Vũ Hoàng Myborn in 1988, Year of the Dragon, in Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam

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 is a Vietnamese

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 beauty pageant titleholder who was first runner-up of Miss Vietnam

Miss Vietnam

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 2010 and will represent Vietnam in the Donald Trump

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 sponsored Miss Universe 2011

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 pageant in Sao Paulo

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, Brasil on September 12, 2011. She is increasing activity in her public life and is currently attending RMIT International University, Vietnam

RMIT International University, Vietnam

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, where she is a multimedia

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 and design student. She speaks Vietnamese, English and is studying Portuguese.

Early Life and Family

Vũ Hoàng My, which translates in English to “Golden Feather of a Bird,” was born into a family of head masters, educators, architects and agriculturalists. It was this early framework that influenced her at young age to be a great supporter of lifelong learning, literature, the arts and nature. Her early life was spent at Dong Nai province in South Eastern, Vietnam, where foreign investment in the primary and secondary sectors of the economy has been heavy since the Vietnamese Government’s Đổi Mới (English: Renovation) economic policy of the late 1980s.

As a high school student, she sat as representative on social committees and the governing student body at Thống Nhất A highschool. She was also a member of Girl Guides, as well as participating in various extracurricular activities, including volleyball, badminton and feathershuttle, the Vietnamese variety of Hacky Sack.

Hoang My is currently a multimedia design student at RMIT University, Saigon South Campus in Ho Chi Minh City. She aspires to be a movie director in order to “send a message through colorful images, full of sound, to express the beauty of the creative life and create a virtuous space in the world for all humans to feel better.”

Miss Vietnam 2010

The winner: Đặng Thị Ngọc Hân (Hà Nội)

• 1st runner-up: Vũ Hoàng My (Đồng Nai)
• 2nd runner-up: Đặng Thùy Trang (Hà Nội)

In this contest, Hoàng My was also a top 15 finalist of Miss Talent.

Miss Universe 2011

Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture has approved permission to Vu Thi Hoang My, 1st runner-up at the Miss Vietnam 2010 pageant, to represent the country in Miss Universe 2011

Miss Universe 2011

Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event...

 competition in Sao Paulo

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, Brasil, from August 20 to September 12.

Humanitarian Work and Social Activities

Hoang My has been described as a modern woman who seeks to work for positive change in the world. She quotes herself as having “a hungry spirit” and has plans to continue her work with local NGOs, particularly with children living with HIV/AIDS. She is affiliated with various charities, including Tien Phong Study Encouragement Fund and in endorsing and supporting scholarship funds for underprivileged children through Nguyen Thuong Hien secondary school in her hometown – Dong Nai. She has also worked as a fundraiser for Quang Binh flood victims in 2010. She has continuous involvement with grassroots organisations in recently participated in professional and personal development workshops with personal coach and motivational speaker Robert Bridgeman and UN Living Values program.

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