Mau Thuy was stripped of her right to compete in Miss Earth 2018 because she refused to pay 5 billion VND.

On her personal Instagram page recently, runner-up Mau Thuy shared some surprising information about her right to participate in Miss Earth 2018 - the contest where Nguyen Phuong Khanh was crowned Miss.

She said she was authorized to participate in Miss Earth 2018 before Miss Phuong Khanh. Although she knew the cost was quite large, she still decided to borrow money to invest in herself in the contest. However, when she was informed that she needed to spend 5 billion to compete, Mau Thuy decided to stop.

Mau Thuy's status was shared on her personal Instagram.

“To be honest, I don’t have 5 billion, and even if I did, I wouldn’t take the exam. The most painful thing he said was: If you don’t have the money, then you should leave, Thuy. I refused at first, he was the one who offered to advance me that amount. Now that people say that, I have no choice but to accept it, so Thuy has to leave,” she wrote.

Not stopping there, the runner-up of Miss Universe Vietnam also implied that "There are people who can spend more money than that to compete so they find a way to push me out", making many people think that the person she mentioned was Phuong Khanh.

Sharing the reason for speaking up at this time even though the contest ended a long time ago, Mau Thuy said she wanted to clarify and at the same time refute negative comments from anti-fans about her because they thought she was not allowed to compete because of her lack of ability.

Mau Thuy caused a stir with her "accusations" aimed at an international beauty pageant.

Mau Thuy's status quickly became a hot topic on social media. Besides the skeptical opinions, some people thought she was trying to stir up controversy to heat up her name since the contest had ended a long time ago.

Contacting Mr. Phuc Nguyen - the person who directly holds the copyright of Miss Earth in Vietnam, he said he felt offended and disrespected when reading the model's status.

"I just want to confirm that the story about the cost of 5 billion is completely fabricated. As the representative unit of the contest in Vietnam, we have been looking for potential girls to compete and Mau Thuy is one of those we highly appreciate.

We had many discussions and negotiations but in the end we could not reach a common agreement. It was Mau Thuy herself who texted to refuse permission to not take the exam, we were absolutely not the ones forcing or requesting her to stop taking the exam as she said."

Manager Phuc Nguyen - who has worked with both Miss Phuong Khanh and Mau Thuy - said he is ready to confront her if she wants.

According to the model training expert, the main reason Mau Thuy refused was because the day before, Mau Thuy and the crew had met him privately to discuss the competition process with the condition that "the competition must have results".

However, the manager responded directly to Mau Thuy that in his position, he only tried his best in terms of strategy for the contestant, but he had no right to interfere with the contest results and could not help her win the prize.

Contacted Miss Earth Phuong Khanh - who was involved in the incident but received no response from her and the crew.

The model training expert also added that in the posted status, although Mau Thuy did not mention the exact name, when reading it, everyone understood that the person she was referring to was him.

“If she is brave enough, she should say her name directly, then we can hold a press conference, have a three-way conversation, don’t be so secretive to manipulate public opinion like that. As for me, if Phuc Nguyen is named, I am ready to show all the evidence including the text messages exchanged and the contract signed between me and Mau Thuy,” Phuc Nguyen said.