Salvador's Miss Universe contestant. Thanks! -Editor 
A Miss Universe contestant from El Salvador strutted onto stage this week wearing a bitcoin-inspired gold bodysuit, a glittering tribute to her country becoming the world's first to adopt the crypto-currency as legal tender two years ago. Alejandra Guajardo, the Salvadoran beauty queen set to compete at the global contest's 71st annual event in New Orleans, shared photos and videos of herself in the costume on Instagram late Wednesday, complete with gold booted stilettos. In her post's caption, Guajardo praised her homeland as "a country with a true vision of positive change for the future" while pointing to the government's much-criticized decision to adopt bitcoin as legal currency in 2021 alongside the U.S. dollar. Designed by fellow Salvadoran Francisco Guerrero for the "national costume" stage of the competition, the currency-themed outfit includes a staff topped with a golden bitcoin and a huge colon coin strapped to her back ringed by cacao beans. The colon was the local currency for about a century ending in 2021, when the U.S. dollar was adopted; in ancient times cacao was used as money across mesoamerica.
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Julia adds: "I found it extra neat because the Jesse Kraft and Ángel Navarro Zayas article in the June 2022 Journal of Early American Numismatics (JEAN) ("Coronas, Clacos, and Cacao: The Plea for Copper Coinage in New Spain (1764–1771") had recently introduced me to the use of cacao beans as currency. "Also, here are all the amazing costumes!"
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