The tallest candidate, IELTS 7.0, entered the final round of Miss Vietnam 2020

Le Nguyen Bao Ngoc was born in 2001, from Can Tho. According to the organizers' measurements, she is 1.84 m tall, with measurements of 87 - 67 - 96 cm and is the tallest contestant.Miss Vietnam 2020.

Bao Ngoc said: "In the semi-final night, my performance was only satisfactory without any incidents, not outstanding, so I was quite surprised when my name was called for the final. I believe that not only my outstanding height but also many other factors helped me score points and become one of the 35 luckiest girls."

The beauty said that her height of 1.84m was inherited from her family as her parents and relatives are all over 1.7m tall. Throughout her school years, the 10x was always the tallest person in the class, even the tallest girl in the school.

Because she has never participated in a beauty pageant, Bao Ngoc's weakness is her performance ability. She said she needs to practice more to keep up with the contestants and shine in the final round. Besides, the 10x is quite confident in her ability to respond.

The female student achieved IELTS 7.0 in high school and is currently a second-year student at the International University - Ho Chi Minh City National University, with a GPA of 3.67/4.00. "I chose to study here because I received an admission scholarship and like to work in a dynamic English-speaking environment, which helps me become more active," Bao Ngoc confided.

In addition to studying in class, Bao Ngoc is also a research assistant in the academic research team of the head of the faculty, a member of tourism clubs, sustainable development and actively participates in non-profit activities such as accompanying from the early days of the project to reduce plastic waste on Cai Rang floating market river - Green River Mekong, reaching the Top 5 projects at the Climate Leadership Camp, sponsored and funded by CHANGE-SIHUB-UNICEF, taking a photo series against gender violence, winning a prize at the gender communication composition contest, organized by the Center for Research and Application of Science on Gender - Family - Women and Adolescents CSAGA Vietnam.

She used to feel inferior when being teased for being too tall, but gradually, the female student realized the need to respect herself and be proud of her height. Besides, because she grew up in a family that valued education, and both of her parents were talented people, there was a time when Bao Ngoc felt inferior about her own abilities.

"Looking at my parents' example, I always push myself to try my best to achieve my goals," she confided.

Bao Ngoc's goal when coming to Miss Vietnam 2020 is to have experiences to become more mature. "In my opinion, a beauty queen must have a comprehensive combination of beauty, intelligence and kindness. There is no pressure to achieve high results, but I am always aware of trying my best when given the opportunity and the crown is the motivation for me to try and improve every day," the 10x confided.

The Can Tho native has a talent for presentation thanks to her participation in English speaking and book introduction competitions. She also revealed that she is continuing her project to clean up waste at Cai Rang floating market using creative methods and will show off her presentation skills in the upcoming talent competition.

If she is lucky enough to become Miss Vietnam 2020, the beauty hopes to further develop the charity project "Love Medicine" she is implementing with the group of contestants.

"This is a project on a treatment and rehabilitation facility for children with cerebral palsy by Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Dieu in Vinh Long. I feel sad for the difficult circumstances of families who have to give up their jobs to treat their children," she said.

According to Bao Ngoc, the big problem that she and many young people have to face is an unstable mentality and a mid-20s crisis because the transition from high school to university is so "spectacular" that not everyone can keep up, making them feel unsteady or skeptical about their decisions or future orientation.

"I personally deal with this situation by taking a moment to calm down, then listing what I can do, starting to try, experience and evaluate. That partly helps to reaffirm the chosen path and calm my mind, partly to explore and clarify vague things, exploiting my hidden potential," the female student shared.