Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê (born 4 January 1992) is a Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder. Lan Khuê rose to prominence in 2013 as she won the gold award in the ''Vietnam supermodel 2013'', and became one of the most sought-after models in Vietnam. In 2014, she joined the Miss Aodai Vietnam (the previous name of Miss World Vietnam) pageant and won title. Then, she represented Vietnam in

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and was placed top 11. She shoot to fame when she got invited as one of 3 mentors in the reality show

The Face Vietnam ''The Face Vietnam'' ( vi, Gương mặt thương hiệu (season 1–2) or from season 3) is a Vietnamese modeling-themed reality television series, based on the US television series of the same name, and one of several national editions in ...

. Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê is the CEO of Elite Model Management and Elite Vietnam in

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Early life

Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê was born on 4 January 1992 in

. She come from a family with a strong academic background, both of her parents are professors in

Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy (HCMUP, Vietnamese: Trường Đại học Sư phạm Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), or Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, is a university specializing in tertiary-level training of teachers and lectu ...

. Her grandfather, The late Professor Tran Thanh Dam, was the first chairman of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education. Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê grew up and proved to be a brilliant student with an outstanding school record. After graduating from high school, Lan Khue got accepted into

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, major in German language and Literature. On 30 June 2018, Lan Khuê was proposed by her boyfriend, John Tuan Nguyen, the wedding would be taken place in October.

Career

2011-2013: The premise for a career

In 2011, with a suggestion from her mom's friend, Lan Khuê started to try out for modeling. Her first attempt was to join the Vietnam Supermodel 2011, however she got fallen on her knee on the casting round which made her unable to continue the contest. In 2012, Lan Khuê came back in Vietnam Supermodel 2012 which was hold in

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and won the most potential model award. She then competed in ''Asian Supermodel contest 2012'' which took place in

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and reached the rank of second runner-up, she also won the ''Photogenic Model'' award. She participated in the ''New Silk Road Model Look'' contest in

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. She was placed first runner-up in the final, the winner was from Miss China, and the second runner-up was from Miss Thailand. In 2013, later Khuê once again competed in the '' Vietnam Supermodel 2013'' and became the winner on 20 October.

2014–2015: competing in beauty pageants and other activities

Early 2014, Film director Trương Quang Thịnh chose her as a singer named Trang Nhi in his new movie ''Handsome Sơn'' which was aired in early 2015. In September, Khuê participated in Miss Aodai Vietnam 2014 which is a pageant held to find the representative of

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for

, she won the crown on 5 January 2015 with ''Confidently Shining'' award. On November, Lan Khuê flew to

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and represented

. In the final, Lan Khuê was excellently placed among the top 11 finalists at

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pageant by winning ''People's Choice'' award. It is known as one of the two best achievements of

at this

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. Opportunity for being a MC reached Lan Khue and she was MC for of ''Vietnam Supermodel 2015''.

2016-2017: The Face Vietnam and becoming CEO of Elite Vietnam

In 2016 on 2 April, Mr. Nawat Itsaragrisil - CEO of Miss Grand International - who is the president of Miss Grand International pageant with the newly crowned Miss Grand International 2015 - Claire Elizabeth Parker arrived in

. They invited Khuê to represent

at his pageant. However, due to her already-in-progress plans, she gave the opportunity to the first runner-up of Miss Aodai Vietnam 2016 and became the national director of

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(the new national director now is Phạm Thị Kim Dung). On 23 April, Lan Khuê was announced as one of 3 mentors of The Face Vietnam 2016 which is hosted by

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2009 - Vĩnh Thụy, the other mentors were

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. On 15 November, Khuê was selected as CEO of Elite Model Management in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam.Lan Khuê trở thành Đại sứ Thương hiệu L’Oréal Paris tại Việt Nam , Harper's Bazaar Việt Nam
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in a culture exchange festival. On 17 April, the three mentors of

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were official announced including Lan Khuê, Minh Tú and

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. The official press conference was taken place on 23 May 2017. The official poster also are publicized on the same day. After 12 episodes, the Final Walk was taken place on 27 August and the winner is Tú Hảo who belongs to her team, with 40.75% of audience vote.Tú Hảo trở thành Quán quân "Gương mặt thương hiệu" mùa 2 , Báo Dân trí
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2021-now: judge of Miss Charm International 2021

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for the first time this year. The event is organized with the mission of promoting culture, tourism and educational activities, creating a separate direction in the journey of spreading the true value of beauty to the community. In 2019, Lan Khuê officially returned to showbiz with a new role - judge of Miss Charm contest. In the process of accompanying the contest until the final night, Lan Khue received winged compliments for her increasingly promoted beauty and luxurious and powerful charisma that overwhelmed the contestants. She is also the one who crowned the new Miss Charm. In 2023, ''Universe Vietnam Trading Joint Stock Company'' officially operated from January 16, headquartered in

. This company is headed by Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thuy Nga and supermodel Lan Khue as the southern regional director of Miss Universe Vietnam.http://thoibao.today/paper/pham-huong-lan-khue-nhan-giai-her-world-young-woman-achiever-2016-942652

Judge

Competitions and pageants

Master of Ceremony

Filmography

Movies

Television series

Short film

References

External links

Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê
on Facebook
Lan Khue official fanpage
on Facebook
Lan Khue official Youtube Channel
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