Nguyễn Thùy Lâm (real name Nguyễn Thùy Trang, born September 10, 1987, in
Thái Bình
Thái Bình City () is a city in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam. It is the capital of Thái Bình Province. The city is located 110 km from Hanoi. The city area is 67.7 square km, with a population of 210,000 people (2006).
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, Vietnam) is a
Vietnamese
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singer, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won the
Miss Universe Vietnam 2008
Miss Universe Vietnam 2008, the 1st Miss Universe Vietnam pageant, was held on May 31, 2008, at the Vinpearl Land resort in Nha Trang, Khánh Hoà, Vietnam. 20 contestants competed for the crown. The first winner of the pageant was Nguyễn Th ...
contest on May 31, 2008. Thuy Lam represented Vietnam in the
Miss Universe 2008
Miss Universe 2008 was the 57th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008. This was the first time that the Miss Universe pageant was broadcast in 1080i High-definition.
At the end of t ...
competition and was the first Vietnamese contestant that made it to the semifinals of
Miss Universe
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.
Miss Universe Vietnam 2008
Thuy Lam was announced winner of Miss Universe Vietnam 2008 on May 31, 2008. During the competition she was awarded Miss Talent and Miss Internet by the audience. As the winner, she was also awarded $US12,000 and won the right to represent Vietnam at the Miss Universe 2008 competition.
Miss Universe 2008
At the competition held in multiple cities in Vietnam, Thuy Lam was a Top 10 finalist in the Best National Costume competition and Top 5 finalist in the Most Charming in Áo Dài (Áo Dài fashion show). In the final competition, Thuy Lam became the first
Vietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...
candidate to survive the first cut in Miss Universe pageant being only one of the two Asians making the first cut along with
Hiroko Mima of
Japan
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. She was consequently cut when the Top 10 candidates were announced.
Personal life
She is married to Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, a businessman graduated from the US.
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See also
*Miss Vietnam
Miss Vietnam (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: ''Hoa hậu Việt Nam'') is the oldest and most prestigious Beauty pageant#National and international pageants, national beauty contest in Vietnam, that has been held biennially since Miss Vietnam 19 ...
*Miss World Vietnamese
Miss Vietnam World (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: Hoa hậu Thế giới người Việt) is a beauty contest for both Vietnamese people, Vietnamese women in Vietnam and Overseas Vietnamese women from other countries in the world. The pageant i ...
*Miss Universe Vietnam
Miss Universe Vietnam is a 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 ...
References
External links
Áo dài Bình DươngFanclub
1987 births
Living people
Miss Universe 2008 contestants
Vietnamese actresses
21st-century Vietnamese women singers
People from Thái Bình province
Vietnamese beauty pageant winners
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