Posts Tagged ‘ The Winner ’

Skinny in vogue 

January 11, 2012
Skinny in vogue 

  Tyra Banks (L) and winner of Vietnam Next Top Model 2011 Hoang Thi Thuy. Photo: Nguyen Truong Hoang Thi Thuy, one of the two skinniest contestants in Vietnam Next Top Model’s second season, became the winner in the finale held on January 8 in Ho Chi Minh City. After a five-month-long competition, Thuy defeated [...]

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Jewelry queen pageant mired in scandal again 

January 8, 2012
Jewelry queen pageant mired in scandal again 

Tran Thi Thanh Truc (R), 19, was crowned the winner of the fifth Vietnam Jewelry Queen The Vietnam Jewelry Queen contest has been rocked by scandal again after one of its contestants said they were forced to serve wine to unknown men. Tran Thi Hoa said that before the final round on December 30, the [...]

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Self-portrait contest opens for Vietnamese artists 

May 3, 2011
Self-portrait contest opens for Vietnamese artists 

A self-portrait painting by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Thi Chau Giang. Italian artist Richard di San Marzano and British paining collector Dominic Scriven have established a self-portrait paining contest for Vietnamese artists. The first-ever Dogma Prize in Self Portraiture will be awarded to Vietnamese painters aged 18 and above, with each allowed to send in one [...]

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Minh to skip Hanoi, play in Melbourne 

March 21, 2011
Minh to skip Hanoi, play in Melbourne 

Vietnam’s badminton ace Nguyen Tien Minh Vietnam’s badminton ace Nguyen Tien Minh has announced he will compete in a tournament in Melbourne, Australia, skipping one in Hanoi because the former is more challenging. Minh, ranked eighth in the world, said the Australian Open Grand Prix 2011 held next month (April 5-10) will attract stronger rivals [...]

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Vietnam crowns its first ‘Top Model’ with a fizzle 

January 28, 2011
Vietnam crowns its first ‘Top Model’ with a fizzle 

   (L-R) Top 3 of the first season ‘Vietnam’s Next Top Model’ Thu Thuy, Tuyet Lan and Huyen Trang compete in swimsuit. Tallest contestant Huyen Trang is the winner. Last November, Vietnam joined a handful of countries looking to jump aboard the Next Top Model train. Five hundred women from all over the country turned [...]

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Applications screened for Mister Vietnam 2010 contest 

November 15, 2010
Applications screened for Mister Vietnam 2010 contest 

Mister International 2008 Ngo Tien Doan Vietnam Television VTV9 and the Bac Dau Entertainment Company on Friday started receiving applicants from contestants for Vietnam’s first-ever male beauty pageant. Ngo Tien Doan, representative of the organizers and Mister International 2008, told a press conference the same day that the contest would be different from male model [...]

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Huong Giang enters top 15 faces

January 29, 2010
Huong Giang enters top 15 faces

The Vietnamese beauty continues to move into the next round of the “Face of the Year” selection on the famous website on beauty pageants, Global Beauties.  The top 15 faces are chosen by a jury of over 30 members, but Huong Giang took the lead already in the number of reader votes, accounting for 66 [...]

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Huong Giang in top 25 faces of the year

January 27, 2010
Huong Giang in top 25 faces of the year

Vietnam’s contestant at the Miss World 2009 pageant Tran Thi Huong Giang entered the second round of the Face of the Year selection on the website Global Beauties.  Before competing for the Face of the Year title, Huong Giang was voted as the “Sexiest by Popular Demand” by readers of Global Beauties, a prestigious website [...]

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Lan Huong in top five of Miss Model of the World

November 27, 2009
Lan Huong in top five of Miss Model of the World

Vietnam’s contestant is among the top five models in the Miss Model of the World, held in Shenzhen, China. The winner from France. The winner is the French model. Vietnam’s Lan Huong received two titles: Best in night gown and Miss Photogenic. The three other faces in the top fives are contestants from Turkey, Ukraine and [...]

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Vietnamese singers become famous the Korean way

November 13, 2009
Vietnamese singers become famous the Korean way

Vietnam is going mad for Korean movie stars and singers – little wonder then that its own stars are looking to Korea for inspiration and assistance. Singer My Tam Korean stars are increasingly gaining attention from wider audiences. Names such as Bi Rain and BoA are transcending Asia while others are famous throughout the continent – namely [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...