Hoàng Thị Thùy or Hoàng Thùy (pronounced [hʷaːŋ tʰʷi] hwang-twee; born 15 March 1992) is a Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder. She began her career in 2011, after winning Vietnam's Next Top Model season 2. She was appointed Miss Universe Vietnam 2019 to represented Vietnam at Miss Universe 2019, and reached the top 20.[2]

Hoàng Thùy
Born
Hoàng Thị Thùy

(1992-03-15) 15 March 1992 (age 32)
Other names
  • Maika Hoang
  • Mia Hoang
  • Hoàng Thùy
Alma mater
OccupationModel
Years active2011–present
TitleMiss Universe Vietnam 2019
Modeling information
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[citation needed]
Hair colorBlack[1]
Eye colorBrown[1]
Agency
  • BeU Models (Vietnam)
  • PRM Models (London)[1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)

Background and education

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Thùy was born and raised in the commune of Thiền Lâm, Tĩnh Gia District, Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam.[3] When she was young, she used to sell rice cakes on coach buses to assist her family. Despite financial struggles, her family continued to supported her education.[4] Thùy graduated from Tĩnh Gia 1 High School in 2010.[5] She majored in industrial design at Hanoi Architectural University before participating in the second season of Vietnam's Next Top Model and pursued modelling afterwards.[6] In 2016 she studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins in London.[7]

Career

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Vietnam's Next Top Model

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In 2011, Thùy won Vietnam's Next Top Model season 2.[2][8]

Post show career

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She joined Top Model of the World 2012 in Berlin, Germany where she reached the top 15, and also won the Best Catwalk Award.[3] In February 2014, she went to London fashion week's casting calls without an agency. With no personal contacts, she sent her portfolio by email to all the designers participating in Autumn/Winter 2014 London Fashion Week via any channels she could find. She first heard back from Jean Pierre Braganza and proceeded to successfully book 4 shows that season, which was a turning point in her international career.[9] Since then, she has walked the runways of New York Fashion Week, London Fashion Week and Vietnam International Fashion Week.[10][11] Thanks to her outstanding achievements, Hoàng Thùy was named in Forbes Vietnam's 30 Under 30 list in early 2015.[12] She signed with PRM Models in London in 2015 and landed a fashion spread on Elle as well as Grazia shortly after, becoming the first Vietnamese model to do so.[11] The same year, Thùy made an appearance on BBC One's The Clothes Show and was the only Asian model in that edition's cast.

In 2017, she became a coach in the The Face Vietnam (season 2).[13] Throughout the show, general viewers called Thùy "the master of proverbs" due to her tendency to use Vietnamese proverbs in her confessions.[14]

Miss Universe Vietnam 2017

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Thùy entered Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, and was first runner-up. She also won the People's Choice Award.[15] The top three of the competition were all Vietnam's Next Top Model participants.[15] Due to the biennial hosting of Miss Universe Vietnam, the next edition was held in 2019. Thus, Hoàng Thùy has a chance to represent Vietnam at Miss Universe 2019 if the pageant is held sooner than the country's selection that year.[16]

Miss Universe 2019

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On 6 May 2019, Thùy was officially appointed to be Vietnam's representative at Miss Universe 2019 after she placed 1st runner up in Miss Universe Vietnam 2017. Thùy competed in Miss Universe 2019 and placed in the Top 20 as she was one of the five most outstanding candidates from Africa and Asia Pacific.[17]

Titles, Awards and Nominations

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Competitions and Pageants

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Year Competition/Pageant Placement Note
2011 Vietnam's Next Top Model Won She was chosen by Tyra Banks to be the winner.
2012 Top Model of the World Top 15 She won the Best Catwalk Award of the competition.
2018 Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 1st Runner-up She was awarded Best Catwalk, Futurista Online, People's Choice.
2019 Miss Universe 2019 Top 20

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Award Result
2012 Star of the Year Best Model of the Year Nominated
2012 F Magazine Awards Best Model of the Year Won
2015 Forbes Vietnam 30 under 30 – Thirty best younger-than-30-year-old characters of the Year Won
2015 HTV Awards Best Model of the Year Nominated
2016 Elle Style Awards Fashion Icon of the Year Nominated
2017 Wechoice Awards Inspirational Character Nominated
2019 Wechoice Awards Inspirational Character Nominated
2019 Star of the Year Extraordinary Costume Won
2020 Elle Beauty Awards Best Body Award Won

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Thuy Hoang". Model Agency London – PRM. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Hoàng Thùy Winner Vietnam's Next Top Model 2011" [Hoang Thuy became Vietnam's Next Top Model 2011] (in Vietnamese). 8 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b Tân Tân. "Hoàng Thùy: Từ cô gái quê đến á hậu triệu người biết". VNExpress iOne (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Tuổi thơ bị mỉa mai 'nhà nghèo, không lo kiếm tiền mà còn đi học' của Á hậu Hoàng Thùy". 2sao (in Vietnamese). 10 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ^ Hà Quàng. "Á Hậu 1 Hoàng Thuỳ có bước "Catwalk" ngay tại trường xưa". Giáo dục và Thời đại (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 11 June 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ^ Minh Đức. "Hoàng Thùy 'lột xác' từ Next Top Model đến Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam". Zing.vn (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  7. ^ Ý Ly. "Hoàng Thùy học cùng trường với huyền thoại Alexander McQueen". VNExpress (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  8. ^ Wagmister, Elizabeth (5 December 2015). "Tyra Banks on 'America's Next Top Model's' Legacy — and Future?". Variety. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  9. ^ Trần, Khang. "Tiết lộ bí mật giúp Hoàng Thùy vụt sáng ở London". Zing.vn. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Hoang Thuy models at Vietnam Int'l Fashion Week". Voice of Vietnam. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  11. ^ a b Phan, Giang (28 January 2016). "Hoàng Thùy xuất hiện trên tạp chí Elle của Anh". Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Thông cáo báo chí: Forbes Việt Nam công bố danh sách nổi bật nhất dưới 30 tuổi tại Việt Nam 2015". Forbes Vietnam Facebook. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Hoàng Thùy: Không cổ xúy cho người mẫu quá gầy" [Hoang Thuy: I do not promote too thin modeling] (in Vietnamese). 22 June 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Hoàng Thùy được phong 'tiến sĩ ca dao tục ngữ' tại The Face". VNExpress iOne. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  15. ^ a b "H'Hen Niê đăng quang Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam 2017". Tuổi Trẻ Online (in Vietnamese). 6 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  16. ^ Duy Russia. "Á hậu Dương Trương Thiên Lý nói gì về cơ hội thi Miss Universe 2019 của Hoàng Thùy?". Việt Nam Mới (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Hoàng Thùy được đề cử thi Miss Universe 2019". VNExpress. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Khiếu Thị Huyền Trang
Vietnam's Next Top Model
2011
Succeeded by
Mai Thị Giang
Preceded by
Ngô Trà My
Miss Cosmo Vietnam
1st Runner-Up

2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by Miss Universe Vietnam
2019
Succeeded by