Miss Cosmo Vietnam (Vietnamese: Hoa háºÂu Hoàn vÃ
© Viá»Ât Nam) is a national beauty pageant in Vietnam. Until 2022, the pageant used to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants under the name Miss Universe Vietnam but ultimately changed to the current English name after losing the license in 2023. Along with Miss Vietnam and Miss World Vietnam, Miss Cosmo Vietnam is one of the Big Three national beauty pageants in Vietnam.
The current Miss Cosmo Vietnam is Nguyá»Â
n Hoàng Phðáng Linh from Ho Chi Minh City, who was crowned on June 21, 2025, in Nha Trang.
History
2008 â 2022: Miss Universe Vietnam
In 2008, Công ty Cá» phần Hoàn vÃ
© Nha Trang was granted the national license from the Miss Universe Organization to host the Miss Universe Vietnam competition under the Vietnamese name Hoa háºÂu Hoàn vÃ
© Viá»Ât Nam.
The first edition of Miss Universe Vietnam was held at the Vinpearl Land resort in Nha Trang on May 31, 2008. It was the first official Miss Universe Vietnam contest. The contest took place at Diamond Bay, Nha Trang, with 20 contestants participating. The final included four competitions: evening gown, swimsuit, áo dài, and interview. The winner, Nguyá»Â
n Thùy Lâm, was host delegate for the Miss Universe 2008 pageant held July 14, 2008, also in Nha Trang.
After a 7-year hiatus, the Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 competition was held on October 3, 2015, at Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam, under the leadership of Công ty Cá» phần Hoàn vÃ
© Sài Gòn (Unicorp). With the reboot, the winner of Miss Universe Vietnam will be crowned as the next year's Miss Universe Vietnam while one of the two Runners-up could be appointed as the following year's one if the pageant is not allowed to be held in time. Therefore, there have been two types of Miss Universe Vietnam since 2017. The crowned Miss Universe Vietnam will represent Vietnam at Miss Universe on even years while the appointed/granted Miss Universe Vietnam will represent the country on odd years.
From 2017, the pageant was accompanied by a reality television series called I Am Miss Universe Vietnam, in which contestants are put through different challenges and training programs in each weekly episode.
2023 â present: Split from Miss Universe Vietnam, Rebranding to Miss Cosmo Vietnam and the establishment of Miss Cosmo
In 2023, the Miss Universe franchise in Vietnam was officially granted to a new national license holder. However, Hoa háºÂu Hoàn vÃ
© Viá»Ât Nam was still continued to be held as a standalone pageant under the new title - Miss Cosmo Vietnam, separated from the new Miss Universe Vietnam competition. Due to the separation, the winner of Hoa háºÂu Hoàn vÃ
© Viá»Ât Nam would no longer be Miss Universe Vietnam and on August 1, it was announced that the pageant would be rebranded to Miss Cosmo Vietnam and the accompanied reality television series was also rebranded to I Am Miss Cosmo Vietnam.
Further changes about the rebrand was late announced during the press release for the 2023 edition held on August 7, 2023, such as the discontinuation of the "Second Runner Up" title, the decision to no longer sending delegates to Miss Charm and the viewers would have the power to judge the contestants' performances throughout the final.
On August 12, 2023, Unicorp announced that they have established a new international pageant, namely Miss Cosmo, and the winner of Miss Cosmo Vietnam would become Vietnam's representative in this pageant.
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For the future editions of Miss Universe Vietnam after the split with Hoa háºÂu Hoàn vÃ
© Viá»Ât Nam in 2023, see Miss Universe Vietnam.
Regional rankings
Gallery of winners
I Am Miss Cosmo Vietnam
I Am Miss Cosmo Vietnam (formerly known as I Am Miss Universe Vietnam, Vietnamese: Tôi làHoa háºÂu Hoàn vÃ
© Viá»Ât Nam) is a companion show airing before the final night, starting with the 2017 edition.
On August 7, 2023, it was officially announced during the press release for the 2023 edition that the show was also renewed for the fourth season which is planned to be released in October on VTV.
Format
Each season of I Am Miss Cosmo Vietnam has 9 episodes, with the first episode being the casting episode to select the Top 60-70 contestants. The format of the show varies by season but usually, contestants are judged on their participation in challenges like TVC, interview, English interview, dining etiquette, etc. These challenges do not directly affect the results of the final night but serve as a way to increase the odd of winning the pageant.
Season 1 (2017)
There were typically a training class and 2-3 challenges in each episode. Only a number of contestants who performed well in the training class or the previous challenge were able to compete in the next challenge of the episode.
