Phan Thi Mo crowned Miss World Tourism Ambassador
A girl from the West beat nearly 50 contestants to win a beauty contest in Bangkok, Thailand, on the evening of August 8.
In the final night, Phan Thi Mo was named in the Top 21, Top 10 and Top 6 contestants. She surpassed the representatives of Hong Kong and Chile to win the title of World Miss Tourism Ambassador 2018. The beauty from Tien Giang also received the secondary award "Contestant with the most beautiful tourism promotional costume".The new beauty queen received $10,000 in cash and many prizes.
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The Vietnamese beauty was crowned alongside contestants from Chile (left) and Hong Kong. |
In the response section, the beauties answered the same question: "What is your biggest fear in life?". Phan Thi Mo shared in English: "The most important thing in life is health. Therefore, my biggest fear is illness. We do not know when illness will come to us, to our loved ones and knock us down, preventing us from realizing our dreams. Everyone should cherish and preserve their health and that of their loved ones, to have the foundation to do whatever they want."
Phan Thi Mo shared that she was surprised when her name was called for the highest position. While waiting for the results, she hugged the Chilean beauty tightly to keep calm. "I was overwhelmed with emotion when all my efforts were properly rewarded," she shared.
Phan Thi Mo is 1.72 cm tall, weighs 46 kg, has measurements of 90 - 57 - 100 cm, was born in 1990, and is among the oldest contestants in the contest. She was assessed by the organizers as one of the 18 contestants with the best body (Best body). She also entered the top 10 in the sub-contests such as bikini performance, beachwear, talent competition, environmental protection propaganda... In 2011, Phan Thi Mo competed in Miss Earth in the Philippines but did not achieve any results. In 2012, she entered the top 5 of Miss Vietnam.
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PHan Thi Mo in the bikini performance of the final night. |
The remaining contestants in the Top 6 are Chile, Hong Kong, Thailand, Bolivia, and Mongolia. The Best National Costume award went to the representative of Malaysia. The title of Miss Talent went to the representative of Ukraine. The Best Bikini Performance award went to the contestant of Thailand.
Miss World Tourism Ambassador is a contest that was launched in 2017. This year, the contest will take place over 15 days in both Vietnam and Thailand. Last year, Vietnam's representative - beauty Lien Phuong - won the runner-up prize when competing in the Philippines.