Miss International Transgender Huong Giang: "I'm not interested in Vietnamese men"

In 2012, Huong Giang registered to participate in Vietnam Idol and was the first transgender contestant of this competition. After being awarded a ticket to the final round, she received media attention when receiving great support from the audience and continuously surpassed formidable opponents despite her not-so-outstanding voice. Huong Giang entered the top 4 finalists. This was the competition that marked Huong Giang's first steps in Vietnamese showbiz. After leaving Vietnam Idol 2012, she actively pursued musical activities.

In October 2013, Huong Giang released her debut album with the theme 'Mercury'. Through this product, she wanted to affirm that she was different but dared to make an effort to realize her dream. The female singer, in nearly 1 year since leaving Vietnam Idol 2012 until releasing her debut album, made a lot of effort to improve her beauty and singing voice. The album release day was attended by family members as well as close friends of Huong Giang.

In March 2014, Huong Giang released her autobiography 'I draw my own portrait'. In this book, she frankly mentioned gender issues as well as her own perspective on life. Her transgender journey was described specifically. Images of Huong Giang when she was still a boy were also revealed in this book. At that time, she shared: "It is still too early for me to write memoirs or autobiographies, those concepts are very far away from me, so in this small book, I simply tell my little story, with what I can remember, what has been my memories. I have only lived a short part of my life but have experienced great changes, I think I should also tell it, as a way to share with people in the same situation as me, or with others so that sympathy can be spread."

In September 2014, Huong Giang became the champion of the 'Amazing Race' contest with Criss Lai. At that time, Huong Giang and Criss Lai were lovers. After the contest, Huong Giang and Criss Lai often appeared together at events. However, in early 2016, they confirmed their breakup because they could not find common ground in their relationship.

In June 2016, the transgender singer was caught up in a scandal when a recording allegedly made by Huong Giang Idol insulting Lam Khanh Chi appeared online. Lam Khanh Chi also accused her 'junior' of letting fans make rude comments on her Facebook. Sharing about this on her personal page, Huong Giang said she did not speak up to refute Lam Khanh Chi because: "If it sounded a little more like me, I would speak up, but if it sounds like a joke like that, why speak up because no one will believe it. I'm busy." She affirmed that she was not jealous or angry with Lam Khanh Chi.

In August 2016, Huong Giang released an 18+ MV called 'I don't regret' with many hot scenes with a male co-star. This MV was later requested by the authorities to be examined because it was believed that there were images that were not suitable for public morality. Therefore, Huong Giang had to stay up 3 nights with the crew to edit the MV to comply with the regulations of the Department of Performing Arts.

In early May 2017, Huong Giang received fierce criticism from the public for using rude words towards artist Trung Dan in the program 'Superstar Guessing Words'. Artist Trung Dan once shared that he felt shocked and deeply offended by Huong Giang's statement.

Not only the online community, countless artists also spoke out against the transgender singer's disrespectful behavior towards her seniors. The incident was so noisy that Huong Giang had to organize a press conference. She cried and shared that she did not intend to offend the older artist. Huong Giang issued an official apology and asked for Trung Dan's forgiveness. Trung Dan later accepted the apology and hoped the audience would forgive her. After this scandal, Huong Giang Idol disappeared from showbiz for a while.

It was not until November 2017 that she returned with the MV 'Because of love, I got married'. The singer shared that during her hiatus, she spent a lot of time traveling, going to new lands, telling strangers old stories and listening to their stories. In an interview, the transgender singer shared that she was no longer interested in Vietnamese men.

In January 2018, Huong Giang confirmed that she would be the sole representative of Vietnam at the Miss International Queen 2018 pageant. This is the largest beauty pageant for transgender beauties around the world, held annually in Thailand. Previously, Vietnam had never had a representative at this pageant. However, Huong Giang was still supported by the Department of Performing Arts to compete.

On February 24, Huong Giang officially left for Thailand to compete in the Miss International Queen 2018 pageant. The singer has prepared very carefully for this competition.

Throughout the competition, Huong Giang showed her outstanding beauty, English communication skills as well as in the sub-competitions. All of her activities were followed and supported by domestic audiences.

On the evening of March 9, the final round of Miss International Queen 2018 took place in Thailand. Huong Giang - representative of Vietnam - excellently won the title of Miss of the contest. She won convincingly with two fluent and impressive responses in the final night. In addition, she also won two subsidiary awards: talented beauty and impressive introduction.