Miss Vietnam Explained

Miss Vietnam
Logosize:	200px
Type:	National beauty pageant
Organization:	Tiền Phong newspaper
Headquarters:	Hanoi, Vietnam
First:
Recent:	2022
Current Titleholder:	Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy
Titleholder Represents:	Da Nang
Language:	Vietnamese
Leader Title1:	Memberships
Leader Title2:	Formerly called
Leader Name2:	Miss National Tiền Phong Newspaper
Leader Title3:	Network
Leader Name3:	Vietnam Television
Website:	hhvn.com.vn
Native Name:	Hoa hậu Việt Nam
Native Name Lang:	vi
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Phùng Công Sưởng

Miss Vietnam (Vietnamese: Hoa hậu Việt Nam)^[1] is a beauty contest in Vietnam that has been held biennially since 1988, the oldest and most prestigious national beauty pageant of Vietnam. The contest is organized by Tiền Phong – a daily newspaper published by the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the youth wing of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country's only political organization.

The current Miss Vietnam titleholder is Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy from Da Nang, who was crowned on December 23, 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City.

History

Miss Vietnam is the biggest beauty pageant and the first nationwide beauty contest after the reunification of Vietnam. Before that, there was also a South Vietnamese Saigon-based beauty contest named Cuộc thi tìm kiếm người đẹp tại Sài Gòn . In 1955, Công Thị Nghĩa became the first titleholder of the contest as well as the first national beauty pageant titleholder in Vietnamese history.^[2] In 1965, the title was held with the coronation of Thái Kim Hương.^[3]

The after-unification contest Miss Vietnam was initiated and organized by Tiền Phong – a daily newspaper published by the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the youth wing of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Initially the contest was called "Miss National Tiền Phong Newspaper", starting from 1988 and is held every two years, the contest was officially renamed as "Miss Vietnam" in 2002. The first person to hold the title is Bùi Bích Phương.^[4] The pageant was created with the purpose of finding women with good morals, knowledge and representing the image of Vietnamese women.^[5]

During the period from 1988 to 2000, beauty queens did not participate in international beauty contests.^[6] In 2002, they were sent to participate in Miss World.^[7] However, from 2008 to 2014, due to many issues surrounding the beauty queens, they could not attend Miss World.^[8]

From 2016 to 2020, they continued to participate in Miss World.^[9] Starting from 2022, Miss Vietnam will attend Miss International,^[10] Miss Vietnam 2022 Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy represented the country at Miss International 2024 and won the first title for Vietnam.

Broadcast

The beauty pageant has been broadcast on Vietnam Television (VTV) since 1998. From 1998–2008 and 2012–present, the contest was broadcast live on VTV1, VTV2, VTV3 and VTV9. In 2010, the contest was broadcast by Vietnam Digital Television (VTC).^[11] Since 2018, the contest has also been broadcast live on the YouTube channel of Miss Vietnam and the co-organizing company Sen Vàng.

International crowns

• One – Miss International winner:
  • Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy (2024)

• One – Miss Grand International winner:
  • Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên (2021)

Titleholders

• Miss World Vietnam
• Miss Universe Vietnam
• Miss International Vietnam
• Miss Earth Vietnam
• Miss Grand Vietnam
• Miss Intercontinental Vietnam
• Miss Tourism Vietnam

