'The most special factor' at Miss Universe Vietnam 2022

Nguyen Hoang Yen (SBD 247), born in 1997, from Quang Ngai, is a notable name at Miss Universe Vietnam 2022. The beauty is 1.64 m tall with measurements of 79-59-89 cm; praised for her knowledge and English speaking ability. She received a golden ticket straight to the Top 71 from judge Xuan Trang and won episode 4 of the reality TV show. The 9x graduated from Foreign Trade University and is currently a business strategy consultant.

Hoang Yen impresses with her fluent English communication ability and rich knowledge.

Plan to get the golden ticket

Hoang Yen said that being the champion of Hult Prize Vietnam, the world's largest social enterprise award for Business Administration students, always helps her to be aware of creating positive impacts on society. Miss Universe Vietnam 2022 is a place that can help 9x do good things for the community and develop to the level of a social enterprise, not just short-term projects.

“After knowing that the preliminary round had a golden ticket, I made a plan to conquer it. I researched current issues in depth so that I could confidently express my opinions if asked. Without outstanding height, I needed to show my communication strengths to stand out,” she confided when making a plan to win the golden ticket.

Before stopping all work to focus on the contest, Hoang Yen worked for many years as a business strategy consultant for domestic and foreign projects, helping businesses access the Vietnamese market. Market research helps 9x deeply understand Vietnam's issues from politics, culture and law.

During her college years, the beauty did remote market research for several American companies. In addition, she also has experience in other fields such as digital marketing, English teacher for poor children in Thailand in a project under the 16 sustainable development goals of the United Nations. Thanks to that, she experienced many business models from startups to large, global enterprises; from Vietnam to the US, Europe; from the role of a member to a leader and became more mature, surpassing her own limits.

Hoang Yen has been to 14 countries in Asia, Europe and America; serving her work, participating in competitions and community projects, and traveling alone. Traveling to many places helps her to interact with all kinds of people, understand the hidden corners behind many problems, and see the world more objectively and sympathetically. In each culture, she learned many things: how to love herself, know how to protect herself and speak up about social issues.

Hoang Yen has experienced many difficulties and challenges. When she was a student, when she wanted to volunteer in Thailand, she worked 3 jobs at the same time: a delivery girl in the morning, a teaching assistant and receptionist at an English center in the afternoon, and used her free time to work remotely on market analysis for American companies. For 2 months, she only slept 4 hours a day, working hard to earn enough money to go to Thailand, which was also the first step in her journey to explore the world.

“I am the special factor of the competition”

Hoang Yen is deeply concerned about the environment, especially the issue of fast consumption in developing countries because the treatment of this waste source is heavy, easily polluting water and land resources.

“In developed countries, they even export electronic waste to poor countries because it is difficult to handle and leaves consequences for the environment. I want to solve this problem in Vietnam by mobilizing environmental investment funds to negotiate with large e-commerce platforms, setting up sanctions to control products that are harmful to the environment. For products that are still usable, I want to set up a fund to exchange clothes and electronics through an online application,” the beauty confided.

Entering the contest, from not knowing how to catwalk or apply makeup in the style of a beauty queen; the training sessions helped Hoang Yen improve a lot: knowing how to express emotions more beautifully, posing more professionally in front of the camera and being confident when walking on the catwalk.

Winning episode 4 of the reality TV show, the 9x was very happy, especially about the question of runner-up Hoang My about whether people under 1.65 m should compete in beauty pageants or not. “Height has always been the standard in beauty contests, but inner beauty is increasingly valued. I am proud of my height of 1m64 and believe that I have enough courage and intelligence to speak out about urgent issues in society.

In addition, the debate topic this year is practical and interesting. I am happy to use all my brainpower to speak up about these issues. Although the topic of women's intimate care is sensitive, I think this is something that needs to be focused on and normalized when mentioned. I use my own story with the simplest language to convey the message to the public in the hope of spreading and contributing to improving the gynecological health of Vietnamese women," Hoang Yen expressed.

Being noticed by the public, Hoang Yen realized that she had to try harder. Being appreciated for her beauty, knowledge and experiences, the 9x girl is no longer afraid that her limited height will make her smaller than the contestants with more experience in the entertainment industry.

“I only set a simple goal: to create a certain influence to carry out community projects on environment and education in Vietnam. Besides, when promoting Vietnamese culture to the world, I hope to receive more support from my people as well as international friends to spread more and more positive values,” Hoang Yen confided.