Huong Giang Idol: 'I was right to decide to change gender'

The runner-up of the second season of The Amazing Race always thanks fate for giving her many opportunities to shine when she broke free from the male image.

Huong Giang Idol

- Huong Giang is often grumpy during races. How does this affect her image in the eyes of the audience?

- By participating in the Amazing Race, I got to go to the farthest places of the country, tried every profession, every job in life. I don't know how many fans I have thanks to the Amazing Race, I only know that they support me anytime, anywhere, praising me for being smart and decisive. Besides those who love me, there are probably many who don't like me. But that's really the most real me. When I'm too focused, I also want my teammates to focus and follow the instructions, so being grumpy makes things work better.

Huong Giang is praised for being more and more beautiful.

- In The Amazing Race, which challenge impressed you the most?

- The most impressive part of the race was in Con Dao. Starting in 4th place, we were the only team that decided to do the leapfrog - the most difficult task of the whole journey to break away in the final race. The leapfrog task took place in Bai Nhat. One member would stand on the shore and solve a math problem. The last three numbers of the problem were the answer to the code. I always joked that I had the ability to visualize numbers in the air, so mentally calculating 1234x4321 was not difficult. However, when I saw Criss struggling in the sea for 5 hours, I couldn't hold back my tears. At first, I thought leapfrog was our team's advantage, otherwise it was such a difficult task.It was the decision to choose the most difficult task in the Amazing Race journey that helped the Red team make a spectacular breakthrough to the leading position..

- Even though you broke up with your boyfriend, you both still accepted to participate in the Amazing Race. How did racing together again affect your relationship?

- Criss Lai and I re-experienced the races and old memories flooded back. After the first episode, Criss took the initiative to reconcile and express his feelings for me. However, I am quite cold and I have no intention of falling in love again. I decided to join the Amazing Race 2016 to play comfortably. Because I was so clear, Criss sometimes felt uncomfortable during the race. His mental and health problems led to the coordination between the two not being as smooth as last time.

Huong Giang Idol has registered to participate in the S-bike Travel - Safe Driving Contest organized by Mobile World and Samsung.

- After 4 years of establishing a foothold in Vietnamese showbiz, what has being famous brought you and what have you lost?

- It brings a lot, first of all it satisfies my passion and childhood dream. Next is the economy, I can live well and be independent thanks to the career I love. The loss is perhaps sacrificing my private life. But I think it is a fair trade-off.

- You are a very versatile artist, but any new activity, even your boyfriend, is judged by public opinion from a transgender perspective. How does this affect you?

- Being a transgender person who always feels inferior or always denies being transgender is a failure. The point is to be yourself. You can be anything but don't try to act like a girl, don't be afraid of being transgender, just act the way you want and do everything that is your personality. I have lived like that in showbiz and I think I am lucky to have that naturalness.

According to Ngoisao.net