VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese girls are hunting titles at all kinds of beauty contests in an effort to become famous.

Thai Nha Van, a model who was “known” for a series of nudemeditation photos, is facing punishment from the authorities after she posted pictures of her own at the Miss Vietnam Global held in Californiaon July 4th. Van was the runner-up at the beauty contest.

This unknown model-actress is not the first who attended an overseas beauty contest without the approval of the Department of Performing Arts.

Many similar cases have been reported. On June 18, model Huynh Thuy Tien silently went to Sydney, Australia for the Miss Asia 2016 pageant. Though she was crowned, Tien was not allowed to use the title in Vietnam and will be fined for participating this contest illegally.

Previously, many models like Que Van, Phan Hoang Thu, Lam Thuy Anh, Kim Duyen, Dieu Linh, Oanh Yen ... also attended overseas pageants without permission and were fined.

They kept violating regulations because the fine was too small, which is incomparable to what they gain from titles of beauty pageants, even unknown ones.

To serve the“requirement for fame,” it is absurd that a beauty contest called “Charming businesswomen”, held in HCM City on June 19, awarded 33 out of 50 contestants, including the winner and nine runners-up, plus 26 other titles for the one with the most beautiful face, hair, body, skin, etc.

Because Vietnam tightens rules on beauty pageants (only one national beauty contest to be held each year), many women go abroad to seek beauty titles, though they know that these pageants are unknown and are held like a variety show for one night only.

The public is so tired of the appearance of so many “beauty queens,” who are even married, at middle-age, only 1.5m tall, with“plastic-beauty”. They sometimes purchase their titles.

Thanh Van