Mai Phuong Thuy

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Mai. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Thúy.

Mai Phương Thúy
Born	August 6, 1988 (1988-08-06) (age 23) Hanoi, Vietnam
Height	Template:Height 1,82m
Hair color	black
Eye color	brown
Measurements	86-65-95
Weight	60 kg

Mai Phương Thúy (August 6, 1988) was crowned the 10th Miss Vietnam^[1] at the Vinpearl Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam on August 26, 2006. She represented Vietnam at the Miss World 2006 pageant in Warsaw, Poland on September 30th, in the Asia-Pacific group. She made the first cut In Miss World 2006 by winning the viewers' votes around the world.

In 2006, she was voted by globalbeauties.com into the Top 50 of the annual Miss Grand Slam.

She had posed for photographs late in 2007 for the photographer Tran Huy Hoan, the set is described as "nude photos" - perhaps artistic but still risque for a "Miss Vietnam". Tran Huy Hoan has sold oil paintings of a nude lady which bear a likeness to Mai Phương Thúy. She supports numerous social causes, notably the Vietnamese traffic problem. She is the goodwill ambassador for the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation. She studied at Phan Dinh Phung high school and was accepted into the Foreign Trade University and RMIT International University, Vietnam. Mai Phuong Thuy is studying at RMIT Vietnam at the moment.

Thuy did and still does many charity works and she also participated in a movie called "Âm tính"(Ngeative).

Miss Viet Nam 2006

The winner : Mai Phương Thuý (Hà Nội)

• 1st runner-up :Lưu Bảo Anh (Cần Thơ)
• 2nd runner-up : Lương Thị Ngọc Lan (Saigon)
• Finalists: Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Anh (Hải Phòng), Phạm Thuý Trang (Saigon)
• Semifinalists: Phạm Thị Thuỳ Dương (Hà Nội), Trần Thị Hương Giang (Hải Dương), Cao Thanh Hằng (Hà Nội), Trần Thanh Loan (Saigon), K' The (Lâm Đồng)

Miss World 2006

Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy competed in Miss World 2006 pageant in Poland. Mai Phuong Thuy was the only East Asian contestant to join the top 17 in the final. She made the top 17 due to the highest online vote in her Asia-Pacific zone. Miss Czech Republic won the crown.

Movies

• Âm tính(2007)

Mai Phương Thúy was casted as the main character Lam Uyen Nhi in the movie "Negative" (2007). An HIV/AID victim who suffer a life of unhappiness and loneliness.

References

1. ^ "Hoa hậu Việt: Đẹp người mà duyên ở tận đâu?" (in Vietnamese). Báo Hoà Bình. 19 July 2011. http://www.baohoabinh.com.vn/16/62207/Hoa_hau_Viet_Dep_nguoi_ma_duyen_o_tan_dau.htm. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 

Preceded by Nguyen Thi Huyen

Miss Vietnam 2006

Succeeded by Tran Thi Thuy Dung

Preceded by Vũ Hương Giang

Vietnam's representative at Miss World 2006

Succeeded by Đặng Minh Thu

Persondata
Name	Mai, Phuong Thuy
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 6, 1988
Place of birth	Hanoi, Vietnam
Date of death
Place of death	HEIGHT (2009) = 1m80