Miss Universe Vietnam

The Miss Universe Vietnam is a biennial (two-year frequent) national beauty pageant in Vietnam to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants. Along with Miss Vietnam and Miss World Vietnam, Miss Universe Vietnam is one of the Big Three national beauty pageants.

The current Miss Universe Vietnam titleholder is Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Châu from Tây Ninh, who was crowned on June 25, 2022 in Hồ Chí Minh City. She represented Vietnam in Miss Universe 2022, but was unplaced.

History

2008-2022: ''Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam''

In 2008, Công ty Cổ phần Hoàn vũ Nha Trang was granted the national license from the Miss Universe Organization to host the Miss Universe Vietnam competition under the Vietnamese name ''Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam.''

The first edition of Miss Universe Vietnam was held at the Vinpearl Land resort in Nha Trang on May 31, 2008. It was the first official Miss Universe Vietnam contest. The contest took place at Diamond Bay, Nha Trang, with 20 contestants participating. The final included four competitions: evening gown, swimsuit, áo dài, and interview. The winner, Nguyễn Thùy Lâm, was host delegate for the Miss Universe 2008 pageant held July 14, 2008, also in Nha Trang.

Since there was no Miss Universe Vietnam being held from 2009 to 2015, the winner or runners-up of either Miss Universe Vietnam or any other national pageant could be appointed as Miss Universe Vietnam.

After a 7-year hiatus, the Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 competition was held on October 3, 2015 at Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam, under the leadership of Công ty Cổ phần Hoàn vũ Sài Gòn (Unicorp). With the reboot, the winner of Miss Universe Vietnam will be crowned as the next year's Miss Universe Vietnam while one of the two Runners-up could be appointed as the following year's one if the pageant is not allowed to be held in time. Therefore, there have been two types of Miss Universe Vietnam since 2017. The crowned Miss Universe Vietnam will represent Vietnam at Miss Universe on even years while the appointed/granted Miss Universe Vietnam will represent the country on odd years.

From 2017, the pageant was accompanied by a reality television series called ''I Am Miss Universe Vietnam'', in which contestants are put through different challenges and training programs in each weekly episode.

2023-present: Changing license holder, split from ''Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam''

In 2023, the Miss Universe franchise in Vietnam was officially granted to a new national license holder. However, ''Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam'' was still continued to be held as a standalone pageant, separated from the new Miss Universe Vietnam competition. Due to the separation, the winner of ''Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam'' would no longer be Miss Universe Vietnam and the new Miss Universe Vietnam competition would adopted a new Vietnamese title, which are yet to be announced.

Titleholders

* Candidate(s) withdrawal(s) because of health problems.

Regional rankings

International placements

Miss Universe

::''The winner of Miss Universe Vietnam represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasions when the official contest was not held, the winner or runners-up of either Miss Universe Vietnam or any other national pageant would be appointed as Miss Universe Vietnam to compete at Miss Universe by the license holder. Vietnam did not compete in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2014.''

Miss Supranational

Miss Charm

See also

* Miss Vietnam
* Miss World Vietnam
* Miss Earth Vietnam
* Miss Grand Vietnam
* Miss Supranational Vietnam

References

{{Miss Universe countries and territories

Beauty pageants in Vietnam
Vietnamese awards
Vietnam

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