Miss Universe Vietnam

Miss Universe Vietnam (Vietnamese: Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam) is a national beauty pageant in Vietnam to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. This pageant is unrelated to Miss 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 Diamond Bay, 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.

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.

Miss Universe Vietnam 2017

The selection of Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 is accompanied by a reality television series called I Am Miss Universe Vietnam, in which contestants are put through different challenges and training programs in each weekly episode. Initially, the contest finale was scheduled to be held in August 2017. However, it was subsequently pushed back to December 2, 2017.^[3] The final was once again pushed back to January 6, 2018 amidst ongoing recovery efforts in Nha Trang - the host city - after Typhoon Damrey hit the region in early November.^[4]

70 contestants were selected for the 2017 pageant and 63 of them took part in the preliminary competition. Top 45 finalists were then chosen for the final round. Phạm Hương crowned her successor H'Hen Niê at the end of the event. Being an E-de, H'Hen was the first Miss Universe Vietnam to be of a minor ethnicity.

Vietnam's Representatives at Miss Universe

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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.

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

Notes

• In early 2009, Nguyễn Thùy Lâm became the first Miss Vietnam Universe placed in Globalbeauties.com Top 100 Miss Grandslam.
• In 2010, Miss Vietnam Photogenic 2005 - Phạm Thị Thanh Hằng, who competed in Miss Intercontinental 2005, was invited to participate in Miss Universe 2010. She declined due to lack of preparation time and Vietnam subsequently withdrew from the 2010 pageant.^[5]

See also

• Miss Vietnam
• Miss Vietnam World
• Vietnam at major beauty pageants

References