Miss Phuong Khanh is not allowed to bring the crown back to Vietnam.

At 2:00 p.m. on November 12, Miss Phuong Khanh attended a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City. She spent about 30 minutes changing her outfit to appear neatly before the press. At the event, beauties Duong Ngoc Kha Trang, male beauty queen Ngoc Tinh, and manager Phuc Nguyen were also present to congratulate Phuong Khanh.

After greeting the press, Phuong Khanh thanked the organizing committee of the Famed Star project for choosing her to compete internationally and supporting her during the competition.

Explaining the reason for not bringing the crown back to Vietnam, Phuong Khanh said: "The value of the crown is very great, next time I will bring the crown back". Phuc Nguyen added: The crown can only be brought abroad when the president or representative of the Miss Earth pageant is present. This press conference event is outside of the official plan of Miss Earth".

Miss Earth's responsibility focuses on environmental protection activities. Therefore, the press is interested in how Phuong Khanh will do environmental activities in Vietnam.

"Everyone joins hands to protect the environment. I myself love my homeland and the Mekong River very much," the beauty queen said. "I am Miss Earth, I care about the environment as well as social issues. In the future, I will travel to many places to promote that in Vietnam."

The hot issue recently regarding sexual harassment at Miss Earth, which was recently denounced by some contestants, has been mentioned by many reporters. Regarding this, she simply said: "My experience (at Miss Earth) can only be described with two words: wonderful."

Next, Phuong Khanh received a series of questions about the "plastic surgery" suspicion. In response to this, she affirmed: "My beauty is suspected of having undergone plastic surgery. But the use of plastic surgery is not much discussed now. I think beauty is necessary, I came to the contest with national pride. I hope everyone will accept me as the new Miss Earth 2018".

Regarding the plastic surgery scandal, Phuong Khanh said that the truth is not yet clear and there will be an investigation to come to a final conclusion. Therefore, she hopes that people will not rush to judge. "A contest that has existed for many years like Miss Earth certainly has a certain prestige," the beauty added.

During the press conference, Phuong Khanh did not reveal her work plan as Miss Earth 2018. The two times the press asked her, she avoided it and said: "The work schedule needs to be arranged specifically, I will inform everyone in the near future". She also refused to answer questions about the reputation of the Miss Earth contest in recent years declining in terms of organization, beauty of the beauty queens, behind-the-scenes rumors...

Phuong Khanh is 1.72 m tall, weighs 51 kg, and has measurements of 90-58-94. At Miss Earth, she was considered a potential candidate from the beginning. Some of her outstanding achievements in the sub-contests were winning gold medals in evening gown and national costume, and silver medal in bikini. Despite her convincing victory and support from domestic and international audiences, the new beauty queen still faced negative rumors such as having a "power" backing her up to buy the award, having had plastic surgery, and having worked for Vu Khac Tiep's company for a while...

Since being crowned, Phuong Khanh has participated in media meetings in the Philippines - the host country of Miss Earth 2018. After a week in the Philippines, she returned to Vietnam. Becoming a beauty queen of a major international pageant, she is also attracting the attention of many domestic brands and organizers..