10X beauty ends her beauty pageant dream to become a volunteer artist

Phan Anh Thu was born in 2000 in Hue, and has had a passion for painting since she was 4 years old. She has good academic achievements and was valedictorian of the entrance exam to the interior design department of Ton Duc Thang University (HCMC).

Before becoming known as an artist, she was a model and participated in beauty pageants. Phan Anh Thu was in the top 25 of Miss World Vietnam 2019 and won the title of Miss Teen Asia at the Miss Teen International 2019 contest in India.

Despite achieving certain achievements in beauty contests, Phan Anh Thu chose to "end her beauty queen dream" to pursue a career in painting and become a young artist as she is today.

Phan Anh Thu at the charity painting exhibition called "Em" (Photo: Organizing Committee).

Phan Anh Thu's journey of creating paintings (Photo: Character's Facebook).

Talking to Dan Tri reporter, Phan Anh Thu said: "People often think that if you have beauty and height, you should compete in beauty pageants, but clearly, I have many other paths to take, not necessarily becoming a beauty queen.

I asked myself, if I became a beauty queen, would I be able to paint and enjoy life as I wished, that was something I had been pondering for a long time. Finally, I found my destination, which is my passion for painting and helping children improve their education level."

Phan Anh Thu said it took her 6 years to find her true dream and ambition. The beauty realized she was not suited to become a beauty queen or a famous figure in the entertainment industry.

The beauty of artist Phan Anh Thu (Photo: Organizing Committee).

Phan Anh Thu takes a photo with the new Miss Y Nhi (Photo: Organizing Committee).

During her time pursuing her artistic career, Phan Anh had the opportunity to travel to remote, mountainous areas to teach painting to children. From there, she nurtured the idea of ​​carrying out a larger project of building schools and boarding houses for children in mountainous areas by raising funds by selling paintings.

The exhibition of Phan Anh Thu's painting "Em" is one of the activities to raise funds for the above project. All revenue from the sale of paintings and picture books will be donated to the construction of a boarding school at the Vocational Education - Continuing Education Center of Kbang District, Gia Lai Province, estimated at about 600 million VND.

Some paintings on display at the exhibition (Photo: Quynh Tam).

Paintings inspired by Vietnamese landscapes (Photo: Quynh Tam).

The exhibition features 50 paintings by Phan Anh Thu. She said each work carries its own story and memory, recreating diverse scenes from urban to rural areas, spanning the length of the country. Each story is associated with places such as the Northwest, Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh City...

Talking about her project, Anh Thu shared: "I have witnessed the "search for letters" and the difficult lives of children in the highlands. They cannot go to school because their homes are far away, some have to drop out of school, some stay at boarding houses.

That motivates me to contribute and do more for the children. What could be happier than helping many people?

Phan Anh Thu's boarding house project model for children in mountainous areas (Photo: Quynh Tam).

Some paintings by children in the highlands are displayed by Phan Anh Thu (Photo: Quynh Tam).

Mr. Bui Tien Phuong - Director of the Center for Vocational Education - Continuing Education of Kbang district, Gia Lai province shared about Phan Anh Thu's project: "Improving the education level for children in mountainous areas can solve many problems, including child marriage. I find Phan Anh Thu's project to build schools and boarding houses to be an extremely meaningful and practical activity."

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