Hoàng Thùy

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Hoàng Thị Thùy or Hoàng Thùy ( ; born 15 March 1992) is a Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder. She began her career in 2011, after winning Vietnam's Next Top Model season 2. She was appointed Miss Universe Vietnam 2019 to represented Vietnam at Miss Universe 2019, and reached the top 20.

Background and education Thùy was born and raised in the commune of Thiền Lâm, Tĩnh Gia District, Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam. When she was younger, she used to sell rice cakes on coach buses to assist her family. Despite financial struggles, her family continued to support her education. Thùy graduated from Tĩnh Gia 1 High School in 2010. She majored in industrial design at Hanoi Architectural University before participating in the second season of Vietnam's Next Top Model and pursued modelling afterwards. In 2016, she studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins in London.

Career Vietnam's Next Top Model In 2011, Thùy auditioned for Vietnam's Next Top Model season 2 at the casting in the capital Hanoi and made it to the top fifteen, being the fourteen finalist selected. During the competition, Thùy was called first at panel two times and landed in the bottom two one time. She competed in the finale against Nguyễn Thị Trà My & Lê Thị Thúy and won the title.

Post show career She joined Top Model of the World 2012 in Berlin, Germany where she reached the top 15, and won the Best Catwalk Award. Since then, she has walked the runways of New York Fashion Week, London Fashion Week and Vietnam International Fashion Week. She signed with PRM Models in London in 2015 and landed a fashion spread on Elle and Grazia after, becoming the first Vietnamese model to do so.

In 2017, she became a coach for season 2 of The Face Vietnam. Throughout the show, general viewers called Thùy "the master of proverbs" due to her tendency to use Vietnamese proverbs in her confessions.

Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 Thùy entered Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, and was first runner-up. She won the People's Choice Award. The top three of the competition were all Vietnam's Next Top Model participants.

Miss Universe 2019 On 6 May 2019, Thùy was officially appointed to be Vietnam's representative at Miss Universe 2019 after she placed 1st runner up in Miss Universe Vietnam 2017. Thùy competed in Miss Universe 2019 and placed in the Top 20 as she was one of the five most outstanding candidates from Africa and Asia Pacific.

Titles, Awards and Nominations Competitions and Pageants Year Competition/Pageant Placement Note 2011 Vietnam's Next Top Model Won She was chosen by Tyra Banks to be the winner. 2012 Top Model of the World Top 15 She won the Best Catwalk Award of the competition. 2018 Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 1st Runner-up She was awarded Best Catwalk, Futurista Online, People's Choice. 2019 Miss Universe 2019 Top 20

Awards and nominations Year Association Award Result 2012 Star of the Year Best Model of the Year Nominated 2012 F Magazine Awards Best Model of the Year Won 2015 Forbes Vietnam 30 under 30 – Thirty best younger-than-30-year-old characters of the Year Won 2015 HTV Awards Best Model of the Year Nominated 2016 Elle Style Awards Fashion Icon of the Year Nominated 2017 Wechoice Awards Inspirational Character Nominated 2019 Wechoice Awards Inspirational Character Nominated 2019 Star of the Year Extraordinary Costume Won 2020 Elle Beauty Awards Best Body Award Won