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Accused Top Model contestants claimed innocence
VN Next Top Model’s contestants may be sued
From the left: Thuy Duong, Phuong Nghi and Hoang Oanh.
Le Thi Quynh Trang, the show producer, told Thanh Nien Daily: “We need to deal with this case immediately and meet with the contestants as soon as possible to see their attitude, not to request for compensation.”
The leak appeared online two weeks ago, in the form of a picture said to capture the four finalists, Le Thi Thuy, Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang, Tra My, and Hoang Thi Thuy in a Singaporean fashion show, that quickly spread through the Internet. After that another picture which is said to feature the three finalists appeared again on the Internet.
Episodes of Vietnam’s Next Top Model are filmed well ahead of their air date, so it is important that those involved with the show’s production do not let details of upcoming episodes slip to the public.
In addition, the show producers accused of Hoang Oanh and Thuy Duong performing at some fashion shows before the episodes in which they failed were broadcast, which contributed to leak out the show’s information.
Talking to Dan Tri, Le Thi Quynh Trang, executive producer of the show said their legal representative had collected sufficient evidence regarding the leak and had invited the three women to meet for legal discussions on Wednesday, but they failed to show up.
However, Hoang Oanh, who was eliminated in the 8th episode, said she and the other contestants had not received any official information from the producers about the legal issue.
Oanh also added that the show’s organizers have yet to let her know directly what she did that was wrong, claiming what they told the press “was not true. Because I did not post the photo of the four finalists; neither did I walk at another fashion show when the episode in which I got eliminated was not broadcast.”
Vietnam’s Next Top Model, which is in its second season, also drew attention when Oanh publicly criticized the show, its organizers, and panel members on her personal Facebook page.
Oanh wrote that “The show has taken many things from me, all of them. I hate it. I hate it all” on her status, and she also commented that she had been treated unfairly on the show and that the program was following a pre-arranged plot.
Judge member Do Manh Cuong, one of the top fashion designers in Vietnam, fought back, calling the young model “uneducated” while saying he would never allow Hoang Oanh to participate in his shows because of her arrogant and self-centered behavior.
21-year-old Thuy Duong, who got eliminated in episode 9 admitted she wrote what she felt about the show on her Facebook before the episode was screened last week, which is not allowed either, according to Trang.
“But I did not reveal any information about the show and also I couldn’t be the one who took that photo and spread it online. How could I when I was already eliminated and did not go to Singapore with them?” she said.
Duong added that she got a phone call from the show’s lawyers but would not meet them without her lawyer and only after the show’s organizers had informed her of what she did was wrong.
Unlike Oanh and Duong, Phuong Nghi did not reply to Dan Tri directly but her spokesperson said Nghi and her family respected what the producers said and they would speak up when it was the right time.
“We don’t believe this is a serious issue and the two sides will be able to find a common viewpoint and figure out what exactly the contestants did wrong,” he said.
Based on Trang’s statement on Thanh Nien Daily, it seems that the producers will not raise a lawsuit against the three contestants.
Tuoitre/Dantri/VietNamNet
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