Model Truc Diem to represent Vietnam at Miss Earth ’07

20-year-old model and student Truong Tri Truc Diem
Model Truong Tri Truc Diem has been chosen to represent Vietnam at the 7th annual Miss Earth 2007, which will be held in the Philippines from October 21 to November 11.
20-year-old Truc Diem, the runner-up of Vietnam Miss Photo 2005 and winner of the Best Advertisement Model 2006, is currently a senior at Cetana PSB Intellis as a marketing student.

According to Truc Diem, thanks to her excellent verbal ability in English, her 1.72 meter height and her outstanding posture, she will represent Vietnam well.

She is confident and eager to introduce Vietnamese culture and beauty to a world stage at the contest.

She will wear an evening gown designed by designer Truong Thanh Hai and a traditional Vietnamese ao dai designed by ABC Fashion Co.

Reported by Huy Tuong

Source: Thanhnien News

Vietnamese candidate wins Miss International Image title

The online poll for contestants in the Miss International 2007 pageant contest closed on October 14. Vietnam’s Pham Thi Thuy Duong was the winner, with 65% of the votes.

Commencing on October 9, the online poll received more than 10,700 votes, including over 7,000 or 65% cast for Thuy Duong, 5% for the representatives of the US and Mexico, and 4% for contestants from Venezuela and Hong Kong.

However, Thuy Duong is not among the 12 girls who are forecast to be able to win the Miss International 2007 crown. According to Geocities, Japan’s website on the Miss International 2007 pageant contest, representatives of Belarus, Brazil, Dominican Republic, France, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Turkey and Venezuela are the top candidates for the Miss International 2007 title. Japan won Miss Photo title on October 3.

Sixty-one beauties on Sunday participated in the rehearsal to prepare for the final night, which will take place at the Prince Park Tower in Tokyo this evening, October 15.

Source: Vietnam News Bridge

Vietnamese woman stands tall at Asian beauty contest

Tall Vietnamese beauty Tran Thi Huong Giang is becoming a stand-out among the 30-plus contestants gathered in Hong Kong for the 2007 Miss Asia pageant, which wraps up Oct. 28.
The 20-year-old, who is a media studies student at Ho Chi Minh City’s University of Social Sciences and Humanities and at 1.8 meter tall, is the second tallest competitor after Miss Uzbekistan.

From Hong Kong she spoke with Thanh Nien.

Thanh Nien: How have you got on with the other girls since coming here a week ago?

Huong Giang: I would say that the contestants are not only beautiful but also really friendly. Japan’s Mikako, 16, has a good sense of humor, while Canada’s 25-year-old Jessica amazes me since she can speak some Vietnamese. I like chatting and I am easy going enough to get along well with everyone here.

Thanh Nien: Jealousy among contestants is common in most beauty contests. Is it happening here too?

Huong Giang: So far, I am sure there hasn’t been any here. The organizers are professional and fair.

Thanh Nien: Does your height give you more confidence and increase your chances of winning?

Huong Giang: It might be an advantage. Besides, I feel confident because of my intellect and dynamism. My friends here are beautiful and there are only a few prizes. Therefore, winning will depend on several factors.

Reported by Da Ly - Translated by Luu Hong

Source: Thanhnien News

Vietnam beauties cover the region’s pageants this week

Dang Minh Thu (1.68m), second runner-up at Miss Vietnam World 2007

Vietnam’s representation in the region’s beauty stakes heats up with four more Vietnamese beauties competing in four separate pageants, three within the coming week.

Miss Hai Duong province 2006 Tran Thi Huong Giang will compete in Miss Asia 2007 Hong Kong over September 30 to October 28.

Twenty-year-old Giang, 1.76 meter tall, is a media studies student at Ho Chi Minh City’s University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Nguyen Ai Chau, the runner-up of Miss Photogenic Vietnam 2006 organized by the Phu Nu (Women) Magazine, will strut at Miss Young International 2007 in Taiwan over October 9 to 29.
Chau is a junior in Van Lang University’s Foreign Languages Faculty in Ho Chi Minh City.

Competing at Miss International 2007 in Japan over September 30 to October 17 is Pham Thu Thuy Duong, a singer of military artist troupe.

Duong (1.75m) was among the ten finalists at Miss Vietnam Contest 2006. She also won top honors in northern Vietnam’s 2005 Supermodel Contest.

Dang Minh Thu (1.68m), second runner-up at Miss Vietnam World 2007 which wrapped up early this month will compete at the Miss World 2007 to be held Hainan, China, this December. Thu, 19, is a student of Hanoi Open University.

Sources: Thanh Nien, Tuoi Tre – Compiled by Luu Thi Hong and Thanhnien News

Dang Minh Thu to join Miss World 2007

Dang Minh Thu, the second runner up at the recently held Miss Vietnam Global, is chosen for the competition of Miss World 2007 which will take place for one month, from November 1 in Hainan Island, China.

Earlier, Dang Minh Thu was crowned Miss Beach Vietnam 2006. She is 1.68m tall with body measurement of 85- 63-90. Thu, born in 1988, is now the first year student of the Hanoi Open University.

Thuy Hanh, professional director of Elite Model Beauty Vietnam, the only agency authorised to select beauties to compete at international beauty pageants, said with such above two titles, Dang Minh Thu is eligible for the Miss World contest under the regulations of the State as well as the organising board. She also added that Miss Vietnam World Ngo Phuong Lan won’t join the Miss World 2007 because she can’t arrange the time, whereas the first runner up Teressa Sam won’t take part in the competition either as she can’t speak Vietnamese and she has British citizenship.

