Vietnam wins Miss Supranational pageant with controversial costume

The costume weighing more than 45 kg helped Duong Nguyen Kha Trang win a secondary prize and enter the final top 25.

Vietnam won the national costume award at the Miss Supranational Pageant: Kha Trang with her elaborate design weighing 45kg came in second place in the national costume competition at Miss Supranational 2016.

The final round of Miss Supranational 2016 took place on the evening of December 2 in Poland. During the final night, the contestants competed in national costumes, swimsuits, evening gowns, sportswear, and question and answer sessions.

Vietnam’s representative, model Duong Nguyen Kha Trang, won the Best National Costume award and entered the top 25. Previously, Kha Trang’s outfit had caused controversy because it was too heavy (45 kg) and elaborate. Many domestic designers and readers also said that the outfit was not purely Vietnamese.

Kha Trang won the National Costume award. Photo: Missosology.

According to a source from a Vietnamese audience watching live in Poland, during the rehearsal and judging of the national costume, Kha Trang tripped and fell, losing her hat. Luckily, she only suffered minor injuries.

The title of Miss Supranational 2016 belongs to the representative of India - Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty. The new beauty queen was born in 1992, is 1.72 m tall and studied engineering at university. Her hobbies are dancing, swimming and trekking.

Newly crowned Miss Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty (standing in the middle) and four runners-up. Photo: Missosology.

With this victory, Srinidhi Ramesh Shetty won the crown and cash prize worth 30,000 USD.

In addition, the four runner-up titles were awarded to representatives of Venezuela (first runner-up), Suriname (second runner-up), Sri Lanka (third runner-up) and Hungary (fourth runner-up).

The Top 10 also includes beauties from India, Myanmar, Belarus, Poland and the Slovak Republic. Other sub-awards of Miss Supranational 2016 were given to contestants from Romania (Evening gown), Russia (Best body), Sri Lanka (Photogenic), and Argentina (Best performance).

According to Zing