The Vietnamese contestant ranked 15th at the Miss Tourism Queen International pageant in China, which closed on December 27. The beauty queen is Kantapat Peeradachainarin from Thailand, receiving $20,000 cash and gifts worth $20,000.

The four runners-up are Jeanine Castro from Brazil, Mariia Ovechkina from Belarus, Wang Lu from China and Nelly Almas from Tanzania.

According to Global Beauties, Vietnam’s Thuy Ngan ranked 15th. Earlier, she entered the top 20 contestants thanks to the highest number of online votes that she has received (28,810) to top the “Internet Popularity Queen” event.

Born in 1991, Ngan is now 1.73m tall and has the enviable measurements of 90-62-93. 

She is now a student at the HCM City Foreign Languages and Informatics University. She ranked second at the Vietnam Jewelry Queen pageant 2009 and entered the top 20 of the Miss Vietnam 2010.

Thuy Ngan in traditional costumes, designed by Long Dung.

While studying at Ho Chi Minh City University of Theater and Cinema she has acted in a number of films.

Miss Tourism Queen International was founded by Charlie See. Since 1949, and more than 80 countries have joined its events. 

The world final competitions have taken place in Sri Lanka, the US, Russia, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and many other countries, particularly in China for six consecutive years from 2004 to 2009.

Source: VNN