Mai Phương Thúy

Miss Vietnam 2006

Profile
Name                      Mai Phương Thúy
Birth date                August 6, 1988
Birth place               Hanoi, Vietnam
Height                     1,82m
Weight                     60 kg
Hair color                Black
Eye color                 Brown
Measurements         86-65-95


Beauty Contest
Mai Phương Thúy was crowned the 10th Miss Vietnam  at the Vinpearl Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam on August 26, 2006. She represented Vietnam at the Miss World 2006 pageant in Warsaw, Poland on September 30th, in the Asia-Pacific group. She made the first cut In Miss World 2006 by winning the viewers' votes around the world.

In 2006, she was voted by globalbeauties.com into the Top 50 of the annual Miss Grand Slam.

She had posed for photographs late in 2007 for the photographer Tran Huy Hoan, the set is described as "nude photos" - perhaps artistic but still risque for a "Miss Vietnam". Tran Huy Hoan has sold oil paintings of a nude lady which bear a likeness to Mai Phương Thúy. She supports numerous social causes, notably the Vietnamese traffic problem. She is the goodwill ambassador for the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation. She studied at Phan Dinh Phung high school and was accepted into the Foreign Trade University and RMIT International University, Vietnam. Mai Phuong Thuy is studying at RMIT Vietnam at the moment.


Miss World 2006
Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy competed in Miss World 2006 pageant in Poland. Mai Phuong Thuy was the only East Asian contestant to join the top 17 in the final. She made the top 17 due to the highest online vote in her Asia-Pacific zone. Miss Czech Republic won the crown.

Movies

Âm tính (2007)

Mai Phương Thúy was casted as the main character Lam Uyen Nhi in the movie "Negative" (2007). An HIV/AID victim who suffer a life of unhappiness and loneliness.  (Source Wikipedia)