Year	Miss Vietnam	First Runner-up	Second Runner-up	Venue	Number of entrants
1988	Bùi Bích Phương Hanoi	Nguyễn Thu Mai Hanoi		Youth Cultural Palace, Hanoi	Unknown
1990	Nguyễn Diệu Hoa Hanoi	Trần Vân Anh Ho Chi Minh City	Trần Thu Hằng Hanoi	Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace, Hanoi	Unknown
1992	Hà Kiều Anh Ho Chi Minh City	Vi Thị Đông Hanoi	Nguyễn Minh Phương Tuyên Quang province	Phan Dinh Phung Sports Complex, Ho Chi Minh City	21
1994	Nguyễn Thu Thuỷ Hanoi	Tô Hương Lan Tuyên Quang province	Trịnh Kim Chi Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace, Hanoi	Unknown
1996	Nguyễn Thiên Nga Ho Chi Minh City	Vũ Minh Thúy Haiphong	Đỗ Vân Anh Hanoi		Unknown
1998	Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Khánh Ho Chi Minh City	Vũ Thị Thu Quảng Ninh province	Ngô Thúy Hà Hanoi	Phan Dinh Phung Sports Complex, Ho Chi Minh City	23
2000	Phan Thu Ngân Ho Chi Minh City	Lê Thanh Nga Thái Bình province	Nguyễn Ngọc Oanh^[12] Haiphong		22
2002	Phạm Thị Mai Phương Haiphong	Bùi Thị Hoàng Oanh Ho Chi Minh City	Nguyễn Thị Mai Hương Hải Dương province		22
2004	Nguyễn Thị Huyền Haiphong	Trịnh Chân Trân Ho Chi Minh City	Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Bích Bến Tre province	Water music stage at the tourist area Tuần Châu, Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh province	21
2006	Mai Phương Thúy Hanoi	Lưu Bảo Anh Cần Thơ	Lương Thị Ngọc Lan Ho Chi Minh City	Vinpearl Land Water Musical Stage, Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa province	34
2008	Trần Thị Thùy Dung Da Nang	Phan Hoàng Minh Thư Lâm Đồng province	Nguyễn Thụy Vân Hanoi	Hoai River Square, Hội An, Quảng Nam province	30
2010	Đặng Thị Ngọc Hân Hanoi	Vũ Thị Hoàng My Đồng Nai province	Đặng Thị Thùy Trang Hanoi	Water Show Amphitheater, Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh province	37
2012	Đặng Thu Thảo Bạc Liêu province	Dương Tú Anh Hanoi	Đỗ Hoàng Anh Hanoi	Tiên Sơn Sports Complex, Da Nang	40
2014	Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên Nam Định province	Nguyễn Trần Huyền My Hanoi	Nguyễn Lâm Diễm Trang Vĩnh Long province	Vinpearl Water Show Amphitheater, Phú Quốc, Kiên Giang province	40
2016	Đỗ Mỹ Linh Hanoi	Ngô Thanh Thanh Tú Hanoi	Huỳnh Thị Thùy Dung Ho Chi Minh City	Phu Tho Arena, Ho Chi Minh City	36
2018	Trần Tiểu Vy Quảng Nam province	Bùi Phương Nga Hanoi	Nguyễn Thị Thúy An Kiên Giang province		43
2020	Đỗ Thị Hà Thanh Hóa province	Phạm Ngọc Phương Anh Ho Chi Minh City	Nguyễn Lê Ngọc Thảo Ho Chi Minh City		60
2022	Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy Da Nang	Trịnh Thùy Linh Thanh Hóa province	Lê Nguyễn Ngọc Hằng Ho Chi Minh City		58

Provincial rankings

Province/Municipality	Titles	Winning years
Hanoi	6	1988, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2016
Ho Chi Minh City	4	1992, 1996, 1998, 2000
Da Nang	2	2008, 2022
Haiphong	2002, 2004
Thanh Hóa province	1	2020
Quảng Nam province		2018
Nam Định province		2014
Bạc Liêu province		2012

Regional rankings

Region	Titles	Winning years
Red River Delta	9	1988, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016
Southest	4	1992, 1996, 1998, 2000
South Central Coast	3	2008, 2018, 2022
Mekong Delta	1	2012
North Central Coast		2020

Gallery of winners

Miss Vietnam at international pageants

Vietnam has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.^{[13] [14]} These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth.^{[15] [16] [17]}

Color keys

• : Declared as Winner
• : Ended as Runner-up or Top 4/5
• : Ended as one of the finalists (Top 12/13)
• : Ended as one of the semi-finalists (Top 20/30/40)
• : Ended as special awards winner

Miss World

See main article: Miss World Vietnam.

Year	Miss World Vietnam	Province	National title	Result	Prize
2021	Đỗ Thị Hà	Thanh Hóa province	Miss Vietnam 2020	Top 13
2018	Trần Tiểu Vy	Quảng Nam province	Miss Vietnam 2018	Top 30
2017	Đỗ Mỹ Linh	Hanoi	Miss Vietnam 2016	Top 40
2014	Nguyễn Thị Loan	Thái Bình province		Top 25
	Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên	Nam Định province	Miss Vietnam 2014	colspan="2"
2012	Vũ Thị Hoàng My	Đồng Nai province		Unplaced
	Đặng Thu Thảo	Bạc Liêu province	Miss Vietnam 2012	colspan="2"
2010	Đặng Thị Ngọc Hân	Hanoi	Miss Vietnam 2010
2008	Trần Thị Thùy Dung	Da Nang	Miss Vietnam 2008
2006	Mai Phương Thúy	Hanoi	Miss Vietnam 2006	Top 17
2004	Nguyễn Thị Huyền	Haiphong	Miss Vietnam 2004	Top 15
2002	Phạm Thị Mai Phương	Haiphong	Miss Vietnam 2002	Top 20

Miss International

Year	Miss International Vietnam	Province	National title	Result	Prize
2024	Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy	Da Nang	Miss Vietnam 2022	Winner
2022	Phạm Ngọc Phương Anh^[18]	Ho Chi Minh City		Unplaced
2018		Ho Chi Minh City		Unplaced
	Nguyễn Thị Thúy An	Kiên Giang province		colspan="2"
2017	Huỳnh Thị Thùy Dung	Hồ Chí Minh City		Unplaced

Miss Grand International

See main article: Miss Grand Vietnam.

