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Last year was a busy time for Vietnam's beauty pageant competitors.
Several beautiful young women represented the nation in contests around the world and some did very well in certain areas.
But unlike their counterparts in Japan and China who took home top awards, Vietnamese beauties have yet to make a name for themselves on the international pageant circuit.
Industry experts believe that Vietnamese women have great potential to do well in international pageants, they just need to polish their approach and capitalize on their strengths.
Moreover, international contests are placing more emphasis on one's brains, and not just beauty, so it's important for Vietnamese girls to showcase their knowledge as well.
During his working trip to the Miss Earth 2007 pageant in the Philippines, Thanh Nien Editor-in-Chief and veteran pageant judge, Nguyen Cong Khe said “I have high regard for international contestants. They are not only beautiful but also intellectual. And I believe intellect helps establish confidence.”
Being well-spoken is also a must when competing at high-level events and being able to speak English is a definite advantage.
However, Vietnam has no special schools or pageant training centers like other countries do.
While many girls spend months or years practicing their poise and fine-tuning their skills for the talent portion, Vietnamese women have less opportunity to develop such skills.
Speaking with Mai Phuong Thuy a few days ago, the 20-year-old beauty queen said that since competing in international competitions, she has made education her top priority.
Thuy, a great symbol of modern Vietnamese beauty, revealed she was applying for a scholarship to study overseas this year.
Other areas
Some complain that because of limited budgets, Vietnamese entrants don't have the same access to professional hair, fashion and make-up teams.
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 World Wise Partners is now the title sponsor of Miss Jamaica Universe 2008. Pulse Investments Ltd, licensee of the Jamaica preliminary to Miss Universe, has expressed its pleasure with the support World Wise will provide for the event, under an agreement signed last November. Pulse believes that this level of sponsorship will help the pageant realise its potential with regards to the quality of production, to ensure that the local event mirrors the international pageant's pre-eminence in the world of beauty contests. The planned prize package, likely to be the best in the history of Jamaican beauty pageants, will increase the event's attractiveness to Jamaica's best talent. More resources will also be available for the preparation of Miss Jamaica for the international coronation show. A show-stopping entertainment package is also in the works and more details in this regard will be announced later this month. Jamaica has had significant success at Miss Universe since 1989, when Pulse was first offered the license to produce the local pageant. Several queens have made the finals of the event. The first was Sandra Foster, followed by Kimberley Mais in 1991. Later, Nicole Haughton stole the spotlight in the Trinidad finals and more recently Christine Straw made the finals in Ecuador.
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 A leading dealer in household electrical appliances, Somovision has given out numerous gifts worth million of cedis to contestants in the Ghana edition of the “Exquisite Face of the Universe” pageant show. Apart from cash reward for the winners, the company gave the contestants including the top three winners free home appliances. Alberta Nana Adwoa Arhin who emerged winner to represent Ghana at next year’s International Exquisite Face of the Universe pageant show in February 2008, received a fridge and ¢10 million cheque from Somovision.
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 LOS ANGELES -- For the first time in the 87 year history of Miss America, everyone in America will have the opportunity to select one of the finalists, along with the 15 finalists selected by the judges.
This year, a surprise 16th pageant finalist will be announced during the live finale as the result of an online competition that allows viewers to vote for their favorite Miss America contestant.
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