Dang Thu Huyen and other retired volleyball beauty queens enter showbiz
Thanks to their beautiful appearance and standard body, many volleyball players have turned to entertainment activities such as modeling, MCing, beauty pageants...
Dang Thu Huyen
Dang Thu Huyen was born in 2002, from Hanoi. She is known by the title of "volleyball beauty" when she was an athlete under the Lien Viet Postbank team.
In 2020, Thu Huyen became an excellent setter after Lien Viet Postbank won the "2020 National Club Cup Youth Volleyball Championship". In addition, she also served as captain of the Vietnam U19 volleyball team.
Her career was on the rise, and in 2021, she surprised the public when she announced her retirement. At that time, the female athlete was only 19 years old and had been in the profession for 8 years.
She studied at Hanoi University of Business and Technology. Thu Huyen attracted attention when she registered for Miss Universe Vietnam 2022.
She was considered a candidate with many advantages when possessing standard measurements of 83-64-95 and a height of 1m76. In the end, she entered the top 10 and the top 5 of the Miss Sea sub-contest.
Since then, she has gradually entered the entertainment industry with many different roles, from photo model, runway model to TV MC...
Le Thuy
Before turning to modeling, Le Thuy was a volleyball player. At the age of 13, she was recruited into the youth team of Quang Binh province. To pursue her passion, she went to Hanoi and joined the Information Corps club.
In 2010, Le Thuy went to Ho Chi Minh City to study and train. At that time, she tried her hand at the Vietnam's Next Top Model 2011 contest and surprisingly made it to the top 3.
She was taught and supported by designer Nguyen Manh Cuong and decided to pursue the path of becoming a model. Le Thuy is 1.8m tall, with a sharp, cold face.
In 2015, Le Thuy married actor Do An. After 3 years of marriage but still no children, in 2018, Le Thuy retired to spend time taking care of her health and planning to have children.
Nguyen Thi Loan
Nguyen Thi Loan used to be a volleyball player. In 2010, Nguyen Loan started her beauty pageant career, participating in Miss Vietnam 2010. She was in the top 5 and won the Miss Sea sub-prize.
After winning the 2nd runner-up title of Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2013, Nguyen Thi Loan continued to participate in Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 and entered the final Top 5.
For many years, Nguyen Thi Loan has represented Vietnam in international beauty contests, such as Miss World 2014, Miss Grand International 2016 and Miss Universe 2017.
The best achievement that the beauty from Thai Binh achieved was entering the Top 24 of Miss World 2014 and the Top 20 of Miss Grand International 2016.
Tran Thi Quynh
Tran Thi Quynh was born and raised in Hai Phong. At the age of 17, Tran Thi Quynh was called up to the national youth women's volleyball team. However, only a year later, she retired.
In 2007, when she turned 20, Tran Thi Quynh registered to participate in the Miss Sports contest and won the highest title. Before that, the beauty had participated in the Vietnam Supermodel contest 2005.
Currently, Miss Tran Thi Quynh has a peaceful life with her husband and children.
Vuong Thu Phuong
Vuong Thu Phuong played volleyball for 5 years before retiring due to injury. Standing 1.77m tall, she switched to modeling and won the 2011 Supermodel Gold Award.
She participated in the Miss Vietnam 2012 contest but was suspended for making noise and violating the rules.
In 2016, Thu Phuong participated in the movie "White Valentine" by director Hong Ngan but did not leave much of an impression.
Currently, the beauty works in business and keeps her private life private.
