Miss Vietnam (

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...

: ''Hoa hậu Việt Nam'') is the oldest and most prestigious national beauty contest in

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

, that has been held biennially since

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

. The contest is organized by ''

Tiền Phong Tiền Phong (Vietnamese for pioneer) may refer to: *Tien Phong (newspaper) Tien may refer to: *Tian, also known as Tien or T'ien, the Chinese religious idea of God or heaven *Tian (surname), also romanized as Tien *Tien (TV channel), a Dutch telev ...

–'' a mouthpiece by Central Committee of the

Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (, Đoàn TNCS), simply recognized as the Union (), is the largest socio-political organisation of Vietnamese youth. The union is under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The organization was ...

, the

youth wing A youth wing is a subsidiary, autonomous, or independently allied front of a larger organization (usually a political party but occasionally another type of organization) that is formed in order to rally support for that organization from members ...

of the

Communist Party of Vietnam The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is the founding and sole legal party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Founded in 1930 by Hồ Chí Minh, the CPV became the ruling party of North Vietnam in 1954 and then all of Vietnam after the col ...

, the country's only

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. The current

Miss Vietnam Miss Vietnam (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: ''Hoa hậu Việt Nam'') is the oldest and most prestigious Beauty pageant#National and international pageants, national beauty contest in Vietnam, that has been held biennially since Miss Vietnam 19 ...

titleholder is

Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy (born 1 July 2002) is a Vietnamese model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 2024, she previously was crowned Miss Vietnam 2022. Her victory as Miss International 2024 marks the second time that Vietna ...

from

Da Nang Da Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons (, ) is the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the Western Pacific Ocean of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one of Vietnam's most important p ...

, who was crowned on December 23, 2022 in

Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

Formation system

History

Miss Vietnam is the biggest beauty pageant and the first nationwide beauty contest after the

reunification of Vietnam Reunification Day (), also known as Victory Day (), Liberation Day ( or ), or by its official name, Day of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification () is a public holiday in Vietnam that marks the day when the People's Army of Vi ...

. Before that, there was also a

South Vietnamese South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the French Union, with i ...

Saigon Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

–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. In 1965, the title was held with the coronation of Thái Kim Hương. 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

. 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 Bùi Bích Phương (born 1971) was crowned Miss Vietnam Miss Vietnam (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: ''Hoa hậu Việt Nam'') is the oldest and most prestigious Beauty pageant#National and international pageants, national beauty contest in V ...

. The pageant was created with the purpose of finding women with good morals, knowledge and representing the image of Vietnamese women. During the period from

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, beauty queens did not participate in international beauty contests. In

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, they were sent to participate in

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Mi ...

. However, from

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, due to many issues surrounding the beauty queens, they could not attend

. From

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

, they continued to participate in

. Starting from

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

, Miss Vietnam will attend

Miss International Miss International (''Miss International Beauty'' or ''The International Beauty Pageant'') is a Japan-based international major beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, it is the fourth largest page ...

, Miss Vietnam 2022

represented the country at

Miss International 2024 Miss International 2024 was the 62nd Miss International pageant, held on November 12, 2024, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Japan. Andrea Rubio of Venezuela crowned Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy of Vietnam as her successor at the end of the event, ...

and won the first title for Vietnam.

Broadcast

The beauty pageant has been broadcast on

Vietnam Television Vietnam Television (), operating under its official abbreviation VTV, is the State media, national television broadcaster of Vietnam. As the state broadcaster under the direction of under the Government of Vietnam, VTV is tasked with "propaga ...

(VTV) since 1998. From 1998''–''2008 and 2012''–''present, the contest was broadcast live on

VTV1 VTV1 is a state-owned Vietnamese-language news channel and also the first television channel of Vietnam Television. It has evolved from a general news, sports, and entertainment outlet to a 24/7 all-news station since the 1990s when other VTV ...

VTV2 VTV2 is a Vietnamese television channel owned and operated by state-run VTV Network. Launched on 1 January 1990, VTV2 is dedicated to the broadcast of education and cultural programs. Since 1 May 2020, the channel has broadcast for 24/7. In 1 ...

VTV3 VTV3 is a state-owned Vietnamese television channel owned by the Vietnam Television, launched officially on 31 March 1996. As the country's first ever sports and entertainment dedicated channel, it broadcasts sporting events and entertainment-or ...

and

VTV9 VTV9 is the national television channel of the Southeast region of Vietnam Television, part of the system of 9 promotional television channels of Vietnam Television. The channel is broadcast 24/7, with rich content including news, special, sport ...

