The special contestants in Northern region Semi-final - Miss Vietnam Heritage Global

Architecture student with love for heritage conservation

Contestant Chu Thi Minh Trang (born in 1993) comes from Hai Phong, she is one of 31 candidates who made it to the Northern region semi-finals of Miss Vietnam Heritage Global. She is very devoted to the heritage conservation. Minh Trang is currently a third year student of Faculty of Architecture (Hanoi University of Civil Engineering). She also has many plans to preserve the heritage of Vietnam.

"Studying architecture but I'm extremely passionate about the conservation of heritage in our country. I think that the issue of heritage conservation in our country includes many problems”, said Trang.

To nourish love for heritage, in addition to self-learning and consulting with many experts in this field, Trang has also registered to be a volunteer at the National History Museum.

"In this environment I can directly see many precious objects, learn about the history of the country, especially I can meet many experts in this field. Thus, I can increase my knowledge”.

Currently, Trang has been a volunteer at the National History Museum for over a year. Talking about reasons to choose this uncommon hobby, Trang stated that through a trip in Malaysia, she was exposed to the path of this country’s national heritage. Not only the works are beautiful, Trang was also impressed by the way they treat heritage, preserve and develop it.

According to Minh Trang, in Malaysia, students of architecture have more chances to learn about conservation, this is what students of architecture in Vietnam is still lacking.

"I remember trip to the heritage of Champa, where I had the chance to meet an expert in this works, the more I understood it, the more I loved our country’s heritage and I have found myself to be responsible in preserving the precious heritage like that”, Trang added.

When being asked about her views on the common conflict between conservation and development, Trang said: "I think it is necessary to flexibly choose both. What I have learned about Japan is they only pick out the features, which contain the characteristics of their culture and architecture of the country to preserve, while still create the environment for development. Of course, there are times when choosing development, we must also face the loss of a certain numbers of values ​​".

Sharing her reasons for participating in Miss Vietnam Heritage Global, Trang simply wants to convey the message of heritage conservation to the mass public, to attract a lot more attention from young people to this particular field.

The contestant who looks exactly like Singer Le Quyen

Among 31 beauties in the Northern region semi-finals - Miss Vietnam Heritage Global, Do Huong Ly (born in 1995), who comes from Thanh Hoa always get people to pay attention because she has a extremely similar face to the famous female singer Le Quyen.

Do Huong Ly is currently a student of Accounting - Thang Long University, Hanoi. Her BMI measurements: 84 - 64 - 89. She is the eldest child in a family with two girls. Huong Ly participates in this beauty pageant because since she was so small she has built her dreams of becoming the winner of a beauty contest. Now since she is qualified, she wants to participate in this contest to fulfill her dreams and to have new experiences in life.

Huong Ly said, whenever she meet new people, they all say that she looks very similar to singer Le Quyen. Once she accepted to be a model for a wedding photo store, when she had just finished makeup, she posted a photo of her to her FB, she suddenly received a lot of comments, likes and people told her she was like Le Quyen. Although Le Quyen is not her music idol but Huong Ly usually listens to Le Quyen’s music as her father is a big fan.

Talking about the representatives of Vietnam on the international beauty arena, Do Huong Ly thinks the Vietnamese girls are beautiful and excellent, but pretty unlucky. Among the newly crowned beauties in recent years, Huong Ly is keen on Pham Huong (Miss Universe of Vietnam) because of her modern beauty. According to Huong Ly, a woman who represents the beauty of Vietnam should have bold Asian beauty in both appearance and inner soul. From that beauty, it is enough to distinguish Vietnamese women with women in other countries.

Student in Switzerland returns to Vietnam to join Miss Vietnam Heritage Global

Pham Thuy Hang (born in 1993) is currently living in Germany. Thuy Hang is currently studying in Switzerland, majored in Hotel management.

This 9x-generation girl shares that as she has lived with her family in a foreign country since she was small so she has an independent lifestyle, confident demeanor, assertive and straight-forward characteristics. She often teaches Vietnamese to some foreign students.

She decided to arrange her schedule to return to Vietnam to participate in Miss Vietnam Heritage Global 2016 in order to gain new experiences.

In addition to good body shape and endearing face, the girl who has returned to Vietnam from Germany also has the ability to sing. According to Thuy Hang, singing helps her relieve stress after her stressful study time. She also loves sports. Since she went abroad to study, she has not had enough time to go to gym to workout but she still does exercises herself. She aims to become a young, energetic and charming role model.

Her dream is to design a chain of resorts. Currently, Thuy Hang is trying to accumulate more experiences on hotel management to make the dream of her life come true.

The Muong-ethnic girl with 2 times attending beauty pageants

Contestant Bui Thi Thu Trang (born in 1996) comes from the Muong ethnic from An Nghia commune, Lac Son District, Hoa Binh Province. She is 1.65m high, weighs 54kg, has BMI of 84-64 - 91. She is the 3rd daughter in the family with 4 children, her parents are farmers.

Thu Trang is currently a 2nd year student - Faculty of Youth Affairs - Youth Institute (Hanoi). She has reached the finals of the Miss Vietnam 2014. Thu Trang's dream is to become an excellent Youth union official to have more practical actions to help the children in the remoted areas.

Recalling her memories when participating Miss Vietnam contest in 2014, Muong-ethnic girl said that, she then registered in the contest only to add new experiences in her youth. However, because she then did not have perfect body shape, did not have performing skills and experiences joining any beauty contest, she did not make it to the top. She participates in the Miss Vietnam Heritage Global as a chance to correct all the shortcomings of previous time. She hopes that, with the experiences that she has had, plus the careful preparation in advance, she will have many useful lessons and implications, which will help her in real life.

Answer the question about her feelings when entering a competition with a lot of friends that come from big cities while she is a Muong girl, Thu Trang said she did not feel disadvantaged because she was mentally prepared.

After the Miss Vietnam 2014, Trang has had a lot of changes in her thinking about a beauty pageant, she has clarified her tasks and targets of joining Miss Vietnam Heritage Global this time. Thu Trang thinks her advantages are her self confidence, hidden charm and her smiles.

Source: Dân Trí