Miss Vietnam

Miss Vietnam (Vietnamese: Hoa hậu Việt Nam) is a beauty contest in Vietnam that has been held biennially since 1988. This contest was initiated and organized by Tiền Phong Newspaper and Sen Vàng Productions.

Miss Vietnam
Miss Vietnam 2012 – Đặng Thu Thảo (center)
Formation1988
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersHo Chi Minh City
Location
Membership
Miss World
Miss International
Miss Grand International
Miss Intercontinental
Official language
Vietnamese
Key people
Lê Xuân Sơn
Phạm Kim Dung
Parent organization
Tiền Phong Newspaper
Sen Vàng Productions
WebsiteOfficial Website
(L–R) 1st-runner up : Phan Hoàng Minh Thu, Miss Vietnam 2008 Trần Thị Thùy Dung, 2nd runner-up: Nguyễn Thụy Vân

The current Miss Vietnam titleholder is Đỗ Thị Hà from Thanh Hoá, who was crowned on November 20, 2020 in Ho Chi Minh City.

History

Miss Vietnam is the biggest beauty pageant and the first nationwide beauty contest after the unification of Vietnam. Before that, there was also a South Vietnamese Saigon-based beauty contest named Miss Vietnam and Miss Vietnam 1955 Công Thị Nghĩa became the first titleholder of the contest as well as the first national beauty pageant titleholder in Vietnamese history. The after-unification contest Miss Vietnam was initiated and organized by Tien Phong newspaper, called "Miss Tien Phong Newspaper", starting from 1988 and is held every two years. The first person to hold the title is Bùi Bích Phương. The contest was officially renamed as "Miss Vietnam" in 2002.

While Tiền Phong did not hold franchise licenses to send representatives to international beauty pageants, from 2002 to 2006, Miss Vietnam winners represented Vietnam at Miss World. In 2008, due to her incomplete high school education, Trần Thị Thùy Dung was not sent to Miss World 2008. Since then, no Miss Vietnam titleholders have participated in the international pageant. However, Miss Vietnam 2010 first runner up Vũ Hoàng My was appointed to represent Vietnam at both Miss Universe 2011 in São Paulo, Brazil and Miss World 2012 in Ordos, China.

From 2014, Sen Vàng Productions became involved in the production of Miss Vietnam along with Tien Phong Newspaper. In 2017, they partnered with Elite Vietnam to secure licenses to send Miss Vietnam winners to various international pageants.[1] Under this partnership, Miss Vietnam titleholder will participate in Miss World. The first and second runner-ups, depending on which beauty pageant they are more suitable for, will be selected for either Miss Grand International or Miss International.[2] At Miss World 2017, Đỗ Mỹ Linh became the first Miss Vietnam titleholder since Mai Phương Thúy in 2006 to represent the country at the pageant. In 2018, the 2nd runner-up that year Nguyễn Thị Thúy An was initially appointed to participate in Miss International 2018 but she withdrew due to health issues. The contestant with the next highest score in the top 5 Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên assumed Thúy An's spot at the competition.[3]

Titleholders

Year Miss Vietnam First Runner-up Second Runner-up Venue Number of entrants
1988 Bùi Bích Phương
Hanoi
Nguyễn Thu Mai
Hanoi
- Youth Cultural Palace, Hanoi Unknown
1990 Nguyễn Diệu Hoa
Hanoi
Trần Vân Anh
Ho Chi Minh City
Trần Thu Hằng
Hanoi
Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace, Hanoi Unknown
1992 Hà Kiều Anh
Ho Chi Minh City
Vi Thị Đông
Hanoi
Nguyễn Minh Phương
Tuyên Quang
Phan Dinh Phung Sports Complex, Ho Chi Minh City 21
1994 Nguyễn Thu Thuỷ
Hanoi
Tô Hương Lan
Tuyên Quang
Trịnh Kim Chi
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace, Hanoi Unknown
1996 Nguyễn Thiên Nga
Ho Chi Minh City
Vũ Minh Thúy
Haiphong
Đỗ Vân Anh
Hanoi
Unknown
1998 Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Khánh
Ho Chi Minh City
Vũ Thị Thu
Quảng Ninh
Ngô Thúy Hà
Hanoi
Phan Dinh Phung Sports Complex, Ho Chi Minh City 23
2000 Phan Thu Ngân
Đồng Nai
Lê Thanh Nga
Thái Bình
Nguyễn Ngọc Oanh
Haiphong
22
2002 Phạm Thị Mai Phương
Haiphong
Bùi Thị Hoàng Oanh
Ho Chi Minh City
Nguyễn Thị Mai Hương
Hải Dương
22
2004 Nguyễn Thị Huyền
Haiphong
Trịnh Chân Trân
Ho Chi Minh City
Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Bích
Bến Tre
Tuần Châu, Quảng Ninh Province 21
2006 Mai Phương Thúy
Hanoi
Lưu Bảo Anh
Cần Thơ
Lương Thị Ngọc Lan
Ho Chi Minh City
Vinpearl Land Water Musical Stage, Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa 34
2008 Trần Thị Thùy Dung
Da Nang
Phan Hoàng Minh Thư
Lâm Đồng
Nguyễn Thụy Vân
Hanoi
Hoai River Square, Hội An, Quảng Nam 30
2010 Đặng Thị Ngọc Hân
Hanoi
Vũ Thị Hoàng My
Đồng Nai
Đặng Thị Thùy Trang
Hanoi
Water Show Amphitheater, Tuần Châu, Quảng Ninh 37
2012 Đặng Thu Thảo
Bạc Liêu
Dương Tú Anh
Hanoi
Đỗ Hoàng Anh
Hanoi
Tiên Sơn Sports Complex, Da Nang 40
2014 Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên
Nam Định
Nguyễn Trần Huyền My
Hanoi
Nguyễn Lâm Diễm Trang
Vĩnh Long
Vinpearl Water Show Amphitheater, Phú Quốc, Kiên Giang 40
2016 Đỗ Mỹ Linh
Hanoi
Ngô Thanh Thanh Tú
Hanoi
Huỳnh Thị Thùy Dung
Ho Chi Minh City
Phu Tho Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City 36
2018 Trần Tiểu Vy
Quảng Nam
Bùi Phương Nga
Hanoi
Nguyễn Thị Thúy An
Kiên Giang
43
2020 Đỗ Thị Hà
Thanh Hóa
Phạm Ngọc Phương Anh
Ho Chi Minh City
Nguyễn Lê Ngọc Thảo
Ho Chi Minh City
35