(Thanh Nien, Tuoi Tre)

Source: Nhan Dan

Sea beauty to represent VN at Miss World

Dang Minh Thu

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Sea 2007 as well as Miss Vietnam Global 2007’s second runner-up Dang Minh Thu has recently been named by Elite Vietnam as the country’s candidate at Miss World 2007.

Elite Model Beauty Vietnam, the only agency authorized to select beauties to compete at international beauty pageants, earlier offered Miss World’s ticket to Miss Vietnam Global 2007 Ngo Phuong Lan, who turned it down in order to focus on her studies in Switzerland.

Elite Vietnam also said first runner-up in the same contest Teressa Sam was ineligible since she doesn’t speak English and has British citizenship. Miss Dang Minh Thu, on the other hand, has all it takes to represent the country at the most prestigious beauty pageant in the world.

As for Dang Minh Thu herself, she said she was very happy to know she had been selected. Asked whether competing in Miss World would give her lots of pressure, she said she would do her best.

“I think everybody will be sympathetic to me,” she added with a smile. And in order to prepare for the upcoming contest, Thu said she would have to improve her communication skills. “And I will try to help promote Vietnam so that foreign friends will learn more about traditional Vietnamese culture,” she said.

Miss Sea 2007, however, won’t be alone in her preparation efforts. Elite VN said after higher authorities approved its decision, the agency would invite experts to help Dang Minh Thu to practice and improve her performing and communication skills necessary in an international contest.

Other things such as what to wear will also be taken care of, said Elite VN’s CEO, Thuy Nga. Dang Minh Thu is 20 years of age, 1.67m in height and 50 kg in weight. Her body measurements are 87-61-90.

She is at present majoring in English at Hanoi Open University. Miss World 2007 will take place from November 1 to December 1 in Sanya, China.

Sources: VNN, TT, TP and Vietnam Net Bridge

Company busy selecting beauties for int’l pageants

Miss Hai Duong Tran Thi Huong Giang

VietNamNet Bridge – As the season of international beauty contests is approaching, Elite Vietnam, the only agency authorised to select candidates, is burning the candle at both ends to come up with names to represent the country.

"Besides Miss International and Miss Asia, we will also select candidates for Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss International Tourism, etc,” said Thuy Nga, Elite Vietnam’s CEO. The names of the Vietnamese representatives for the upcoming Miss International, Miss Asia and Miss Young International 2007 have all been announced.

They are Pham Thi Thuy Duong, Tran Thi Huong Giang, and Nguyen Ai Chau, respectively. But the ticket to the most anticipated beauty pageant in the world, Miss World, is yet to have an owner.

We haven’t decided upon the candidate for Miss World 2007 yet, said Thuy Nga, who lately has been bombarded by questions regarding which one of numerous eligible candidates, including Miss Vietnam Global 2007, as well as the first and second runners-up in the same contest, will have that privilege.

According to Elite Vietnam, the selection process isn’t at all easy, since the decision doesn’t just depend on the agency itself, but also on lots of paperwork. “Sometimes the company wants to choose a particular girl but due to procedure-related difficulties, it has to select somebody else,” said an insider.

But when candidates have been selected, Elite Vietnam says it never puts pressure on them. “Instead, we only encourage them to do their best. And I often tell the girls that since they are good enough to be selected, they should believe in themselves,” said Thuy Nga.

The three beauties heading for Miss International, Miss Asia and Miss Young International are quite confident. Miss Hai Duong Tran Thi Huong Giang, who will take part in Miss Asia 2007, for instance, said, “I think at any beauty contest, our candidates have a right to be confident and hopeful.

With my knowledge of English, I can talk with foreign friends and introduce the Vietnamese country and people to them.” Miss Asia 2007 will take place from September 30 to October 28 in Hong Kong; Miss Young International 2007, from October 9-29 in Taiwan; and Miss International, also from September 30 to October 28 in Tokyo and Beijing.

Source: Vietnam Net Bridge

Supermodel to represent Vietnam at Miss International 2007

Pham Thi Thuy Duong, one of the 10 finalists at Miss Vietnam 2006, will compete at Miss International 2007 in Tokyo and Beijing from September 30 to October 28.

Thuy Duong, who is at present working for Military Zone II Art Troupe, is also an exclusive Elite Vietnam model. At 21 years of age, Duong is 1.75 m in height and 50 kg in weight. Her body measurements are 82-60-88.

Thuy Duong’s name has appeared on the website of Miss International 2007 since yesterday morning, September 13. She is ready to compete, said Pham Thi Thuy Duong, who won the gold prize at Northern Supermodel 2005, and the Talented Supermodel title at Supermodel 2005.

Sources: Vietnam Net Bridge and ANTD

Beauty queen turns down Miss World offer

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Vietnam Global said she had turned down Elite Beauty Vietnam’s offer to give her a ticket to the upcoming Miss World contest due to academic reasons.

“I was privileged to receive the offer and know that taking part in Miss World is a great opportunity. But on September 17, I will start school in Switzerland and have a very busy study schedule,” explained Ngo Phuong Lan, who has one more year to go before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Geneva.

Lan said she had had to ask the organisation committee of the recent Miss Vietnam Global to allow her to fulfill her beauty queen obligations after graduating from college. Her mother Le Thi Hoa said she supported her daughter’s decision. Lan always prioritises her studies over other things, said the mother.

After her victory at Miss Vietnam Global 2007, Ngo Phuong Lan was widely considered one of the most eligible candidates to represent Vietnam at Miss World 2007 to be held from November 2 to December 1 in China.

Other beauties ranking high on the list are first and second runners-up from the same contest, Teressa Sam and Dang Minh Thu, respectively. Elite Beauty Vietnam, the exclusive owner of Miss World copyrights in the country, is yet to announce its candidates.

Sources: Vietnam Net Bridge and VNE