Vietnam named among top five Missosology Performer of the Year
Vietnam was ranked fifth in the list of top 20 Performers of the Year 2018 voted by the beauty pageant website Missosology.org.
Nguyen Phuong Khanh crowned Miss Earth 2018 at the finale in Manila on November 3 last year (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam was ranked fifth in the list of top 20 Performers of the Year 2018 voted by the beauty pageant website Missosology.org.
The country scored 507 points from the major international beauty contests it joined last year. Most notably, Vietnamese representative Nguyen Phuong Khanh was crowned Miss Earth 2018.
Topping the list was Venezuela with 647 points. The country won the Miss International contest and placed 2nd Runner-up at Miss Universe. It also obtained decent placements at Miss Earth and Miss Supranational, respectively.
The second, third and fourth Performers were the Philippines (616 points), Mexico (598) and South Africa (510).
Most recently, Vietnamese beauty queen H’Hen Nie was named Missosology Timeless Beauty 2018.
With a final score of 4.576, the 25-year-old ethnic minority model was the first Vietnamese and third Asian to win the title.
H’Hen Nie was crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 and finished in the top five of Miss Universe 2018, Vietnam’s best ever performance at the event.-VNA
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