Miss Vietnam 2014 Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen has been widely criticised after a video showed her smoking in a coffee shop was posted online.


A still image shows Miss Vietnam 2014 Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen smoking in a coffee shop



Duyen, 20, who has never been popular with the public over the past two years since receiving the title, is now being called to give up her title after the video was posted.

The smoking ‘incident’ has been added to the list her detractors have compiled, including her modest appearance, her sleeping position on a flight, or her showing up late at many events, to express their frustration at the former beauty queen.

In the recent smoking video clip, there were no children, pregnant women or no smoking signs can be seen.

However Duyen was bullied into publishing an apology on her Facebook page, saying that she should have been more careful and responsible with such a “socially controversial act”.

While many people have expressed sympathy saying that smoking is hardly rare, and felt sorry for her lack of privacy, many people claimed it wasn’t part of Vietnamese culture.

"Saying sorry is not enough. You should be embarrassed and return the crown,” one Facebook user wrote.



 Nguyen Cao  Ky Duyen was crowned Miss Vietnam 2014



Head of the Miss Vietnam Pageant 2014 organising board, Le Xuan Son, also criticised Duyen's behaviour, saying it will badly affect the image of Vietnamese women as well as the Miss Vietnam Pageant.

Son blamed the lax management in the training for contestants and organising process for some recent scandals involved several winners of Miss Vietnam.

"We are setting out tighter regulations for the activities of Miss Vietnam winners this year and the years to come to avoid such problems," Son said.

However Son said that no beauty queens have had their titles revoked so far in Vietnam and Duyen's act was hardly serious enough to face such punishment.

Dtinews