VietNamNet Bridge – The Silver Prize winner of the Vietnam Supermodel 2010 contest, Hoang Gia Ngoc, has been selected as Vietnamese representative at the world largest male beauty contest in Taiwan from November 10-22.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has licensed Ngoc to participate in this competition.

Ngoc, 24 (1.84m, 100-75-100), was previously a football player. He ranked second at the Seahorse Model 2009 competition.

Elite Vietnam and Venus Modeling Company will sponsor Ngoc’s trip to Taiwan.

The model will leave Vietnam for Taiwan today, November 10.

The final night will take place at Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Tunghai university in Taichung on November 20.

The Manhunt Contest started in 1987, when Alex Liu, pageant director of Metromedia Singapore, decided to stage the first male model contest in Singapore, as there were numerous pageants for women and none for men. Liu consequently planned and engineered the first Manhunt contest in Singapore. Manhunt became Manhunt International in 1993.

Vietnam began participating in Manhunt International in 2002, with supermodel Binh Minh. Model Quang Hoa represented the country at this contest in 2006. In 2007, Ngo Tien Doan won the Best Body title. In 2008, Nguyen Van Thinh came second in the online poll.