Nguyen Thi Thanh was fined 22.5 million for illegally participating in a beauty contest in Egypt.

On the afternoon of April 21, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City fined a beauty from Bac Ninh for competing in "Miss Eco International" without a license.

The beauty from Bac Ninh and her management unit have the responsibility to pay the fine within 10 days from the date of receiving the decision from the authorities.

Beauty Nguyen Thi Thanh.

On the afternoon of April 21, Nguyen Thi Thanh and her manager went to the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City to submit an explanation for participating in Miss Eco International 2017 without permission. She had just returned to Ho Chi Minh City from Egypt on April 18.

"I admit my big mistake in not thoroughly understanding the regulations of the management agency. I would like to learn from my experience and commit to comply with all forms of handling," Nguyen Thi Thanh said.

In addition to fining Nguyen Thi Thanh, the Department also fined the Earth Media and Entertainment Joint Stock Company - the copyright holder of the Miss Vietnam Tourism contest - 35 million VND for sending beauties abroad to compete without a license.

*Nguyen Thi Thanh competes in the final round

On the evening of April 14, in the final night of the contest held in Egypt, Nguyen Thi Thanh's response was highly appreciated by the judges. She won the title of 3rd runner-up. The Canadian beauty won the crown. The title of 1st runner-up belonged to the representative ofPakistan has 2nd runner-up from Belgium..

Previously, on March 31, the Department of Performing Arts sent a dispatch to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City to summon Nguyen Thi Thanh to explain her participation in the Miss Eco International contest without permission. However, she was absent because she had already left for Egypt. The Department confirmed that she was not allowed to represent the country in international beauty contests and severely punished the beauty when she returned home.

Nguyen Thi Thanh (left) won 3rd runner-up Miss Eco International 2017 -small-scale beauty contest, first held in 2015.

Before going abroad to compete in a beauty pageant, Nguyen Thi Thanh had her title of first runner-up of Miss Tourism 2017 revoked because she had dental work done.

*Nguyen Thi Thanh shares about returning the runner-up title

Nguyen Thi Thanh was born in 1996, from Bac Ninh. She is 1.72m tall, with body measurements of 81-65-91 cm. The beauty caused a stir at Miss Vietnam 2016 when she accused the organizers of forcing her to leave the contest because she had cosmetic surgery on her teeth due to an accident. The organizers later provided evidence that the contestant lied.

According to VNE