. In 2010, the contest was broadcast by Vietnam Digital Television (VTC). Since 2018, the contest has also been broadcast live on the

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channel of Miss Vietnam and the co-organizing company Sen Vàng.

International crowns

* One –

winner: **

(

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) * One –

Miss Grand International Miss Grand International, also known as Miss Grand, is an international beauty pageant franchise that is based in Thailand. It consists of the annual national pageant Miss Grand Thailand, as well as the international competition Miss Grand In ...

winner: **

Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên (born August 12, 1998) is a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese beauty queen and model (person), model. Crowned Miss Grand International 2021 in 4 December 2021 at Bangkok, Thailand, she is the first Vietnamese woman to win ...

(

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

)

Titleholders

Provincial rankings

Regional rankings

Gallery of winners

File:Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy.png, Miss Vietnam 2022

File:Do Thi Ha 2020.png, Miss Vietnam 2020

Đỗ Thị Hà Đỗ Thị Hà (born July 20, 2001) is a Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Vietnam 2020. She was selected to represent Vietnam at the Miss World 2022 pageant. Early life and education Đỗ Thị Hà was bo ...

File:Trần Tiểu Vy (cropped).png, Miss Vietnam 2018

Trần Tiểu Vy Trần Tiểu Vy (born August 23, 2000) is a Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Vietnam 2018. She represented Vietnam at the Miss World 2018 pageant. Early life and education Trần Tiểu Vy was born and raise ...

File:Do My Linh 2019 (cropped).jpg, Miss Vietnam 2016

Đỗ Mỹ Linh Đỗ Mỹ Linh (born 13 October 1996) is a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Vietnam 2016. She represented Vietnam at the Miss World 2017. Personal life Linh was born in Hanoi. She is a student of ...

File:Kỳ Duyên.png, Miss Vietnam 2014
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên File:Hoa hậu Đặng Thu Thảo (cropped).jpg, Miss Vietnam 2012

Đặng Thu Thảo Đặng Thu Thảo (born February 15, 1991) is a Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Vietnam 2012. Biography Thảo is her parents' second child, with an elder brother. Her father is Dang Van Dat, who was a te ...

File:Hoa hậu Đặng Thị Ngọc Hân.jpg, Miss Vietnam 2010

Đặng Thị Ngọc Hân Đặng Thị Ngọc Hân (born 11 March 1989 in Hanoi, Vietnam) is the winner of the 2010 Miss Vietnam. pageant that takes place in Tuần Châu, Quảng Ninh on August 14, 2010. Biography She was born and grew up in Hanoi, Vietnam. Her grandf ...

File:Tran Thi Thuy Dung1.jpg, Miss Vietnam 2008

Trần Thị Thùy Dung Trần Thị Thùy Dung (born February 18, 1990, in Đà Nẵng, Việt Nam) was crowned as Miss Vietnam 2008 on August 31 in Hội An. Miss Vietnam 2008 Tran Thi Thuy Dung was the tallest contestant (1,78m - 2008) with body measurements 86 - 61 ...

File:Missvietnam2006 (cropped).jpg, Miss Vietnam 2006
Mai Phương Thúy File:Miss Vietnam 1992 Ha Kieu Anh.jpg, Miss Vietnam 1992

Hà Kiều Anh Hà Kiều Anh (born 17 May 1976) is a Vietnamese actress and former beauty queen. She was born in Hanoi, but her family came from the Thua Thien Hue province in central Vietnam. When she was 5 years old, her family relocated to Ho Chi Minh City ...

Miss Vietnam at international pageants

Vietnam has been represented in the

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, the four major international

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s for women. These are

Miss Universe Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a Thailand and Mexican-based Miss Universe Organization.Natalie Tadena (July 2, 2015"Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant Lands on Reelz Cable Channel". ''The Wall Stree ...

, and

Miss Earth Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one ...

.
;Color keys

Miss World

Miss International

Miss Grand International

Miss Intercontinental

Miss Universe

Miss Earth

Notes

References

External links

Miss Vietnam on website
{{Miss Vietnam contestants Miss Vietnam winners Beauty pageants in Vietnam Recurring events established in 1988 Vietnamese awards Beauty pageants