Phan Thi Huong Giang, who represents Vietnam at the Miss Global Beauty Queen pageant in Seoul, South Korea from May 3-10, is the winner in the online pole to be the first who enters the top 15. The finale will take place tonight, May 10.

Huong Giang

The pageant’s website closed in the afternoon of May 9. Vietnam’s 22-year-old model had 31,870 votes, followed by Miss Korea (24,150), Australia (21,820), Brazil (11,010) and Romania (10,010).

Huong Giang has become the first beauty of the top 15 of the pageant.

As the first runner-up in the 2009 Miss Jewelry contest in Vietnam, and having experience doing fashion shows overseas, the 1.7m-tall Giang measures 86-61-91. Giang said she is confident of a good show and will try to represent a modern and dynamic Vietnamese woman.

Miss Global Beauty Queen, which debuted in 2005, seeks to help the less fortunate people and victims of natural disasters around the world.

Themed “Beauty with a Heart,” the competition attracted contestants from 60 countries and territories including: the US, Japan, and China. Contestants need to go through several pre-qualifying rounds like talents, traditional clothes, and bikinis before attending the finale on May 10.

After the final night, contestants will visit and shoot photos at Jeju Island before coming home.

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