Rima Thanh Vy competes in Asia's Next Top Model 2018
After much speculation, model Rima Thanh Vy officially represents Vietnam to participate in Asia's Next Top Model season 6.
Compared to the other contestants, Thanh Vy's modest height of 1.68m is a disadvantage. However, she is considered by the audience to be a model with good photography skills.
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| Image of Rima Thanh Vy released by the program's organizers. |
In addition, netizens discovered a photo said to be of the female model with judge Yu Tsai and the top 8 contestants, posted by the male photographer on his personal page.
In addition, the theme of Asia's Next Top this year is "Beyond Limits - Breaking all limits" which is similar to the show's theme "Break the rules - Breaking all limits".Vietnam's Next Top Model 2016In the Vietnamese version, contestant La Thanh Thanh was only 1.55m tall but she entered the top 3 of the show that year.
Therefore, fans were somewhat less worried about Thanh Vy's ability to advance in the program. On social networks, many viewers sent congratulations and support to the female model.
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| A photo said to show her with judge Yu Tsai and contestants was circulated on social media by netizens. |
In this year's season, 3 former contestants Shikin Gomez and Minh Tu (season 5) and Monika Sta. Maria (season 3) will accompany this year's contestants as advisors.
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| Former contestants Shikin Gomez (right), Minh Tu (middle) from season 5 and Monika Sta. Maria from season 3 (left) return to accompany the contestants this year. |
Talking to VietNamNet, Rima Thanh Vy said that due to information confidentiality with the organizers, she could not "reveal" early that she was participating in the program to the audience and fans.
Thanh Vy confessed that her modest height is a disadvantage in her work."No one can achieve everything they want. Height is something that I personally feel is quite disadvantageous and 'affects' me in previous competitions, as well as in my current modeling job.
But if I'm afraid of that, will I have to worry about it for the rest of my life? I might as well put it aside, try harder in other aspects, and turn 'disadvantages' into 'advantages'. Wouldn't a short person standing among a group of very tall people become the 'center of attention'? (laughs)", Thanh Vy shared.
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| Rima is considered by the audience to be a model with good photography skills. |
When asked:"Thanh Vy is confident in what advantages she has to compete with the representatives in the region?", she said:"I have great inner strength, high determination, learn quickly, observe well and have the ability to change in many ways."
The female model said that after observing Vietnam's representatives in previous seasons, she has learned a lot of experience."I feel like I need to train my body a lot to be able to cope with the intensity of work and continuous filming. In addition, I can be more responsive with the camera and be more flexible in improvising.
I bring a lot of outfits to diversify my style every day as well as every episode. That also shows that I am really serious and perfectionist in the competition, no matter what, I always have to be 'beautiful'", Thanh Vy said.
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| The female model said she was really serious and perfectionist when entering the contest. |
In addition to professional experience, contestants must also have a certain level of English to be able to communicate and understand the challenges of the program.
Talking about this, Rima Thanh Vy shared:"I was assessed as a candidate with quite good foreign language skills, so that was not an obstacle. Of course, I also need to improve and change when being around people whose native language is English."
Rima Thanh Vy's full name is Nguyen Phuong Thanh Vy, born in 1995. In 2016, Thanh Vy entered the top 9 of the Ao Dai beauty pageant - Miss World Vietnam. In addition, she also appeared in a number of music videos of famous singers.
