Nguyễn Thu Thuỷ (June 20, 1976 – June 5, 2021) was a Vietnamese beauty pageant winner, who was crowned as the 4th

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in 1994 when she was a first year student at the Institute for International Relations ( Cung Văn hóa Hữu nghị Việt - Xô) in

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Biography

Nguyễn Thu Thuỷ was born into an intelligentsia family. Her father, Nguyễn Văn Lợi, and mother were civil servants in the Linguistics Institute of Vietnam ( Viện Ngôn ngữ học). Nguyễn Thu Thuỷ was tall and was one of the favorites during that edition, where she also attained the best award in the competition. Nguyễn Thu Thuỷ studied business administration in the United States for 2 years and owned a beauty salon chain in Hanoi. She was married and had two children. On 5 June 2021, Nguyễn Thu Thuỷ died from a sudden cardiac arrest after feeling unwell for a few days.

Death

In the early morning of June 5, 2021, Nguyễn Thu Thủy died at the age of 44 after a stroke. She was taken to the 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi for emergency treatment on the night of June 4 in a state of cardiac arrest. The cause of death was not clearly determined; her family stated that she had been ill before she died.

Miss Viet Nam 1994

The winner: Nguyễn Thu Thuỷ (

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) *1st runner-up: Tô Hương Lan (

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) *2nd runner-up: Trịnh Kim Chi (

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)

Television shows

*''21st Century Man'' (on 5 June 2007, as jury woman)

References

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