1.54 m tall hot girl: 'I was unlucky to be crowned Next Top'

La Thanh Thanh highly appreciates champion Ngoc Chau's ability and thinks that she deserves to be in the Top 3.

The Vietnam's Next Top Model 2016 contest ended with Ngoc Chau winning. Before that, La Thanh Thanh - a contestant with a height of 1.54 m - was rumored to be a surprise in the final round. The girl born in 1993 was praised by the judges for her good acting, creative personality and daring to break her own limits to compete - the criteria of this year's season.

From left to right: champion Ngoc Chau, La Thanh Thanh and Huy Quang in the final. Photo: Phuoc Tri.

Thanh Thanhassume thatShe just lacked the element of luck to be crowned. "The fact that I was favored by the judges to go deep into the competition proves my ability and efforts.I'm not worried about my height disadvantage because if I was, I wouldn't have taken the exam in the first place."

However, she thinks NgocChau deserved to be crowned more than me, because in addition to breaking out of herself, the champion was also a contestant from whom she learned a lot. "As judge Thanh Hang said, Chau has all the elements from height to face, can pursue high fashion (high-end fashion) and act in commercials," Thanh Thanh said.

Many contestants disliked her for being too confident. Thanh Thanh explained that this was simply because she and they did not have empathy. "It's not entirely true that I'm too arrogant, because during the competition, I often showed that I lacked confidence in myself."Thanh Thanh said that after the contest she will follow the path offor short models like lookbook shoots, commercials but not necessarily catwalk.

Nguyen Oanh - championVietnam's Next Top Model 2014 - said she appreciated La Thanh Thanh's performance more than Ngoc Chau's and also thought that this 1.54 m tall contestant was unlucky. According to the former champion, Ngoc Chau is not as diverse and colorful as Thanh Thanh.

Ngoc Chau answers the press after being crowned. Photo: Phuoc Tri.

Huy Quang - a contestant in the Top 3 - expressed his shock at the final results.He shared that many contestants had predicted that Thuy Trang, who is 1.77 m tall, would be crowned. Therefore, the fact that Thuy Trang did not make it into the top 3 was a surprise to him. Regarding the new champion, the male contestant highly appreciated her endurance.Ngoc Chau's talent is that she never complains about any challenge on the show.

In the audience seats of the final night, the mother of the new champion - Mrs. Dang Thi Gai (54 years old) - was emotional when witnessing her daughter being crowned.

She said that since Ngoc Chau was five years old, her husband passed away early, and she worked alone on the farm to raise her child. She saw that Chau had especially loved fashion TV shows since she was little, and often watched them to learn. Since her daughter entered the competition, the final night was the second time the mother and daughter met. Many times the mother was nervous when watching TV and seeing her daughter having to overcome dangerous challenges such as catwalking at a height of 15 meters, taking pictures with a ring of fire... When the final results were announced, she constantly put her hand on her chest to ease her nervousness, then hugged Chau's sister who was beside her when she heard her daughter won.

Ngoc Chau's mother hugs her daughter in the final. Photo: Mai Nhat.

The mother said she respected her daughter’s decision about her future. For her, the most important thing was that her daughter needed to study well to get a degree and have a stable life. She still returned to Tay Ninh to work and follow and support her daughter’s modeling career from afar.

According to VNE