Khanh, 19, was the first runner-up in the Miss Vietnam World pageant
held in August in Nha Trang. She won the title of Miss Vietnam World in
Europe in 2009.
With the approval on Sept. 22 of the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Khanh qualified to represent
the nation in the international pageant.
Khanh is a
worthy representative of Vietnamese beauty for one of the most
prestigious international pageants, said the Elite Entertainment Group,
the owner of the Miss World trademark in Vietnam.
Khanh, who also won a local on-line poll, has received congratulations from her friends and others.
"The great support is pressure but also strength to help me try my best at the upcoming pageant," Khanh said.
Born and raised in Germany, Khanh spoke Vietnamese fluently when she
was small. She still holds Vietnamese nationality. She is 1.76m in tall
and has vital statistics of 85-63-94.
At the age of
15, Khanh was a model in Germany but gave up modelling when she was in
the 11th grade. She is now a student at the University of Rostock in the
German State of Mecklenburg-Vorpomern.
Khanh has
returned to HCM City to prepare for the upcoming event, where she is
being trained by experts from the Elite Entertainment Group and dressed
by designers like Hoang Hai and Vo Viet Chung.
She
will head to Sanya, in Hainan province, to compete with over 120 other
contestants early next month. The pageant final will take place on
October 30, when reigning Miss World Kaiane Aldorino will crown her
successor.
This is the ninth year a Vietnamese
contestant has taken part in the Miss World contest, which celebrates
its 60th anniversary this year./.