Year										Miss Grand Vietnam										Province										National title										Result										Prize
2021	Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên	Ho Chi Minh City		Winner
2020	Nguyễn Lê Ngọc Thảo	Ho Chi Minh City		Top 20
2018	Bùi Phương Nga	Hanoi		Top 10
2017	Nguyễn Trần Huyền My	Hanoi		Top 10

Miss Intercontinental

Year										Miss Intercontinental Vietnam										Province										National title										Result										Prize
2023	Lê Nguyễn Ngọc Hằng	Ho Chi Minh City		2nd Runner-Up
2019	Nguyễn Thị Thúy An	Kiên Giang province		Unplaced
2003	Bùi Thị Hoàng Oanh	Ho Chi Minh City		Unplaced

Miss Universe

Year										Miss Universe Vietnam										Province										National title										Result										Prize
2024	Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên	Nam Định province		Top 30
2014	Nguyễn Lâm Diễm Trang	Vĩnh Long province
2011	Vũ Thị Hoàng My^[19]	Đồng Nai province		Unplaced

Miss Earth

Notes

1. Web site: Nhan sắc Hoa hậu Việt Nam đầu tiên thi Miss International 2024 . Lao Động . Monday, 25/03/2024 18:06 (GMT+7) . 11 May 2024.
2. Web site: Hoa hậu đầu tiên của Việt Nam: Từng làm điệp viên, bị thực dân Pháp bắt giữ là ai? . . 02/06/2021 07:13 (GMT+7) . 11 May 2024.
3. Web site: Vietnamese Hold First Beauty Event . Reading Eagle . Oct-24,1965 . 11 May 2024.
4. Web site: Báo Tiền Phong và cuộc thi hoa hậu đầu tiên của nước Việt Nam thống nhất . . 18/11/2023 . 11 May 2024.
5. Web site: . September 9, 2022 . Quyết định 87/2008/QĐ-BVHTTDL Quy chế Tổ chức thi Hoa hậu, Hoa khôi, Người đẹp . November 19, 2024 . Thư viện Pháp luật.
6. Web site: Hoa hậu Việt Nam sẽ được toàn quyền thi Miss World từ 2017. 2017-08-17. Tien Phong Online Newspaper. vi. 2017-09-13.
7. Web site: Nam An . Lần đầu tiên trong lịch sử, top 3 Hoa hậu Việt Nam 2018 sẽ 'chinh chiến' quốc tế . Việt Nam Mới . 9 October 2018 . vi.
8. Web site: Mi Ly . Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên thay Á hậu 2 Thúy An dự thi Hoa hậu Quốc tế 2018 . Zing.vn . 9 October 2018 . vi.
9. Web site: Đỗ Thị Hà là Hoa hậu Việt Nam 2020. 20 September 2020. VnExpress. vi.
10. Web site: Dàn hoa hậu khoe nhan sắc rạng rỡ tại họp báo Hoa hậu Việt Nam 2022 . Tiền Phong.
11. Web site: Lưu Quang Phổ . July 14, 2010 . VTC truyền hình trực tiếp chung kết hoa hậu VN . November 19, 2024 . Thanh Niên . vi.
12. Web site: Á hậu Ngọc Oanh tham dự Hoa hậu Du lịch quốc tế . . 2022-06-12.
13. News: Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant. The Wall Street Journal. Kwanwoo. Jun. 2003-12-03. 2016-09-11.
14. News: Beauty with scandals. Standard Digital News. Kenya. 2011-07-15. 2016-09-11.
15. News: Những scandal của Miss World . Vietnam Express. Vietnam . 2008-10-08 . 2016-09-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022548/http://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/gioi-sao/trong-nuoc/nhung-scandal-cua-miss-world-1898682.html . November 17, 2015 .
16. News: The misses and missuses of the world. The Jakarta Post. Lynda. Ibrahim. 2013-09-13. 2016-09-11.
17. News: Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams. Channel NewsAsia. Aya. Lowe. 2016-01-25. 2016-09-11.
18. Web site: Đỗ Thị Hà là Hoa hậu Việt Nam 2020. 20 September 2020. VnExpress. vi.
19. Web site: Hoang My is Miss Universe Vietnam 2011 . 2023-07-03 . VietNamNet News . vietnamese.

See also

• Miss Universe Vietnam
• Miss World Vietnam
• Miss Earth Vietnam
• Miss Grand Vietnam
• Miss Supranational Vietnam
• Miss Vietnamese World
• List of Vietnam representatives at international women beauty pageants

External links

• Miss Vietnam on website