Miss Universe Vietnam

Miss Universe Vietnam
Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam
Motto Confidently Beautiful
Formation 2004
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Ho Chi Minh City
Location
Membership
Miss Universe
Official language
Vietnamese
Unicorp GM
Tony Nguyen Quoc Toan
Website Official website

Miss Universe Vietnam (Vietnamese: Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam) is a beauty contest held in Vietnam to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. This pageant is unrelated to Miss Vietnam or Miss World Vietnam, or Miss Vietnam World or Miss Ao Dai Vietnam pageants.

History

The 2008 Miss Universe Vietnam was held at the Vinpearl Land resort in Nha Trang on May 31, 2008. It was the first official Miss Universe Vietnam contest.[1]

The winner, Nguyễn Thùy Lâm, was host delegate for the Miss Universe 2008 pageant held July 14, 2008, also in Nha Trang. She made the Top 15.

After a 7-year hiatus, the competition of Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 was held on October 3, 2015 at Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang City, Vietnam. Phạm Thị Hương was the winner and officially a second titleholder of Miss Universe Vietnam pageant.[2]

Miss Universe Vietnam 2008

Dương Trương Thiên Lý - 2nd runner-up Miss Universe Vietnam 2008 - Miss People's Choice Miss World 2008

Miss Vietnam Universe took place at Vinpearl, Nha Trang, with 20 contestants participating. The final included four competitions: evening gown, swimsuit, áo dài, and interview. This was the first edition of Miss Universe Vietnam.

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss Universe Vietnam 2008
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 5
  • Dương Thuỳ Linh
  • Bùi Thị Phương Thanh
Top 10
  • Hoàng Khánh Ngọc
  • Vũ Nguyễn Hà Anh
  • Vũ Thị Xuân Hà
  • Trần Thị Diễm Trinh
  • Trần Phương Linh

Special awards

Awards Contestant
Miss Photogenic
  • Dương Trương Thiên Lý
Miss Áo Dài
  • Bùi Thị Phương Thanh
Miss Beach Tourism
  • Trầm Diễm Trinh
Miss Congeniality
  • Dương Thùy Linh
People's Choice
  • Nguyễn Thùy Lâm
Miss Talent
  • Nguyễn Thùy Lâm
Best in Interview
  • Nguyễn Thùy Lâm

The Miss Universe pageants held in Nha Trang in May–July 2008 were organized by Hoan Vu Joint Stock Company (UniCorp), Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) and Cat Tien Sa Event Company.

Miss Universe Vietnam 2015

After a 7-year hiatus, Miss Universe Vietnam returned in 2015. The grand finale was held on October 2, 2015 at Crown Convention Center, Nha Trang, the exact venue for Miss Universe 2008.

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss Universe Vietnam 2015
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
  • Đặng Thị Lệ Hằng
Top 5
  • Nguyễn Thị Loan
  • Ngô Thị Trúc Linh
Top 10
  • Phạm Thị Ngọc Quý
  • Trương Thị Diệu Ngọc
  • Nguyễn Trần Khánh Vân
  • Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em
  • Trịnh Thị Kim Chi
Top 15
  • Lê Thị Sang
  • Đặng Dương Thanh Thanh Huyền
  • Đỗ Trần Khánh Ngân
  • Đỗ Mỹ Linh
  • Chế Nguyễn Quỳnh Châu

Special awards

Awards Contestant
Miss Beach
  • Phạm Thị Hương
Miss Ao Dai
  • Nguyễn Trần Khánh Vân
Miss Photogenic
  • Đỗ Trần Khánh Ngân
Miss Congeniality
  • Trần Hằng Nga
People's Choice
  • Lê Thị Sang

Vietnam's Representatives at Miss Unvierse

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

The winner of Miss Universe Vietnam represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the official contest was not held, a winner or a runner-up of other national beauty contests was elected to compete at Miss Universe by the license holder (currently, Unicorp). Vietnam did not compete in 2006-2007, 2010 and 2014.

YearMU VietnamResidenceNational titlePlacementSpecial AwardsNotes
Ecuador 2004 Hoàng Khánh Ngọc Hải Dương Vietnam Supermodel 2004
(Golden Award)
Unplaced
Thailand 2005 Phạm Thu Hằng Hanoi Miss Hà Nội 2005 Unplaced
Vietnam 2008 Nguyễn Thùy Lâm Thái Bình Miss Universe Vietnam 2008 Top 15 Best National Costume
(Top 10)
The Bahamas 2009 Võ Hoàng Yến Hồ Chí Minh City Miss Universe Vietnam 2008
(First Runner-up)
Unplaced
Brazil 2011 Vũ Thị Hoàng My Đồng Nai Miss Vietnam 2010
(First Runner-up)
Unplaced Later, competed at the Miss World 2012.
United States 2012 Lưu Thị Diễm Hương Hồ Chí Minh City Miss Vietnam World 2010 Unplaced Top 14 at the Miss Earth 2010 and Best in Swimsuit.
Russia 2013 Trương Thị May Hồ Chí Minh City Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2007
(First Runner-up)
Unplaced
United States 2015 Phạm Thị Hương Hải Phòng Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 Unplaced
Belize 2016 Đặng Thị Lệ Hằng Da Nang Miss Universe Vietnam 2015
(Second Runner-up)
TBA TBA TBA

See also: Thành tích của Việt Nam tại đấu trường sắc đẹp quốc tế

Notes

See also

References

  1. "Miss Universe Vietnam pageant kicks off". VietNamNet Bridge. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  2. http://www.thanhniennews.com/arts-culture/24yearold-college-lecturer-crowned-miss-universe-vietnam-2015-52047.html
  3. 2sao.vietnamnet.vn (24 July 2010). "Vietnam Officially Withdraws from Miss Universe 2010". World Showbiz. Retrieved 18 October 2011. "[W]ho will represent Vietnam in Miss Universe 2010 pageant?", the VietnamNet newspaper arranged an interview with Mrs Le Diệm Le, marketing manager of Unicorp, the company responsible for sending Vietnamese representatives to Miss Universe pageants. And the answer is "No". According to Mrs Le Diệm Le, Unicorp could not find a suitable candidate to represent Vietnam in Miss Universe 2010, so they decided to drop out of the Pageant.
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