Trần Thị Thùy Dung [1] (born February 18, 1990, in Đà Nẵng, Việt Nam) was crowned as Miss Vietnam 2008 on August 31 in Hội An. Miss Vietnam 2008 Tran Thi Thuy Dung was the tallest contestant (1,78m - 2008) with body measurements 86 - 61,5- 91. However, Thuy Dung is not allowed to represent her country in Miss World 2008, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 13 due to her unlegalized highschool graduate certificate.[2][3]
Trần Thị Thùy Dung | |
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 Miss Vietnam 2008 Thuy Dung (center) and 1 runner-up Phan Hoang Minh Tu (left) and 2 runner-up Nguyen Thuy Van (right) | |
| Born | July 8, 1990 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Black |
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The first runner-up is Phan Hoàng Minh Thư from Đà Lạt (Lâm Đồng Province) and the second runner-up is Nguyễn Thụy Vân from Hà Nội.[4]
Awards edit
The winner of the pageant receives VND150 million (US$9,041) in cash, an overseas trip and the right to compete in the Miss World pageant in South Africa later this year.
She will also serve as the country’s ambassador for the “social security for the poor” program initiated by the Vietnam Bank for Investment and Development (BIDV).
References edit
- ^ http://www.slide.com/joinslide?pxcid=dhsl9GP-n327NpZAJoqyVqOxszNDVRVl6be5kq8rzbRHNIc9l3Jb2YR5gByd1mGJ¬ifyfans=1&bnc=bnc[permanent dead link]
- ^ No winners of Miss Vietnam 2008 picked for Miss World Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ anhgai sexsy, 23 January 2023
- ^ VietNamNet - Thuy Dung crown Miss Vietnam 2008 Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine