Miss Vietnam

(L-R) 1st-runner up : Phan Hoang Minh Thu, Miss Vietnam 2008 Tran Thi Thuy Dung, 2nd runner-up: Nguyen Thuy Van

Miss Vietnam is a beauty contest in Vietnam that was held for the first time in 1988. This contest was initiated and organized by Tien Phong newspaper. The current Miss Vietnam is Đặng Thị Ngọc Hân, from Hanoi.

History

Miss Viet Nam is the first nation-wide beauty contest after the unification of Viet Nam. The contest was initiated and organized by Tien Phong newspaper, called "Miss Tien Phong newspaper", starting from 1988 and is held every 2 years. The first person to hold the title is Bui Bich Phuong.

From 2002, the contest was officially renamed "Miss Vietnam". Since then, winners of the Miss Viet Nam contest will represent the country to take part in the Miss World contest.

The winners

Miss Vietnam 2006 - Mai Phương Thúy - Top 17 Miss World 2006

Year	Miss Viet Nam	Held at	Comments
1988	Bui Bich Phuong	Youth house of culture, Ha Noi
1990	Nguyen Dieu Hoa	Viet-Xo palace of friendly culture, Ha Noi	Top 5 (Mrs World 2008)
1992	Ha Kieu Anh	Phan Dinh Phung sporting event hall, Ho Chi Minh City	Top 5 and Miss Taejon (World Miss University 1993),1st runner-up of Miss New model international, Egypt 1998
1994	Nguyen Thu Thuy	Viet-Xo palace of friendly culture, Ha Noi
1996	Nguyen Thien Nga	Viet-Xo palace of friendly culture, Ha Noi	1st runner-up (Miss Friendship Southeast Asia 1999), Miss Viet Nam 1999 (Special)
1998	Nguyen Thi Ngoc Khanh	Phan Dinh Phung sporting event hall, Ho Chi Minh City	1st runner-up of Miss New model international, Egypt 1999
2000	Phan Thu Ngan	Hoa Binh theatre, Ho Chi Minh City
2002	Pham Thi Mai Phuong	Phan Dinh Phung sporting event hall, Ho Chi Minh City	Top 20, Miss World 2002
2004	Nguyen Thi Huyen	Tuần Châu, Quang Ninh province	Top 15 semi-finalist, Miss World 2004
2006	Mai Phuong Thuy	Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province	Top 17, Miss World 2006
2008	Tran Thi Thuy Dung	Hoi An, Quang Nam province
2010	Đặng Thị Ngọc Hân	Tuần Châu, Quang Ninh province

Vietnamese representatives participated in the Miss World contest

Dương Trương Thiên Lý - 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe Vietnam 2008 - won Miss People's Choice award at Miss World 2008 in South Africa

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Year	Representative	Residence	Domestic title	Placement in Miss World	Special Awards
2002	Phạm Thị Mai Phương	Hải Phòng	Miss Viet Nam 2002	Top 20 Semifinalist
2003	Nguyễn Đình Thụy Quân	Ho Chi Minh City	Miss Vietnamese Woman Photogenic 2003
2004	Nguyễn Thị Huyền	Hải Phòng	Miss Vietnam 2004	Top 15 Semifinalist
2005	Vũ Hương Giang	Hà Nội	Jewelry Queen Vietnam 2004		Top 15 Miss World Talent
2006	Mai Phương Thúy	Hà Nội	Miss Vietnam 2006	Top 17 Semifinalist	Miss people's choice award
2007	Đặng Minh Thu	Nam Định	2nd runner-up Miss Vietnam World, Miss Sea Vietnam 2007
2008	Dương Trương Thiên Lý	Đồng Tháp	2nd runner-up Miss Universe Vietnam 2008		Miss People's Choice Award, Miss World Golf 2008, Top 32 Miss Top Model
2009	Trần Thị Hương Giang	Hải Dương	2nd runner-up Miss Vietnam Global 2009, Top 10 Miss Vietnam 2006	Top 16 Semifinalist	1st runner-up Miss World Top Model Top 12 Miss World Beach Beauty Miss Grandslam Asia 2009
2010	Nguyễn Ngọc Kiều Khanh	Munich	1st runner-up Miss Vietnam World 2010, Miss Vietnam Europe 2009
2011	Victoria Phạm Thúy Vy	California	2nd runner-up Miss World Vietnamese 2010, Miss Asia California 2009

Notes

• All 3 Misses Vietnam in 2002, 2004 and 2006 arrived late at Miss World since the Miss Vietnam contest was held too close Miss World.
• Pham Thi Mai Phuong is the first Miss Vietnam to get into the semifinal round at Miss World.
• Although arriving at Sanya (China) very late in comparison to other Miss World candidates in 2004, Nguyen Thi Huyen still got into Top 15.
• Mai Phuong Thuy was highly appreciated at Miss World 2006. She received 14 out of 30 points in the Internet ranking, and got into Top 17 thanks to the audience's votes. Early 2007, Mai Phuong Thuy got into Global Beauties' list of 50 most beautiful contestants at beauty contests.

External links

• Miss Universe Vietnam
• Miss World Vietnamese
• Miss Tourism Vietnam