"Third time's the charm" in beauty pageants
Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 has just opened its registration portal and has attracted attention with a series of familiar names that have been "familiar" in recent beauty contests such as: Huong Ly, Ly Kim Thao, Pham Thu, Le Nam...
Huong Ly is determined to win the opportunity to compete internationally at Miss Universe Vietnam 2023.
Among them, Huong Ly is the name that attracts attention when registering for this contest for the third time. She was in the top 5 of Miss Universe Vietnam 2019 and 2022. In the 2017 season, she registered but withdrew early due to health reasons.
"Third time's the charm" in participating in a beauty contest, Huong Ly said she wanted to find an opportunity to represent Vietnam at Miss Universe with a different model, thoughts and actions.
After a year of stopping in the top 16 of Miss Universe Vietnam 2022, Le Nam also expressed her determination to return to the beauty race.
"I decided to join a contest because of everyone's affection for me. And I also wanted to experience and express myself more.
Each contest has different criteria, I simply want to try my hand at a new playground, to see my abilities and limits," she said about her decision to return to the beauty pageant.
Le Nam stopped in the top 16 of Miss Universe Vietnam 2022.
The appearance of Le Nam and Huong Ly at Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 has excited and raised expectations among many audiences. However, many people are skeptical about the chances of these old faces winning this year's competition.
In fact, it is not until Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 that familiar contestants have registered. Miss Grand Vietnam 2023 is currently in the running and also witnessed the clash between two contestants Le Hoang Phuong and Bui Khanh Linh.
Among them, Le Hoang Phuong won the title of Miss Sea at Miss Universe Vietnam 2019 and entered the final top 10. At Miss Universe Vietnam 2022, she entered the final top 5.
Bui Khanh Linh, who just stopped in the top 5 of Miss World Vietnam a few days ago, is also busy with the beauty contest at Miss Grand Vietnam 2023.
It is worth mentioning that in the Fashion Beauty sub-contest held on the evening of August 16, both of these "heavyweight" and experienced contestants were not in the top 5 nominees.
Warning about the shortage of quality candidates
Remember, at the press conference of Miss Vietnam 2022, Mr. Le Xuan Son - Head of the Organizing Committee of the contest said that the proliferation of many beauty contests was the reason why the number of contestants was shared, the number of registered contestants was not much and the quality was affected, except for prestigious and long-standing "playgrounds" like Miss Vietnam.
Two familiar contestants Bui Khanh Linh and Le Hoang Phuong were not in the top 5 nominees for the Fashion Beauty sub-award at Miss Grand Vietnam 2023.
The poor quality of contestants is clearly shown in the controversial answers of beauty pageant contestants such as: "I want to be famous like Ms. Pham Huong" or "After being crowned, I will be famous and have a lot of money"...
Beauty pageant training expert Phuc Nguyen also admitted that when the number of contests increases, the number of contestants is the same but divided into dozens of different contests, the quality will decrease "naturally".
"Competitions are being organized one after another, competing with each other in terms of criteria, so there is a lack of time to invest in and seriously train candidates. Overall, everything is deteriorating, not just the level of candidates," the expert admitted.
To be fair, Huong Ly, Le Nam and other contestants who are familiar with beauty contests should also be recognized for their efforts and determination.
The common point of these contestants every time they return to the beauty pageant is that they are names that attract the media, helping the contest have a chance to spread.
However, among the myriad of new factors of generation Z, familiar candidates, although possessing outstanding skills, are not the brightest faces for the organizers to choose for the highest position.
So we can see, the old faces have the ability to break through, escape from their previous image to conquer the judges and the public, it is still not an easy journey.
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