Regional rankings

Miss Vietnam 2006 – Mai Phương Thúy – Top 17 Miss World 2006
Province/City Titles Winning years
Hanoi
6
1988, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2016
Ho Chi Minh City
3
1992, 1996, 1998
Haiphong
2
2002, 2004
Thanh Hóa
1
2020
Quảng Nam 2018
Nam Định 2014
Bạc Liêu 2012
Da Nang 2008
Đồng Nai 2000

Big Five pageants representatives

Vietnam has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the five major international beauty pageants for women.[4][5] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International.[6][7][8]

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Miss World

Year Representative Residence Placement at Miss Vietnam Placement at Miss World Special Awards
2002 Phạm Thị Mai Phương Hải Phòng Miss Vietnam 2002 Top 20
2004 Nguyễn Thị Huyền Hải Phòng Miss Vietnam 2004 Top 15
2006 Mai Phương Thúy Hà Nội Miss Vietnam 2006 Top 17 Designer Dress Award (Top 20)
2012 Vũ Thị Hoàng My Đồng Nai Miss Vietnam 2010
(1st Runner-up)
Unplaced Miss World Beach Beauty (Top 40)
Interview (Top 30)
2014 Nguyễn Thị Loan Thái Bình Miss Vietnam 2010
(Top 5)
Top 25 Sport (Top 32)
Talent (Top 17)
Beauty with a Purpose (Top 27)
2017 Đỗ Mỹ Linh Hanoi Miss Vietnam 2016 Top 40 Beauty with a Purpose (Winner)
Multimedia (Top 9)
Miss World People's Choice (Top 10)
Head-to-Head Challenge (Winner)
2018 Trần Tiểu Vy Quang Nam Miss Vietnam 2018 Top 30 Beauty with a Purpose (2nd Runner-up)
Talent (Top 30)
Top Model (Top 32)
2021 Đỗ Thị Hà Thanh Hóa Miss Vietnam 2020 TBA TBA

Miss Universe

Year Representative Residence Placement at Miss Vietnam Placement at Miss Universe Special Awards
2011 Vũ Thị Hoàng My Đồng Nai Miss Vietnam 2010
(1st Runner-up)
Unplaced

Miss International

Year Representative Residence Placement at Miss Vietnam Placement at Miss International Special Awards
2017 Huỳnh Thị Thùy Dung Ho Chi Minh City Miss Vietnam 2016
(2nd Runner-up)
Unplaced Miss Visit Japan Tourism Ambassador
2018 Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên Ho Chi Minh City Miss Vietnam 2018
(Top 5)
Unplaced
2021 Phạm Ngọc Phương Anh Ho Chi Minh City Miss Vietnam 2020
(1st Runner-up)
TBA TBA

Notes

  • All 3 Misses Vietnam in 2002, 2004 and 2006 arrived late at Miss World since the Miss Vietnam contest was held too close to Miss World.
  • Phạm Thị Mai Phương is the first Miss Vietnam to get into the semifinal round at Miss World.

See also

References

  1. "Hoa hậu Việt Nam sẽ được toàn quyền thi Miss World từ 2017". Tien Phong Online Newspaper (in Vietnamese). 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  2. Nam An. "Lần đầu tiên trong lịch sử, top 3 Hoa hậu Việt Nam 2018 sẽ 'chinh chiến' quốc tế". Việt Nam Mới (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. Mi Ly. "Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên thay Á hậu 2 Thúy An dự thi Hoa hậu Quốc tế 2018". Zing.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  5. Kenya, News (2011-07-15). "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  6. Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  7. Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  8. Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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