Miss Vietnam


Miss Vietnam is a beauty contest in Vietnam that has been held biennially since 1988. This contest was initiated and organized by Tien Phong newspaper and Sen Vàng Productions.
The current Miss Vietnam titleholder is Trần Tiểu Vy from Quảng Nam, who was crowned on September 16, 2018 in Ho Chi Minh City.

History

Miss Vietnam is the biggest beauty pageant and the first nationwide beauty contest after the unification of Vietnam. Before that, there was also a South Vietnamese Saigon-based beauty contest named Miss Vietnam and Miss Vietnam 1955 Công Thị Nghĩa became the first titleholder of the contest as well as the first national beauty pageant titleholder in Vietnamese history. The after-unification contest Miss Vietnam was initiated and organized by Tien Phong newspaper, called "Miss Tien Phong Newspaper", starting from 1988 and is held every two years. The first person to hold the title is Bùi Bích Phương. The contest was officially renamed as "Miss Vietnam" in 2002.
While Tien Phong did not hold franchise licenses to send representatives to international beauty pageants, from 2002 to 2006, Miss Vietnam winners represented Vietnam at Miss World. In 2008, due to her incomplete high school education, Trần Thị Thùy Dung was not sent to Miss World 2008. Since then, no Miss Vietnam titleholders have participated in the international pageant. However, Miss Vietnam 2010 first runner up Vũ Hoàng My was appointed to represent Vietnam at both Miss Universe 2011 in São Paulo, Brazil and Miss World 2012 in Ordos, China.
From 2014, Sen Vàng Productions became involved in the production of Miss Vietnam along with Tien Phong Newspaper. In 2017, they partnered with Elite Vietnam to secure licenses to send Miss Vietnam winners to various international pageants. Under this partnership, Miss Vietnam titleholder will participate in Miss World. The first and second runner-ups, depending on which beauty pageant they are more suitable for, will be selected for either Miss Grand International or Miss International. At Miss World 2017, Đỗ Mỹ Linh became the first Miss Vietnam titleholder since Mai Phương Thúy in 2006 to represent the country at the pageant. In 2018, the 2nd runner-up that year Nguyễn Thị Thúy An was initially appointed to participate in Miss International 2018 but she withdrew due to health issues. The contestant with the next highest score in the top 5 Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên assumed Thúy An's spot at the competition.

Titleholders

Regional rankings

Province/CityTitlesWinning years
Hanoi
7
1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2016
Haiphong
2
2002, 2004
Ho Chi Minh City
2
1996, 1998
Quảng Nam
1
2018
Nam Định
1
2014
Bạc Liêu
1
2012
Da Nang
1
2008
Đồng Nai
1
2000

Vietnam has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women. These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.
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Miss World

YearRepresentativeResidencePlacement at Miss VietnamPlacement at Miss WorldSpecial Awards
2002Phạm Thị Mai PhươngHải PhòngMiss Vietnam 2002Top 20
2004Nguyễn Thị HuyềnHải PhòngMiss Vietnam 2004Top 15
2006Mai Phương ThúyHà NộiMiss Vietnam 2006Top 17Designer Dress Award
2012Vũ Thị Hoàng MyĐồng NaiMiss Vietnam 2010
UnplacedMiss World Beach Beauty
Interview
2014Nguyễn Thị LoanThái BìnhMiss Vietnam 2010
Top 25Sport
Talent
Beauty with a Purpose
2017Đỗ Mỹ LinhHanoiMiss Vietnam 2016Top 40Beauty with a Purpose
Multimedia
Miss World People's Choice
Head-to-Head Challenge
2018Trần Tiểu VyQuang NamMiss Vietnam 2018Top 30Beauty with a Purpose
Talent
Top Model

Miss Universe

YearRepresentativeResidencePlacement at Miss VietnamPlacement at Miss UniverseSpecial Awards
2011Vũ Thị Hoàng MyĐồng NaiMiss Vietnam 2010
Unplaced

Miss International

Miss Earth