Vietnamese faces that "stormed" international media in 2018
The Vietnamese team, Miss Universe Vietnam H'hen Nie, Miss International Transgender Huong Giang... are Vietnamese faces that received much praise from international media in 2018.
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| Defeating Malaysia with a total score of 3-2 after 2 matches in the final, the Vietnamese national team, under the leadership of coach Park Hang-seo, won the AFF Cup 2018 championship right at My Dinh Stadium on the evening of December 15. With an unbeaten streak, coach Park and his team repeated the history of exactly 10 years ago. The victory in the biggest football tournament in Southeast Asia helped the Vietnamese team's name fly further. A series of international newspapers and media such as AFP, Fox Sports, Straits Times, Malay Mail, No Cut News... praised the players' tenacious fighting spirit, along with coach Park's skillful tactics. Notably, the second leg of the final was also broadcast live for the first time on South Korea's national television channel SBS. |
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| Not only the Vietnamese team, Vietnamese football fans also surprised the international media with their "unique" victory celebrations, clearly showing the national spirit and deep solidarity of the Vietnamese people. Foreign press such as Fox Sports or many Korean, Malaysian, Thai, Indonesian newspapers... published images of "storming" Vietnamese people across the country. |
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| On the evening of March 9, Huong Giang successfully became the owner of the crown of Miss International Queen 2018. She is the first Vietnamese beauty to be crowned in a large and prestigious international beauty pageant. Her achievement is not only the pride of the transgender community in Vietnam, but also the joy of those who love beauty in Vietnam. Not only that, after the victory, Huong Giang was sought after by international media, reported by many major news agencies in the world such as AFP, Huffington Post, Taiwan News... |
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| After Tran Tieu Vy was crowned Miss Vietnam 2018 on September 16, not only domestic media and newspapers, but also many international websites reported on the beauty from Quang Nam. In particular, famous news sites such as Xinhua, Cri, QQ (China), Koreaboo (Korea), Asia Times, Missosology, Global Beauties... did not hesitate to praise Tieu Vy's beauty. At the recent Miss World contest, Tieu Vy, representing Vietnam, also received support from the international media and online community. She excellently entered the top 30 of the talent competition, top 32 of Top Model and top 5 of charity projects, and also put her name in the top 30 of the final round. |
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| Phuong Khanh was crowned Miss Earth 2018 in the final night on November 3 in the Philippines. This achievement marked the first time Vietnam had a representative crowned in one of the six major beauty contests in the world. Phuong Khanh's crown also contributed to raising Vietnam's position in the international beauty arena. Immediately after being crowned, Phuong Khanh received special attention from international media sites, most countries praised the beauty of the Vietnamese beauty. |
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| This year has witnessed the strong rise of Vietnamese beauties in the international beauty arena, Minh Tu is one of them, with the achievement of Top 10 Miss Supranational 2018. However, international media believes that the supermodel deserves to be ranked higher, even as the beauty site Missosology commented, it would not be surprising if Minh Tu were crowned. Despite some regrets, Minh Tu still left a deep impression on the international media and audience. The proof is that right after the end of the Miss Supranational 2018 final, Minh Tu was awarded the prize by the beauty site Missosology as the contestant with the highest number of votes voted by the Vietnamese and international fan communities. |
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| Since representing Vietnam in the world's second largest beauty pageant - Miss Universe 2018, H'hen Niê has made a deep personal impression on the international media. The girl born in 1992 has always ranked high in the rankings of many famous beauty sites such as Missosology or Global Beauties, including Miss Universe. Achieving the highest achievement of a Vietnamese representative to date, Top 5 Miss Universe 2018, H'hen Niê has not caused any controversy in the international media, but most of them recognize that the beauty is worthy, and can even go further. Not only that, after Miss Universe ended more than a week ago, the beauty queen from Dak Lak is still praised by the international press for her simple everyday image, her determination to overcome fate and her kindness when donating all her prize money to charity projects. |
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| On the evening of December 10, female singer Orange was honored as Best New Asian Artist at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul, South Korea. |
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| On December 14, the 3rd award ceremony of MAMA 2018 took place in Japan with the participation of many famous Kpop artists. Here, the singer of "Em gai mua" Huong Tram was named the Best Asian Artist. In previous years, many other Vietnamese stars such as My Tam, Thu Minh, Noo Phuoc Thinh... were also honored to touch this golden cup. Being honored at a major Asian award is an opportunity for Huong Tram to receive more attention from the international media. |