Season 3 (2022)
Each episode, the 10 contestants who scored the lowest in the challenge must take part in the elimination round, which usually tested their English, communication, and public speaking skills, to determine the 5 eliminated contestants. Also, it was announced that Võ Hoàng Yến was the recurring judge for this season.
In episode 2, it was announced that former runners-up Mâu Thá» Thanh Thá»§y and Nguyá»Â
n Huỳnh Kim Duyên returned as mentors whose job is to lead team members in Team challenge and also judge each contestants in other challenges.
There are also 2 type of tickets being given to contestants in this season:
- Golden ticket: Appeared on Episode 1, 6 contestants who receive this ticket from one of the judges would automatically made it onto the Top 71. Additionally, an honorary golden ticket was given to the first transgender contestant, ÃÂá» NháºÂt Hà, by the organization.
- Silver ticket: Appeared on episode 6, 18 previously eliminated contestant have the chance to comeback by answering question judges. The 7 contestants who performed the best in this round would receive the ticket and earn their way back into the competition.
Season 4 (2023)
Similar to the first season, each episode started with a training class. After that, all contestants must take part in the Ranking Challenge to determine their Station (from A being the best to C being the worst) and the additional challenge they need to compete in the episode if needed. These additional challenges are:
- Cosmo Infinity Challenge: Only the contestant from Station A were able to compete in this challenge. The winner of this challenge would become the overall winner of the episode and receive an advantage which was triple the votes for 48 hours.
- Call-Out Challenge: The 3 contestants who performed the worst in the Ranking Challenge would be offered a chance to call out a contestant from Station B to swap their place by winning the battle against them. However, that contestant would be eliminated immediately if they lost the challenge and the called-out opponent would automatically be safe for the next episode.
- Elimination Challenge: After the Call-Out Challenge, all the contestants in Station C must take part in the elimination round, which usually tested their English, communication, and public speaking skills, to determine the eliminated contestants which was similar to the format of the last season.
Episodes
Episode 1: Tôi ðá»Âc má
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70 contestants from both Northern and Southern Vietnam was selected through the audition process to become the official delegate for the 2017 edition.
Episode 2: Tôi tự tin
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Only the Top 22 contestants of the Training class were able to compete in the first challenge, before being further cut to 8 contestants in the second challenge.
- Training class: Confident in Pageantry Catwalk
- Training mentor: Võ Hoàng Yến
- First challenge: Catwalk on stairs in Evening Gown and introduce themselves
- Second challenge: Catwalk in National Costume and introduce themselves
- Special guest: Bùi Thá» Mỹ Cảnh and ÃÂặng Thá» Lá» Hằng
- Winning contestant(s): Lê Thanh Tú
- Winning prize: Automatically made the cut for the second challenge in the next episode and a set of pearl jewelry from Long Beach Pearl
Episode 3: Tôi thanh lá»Âch
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The 14 contestants who scored the highest in the first challenge alongside the winner of the last episode were able to compete in the Second challenge
- Training class: Etiquette
- Training mentor: Võ Thá» Xuân Trang and Phạm Minh Hữu Tiến
- First challenge: Etiquette Dining Test
- Second challenge: Dining with Special Guest and Handle unexpected situations
- Special guest: Kyo York and Marcus Guilhem
- Winning contestant(s): Chu Thá» Minh Trang
- Winning prize: Automatically made the cut for the second challenge in the next episode and gift vouchers worth 50.000.000VND from Belo Medical Spa & Clinic
Episode 4: Tôi phong cách
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The Top 34 contestants of the first challenge alongside the winner of the last episode were able to compete in the second challenge. These contestants are the divided into 7 style and only 2 contestants from each group advanced to the third challenge.
Also, ÃÂặng Thá» Lá» Hằng served as the special host for this episode and the next episode.
- Training class: Develop Personal Fashion style
- Training mentor: Minh Lá»Âc and Trðáng Thanh Trúc
- First challenge: Makeup in the assigned style for 15 minutes in pairs
- Second challenge: Style a denim look in the assigned style to for 10 minutes
- Third challenge: Shoot a fashion lookbook in pairs
- Special guest: Phạm VÃÂn Viá»Ât
- Winning team: Team Hoàng ThỠThùy & Mâu Thanh Thủy
- Winning prize: Automatically made the cut for the second challenge in Episode 6 and gift vouchers worth 20.000.000VND from Sixty-four
Episode 5: Tôi vì cá»Âng ÃÂá»Âng
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The contestants were split randomly into 7 teams to create a community service project. The 4 teams who earned the most points were able to compete in the second challenge.
- First challenge: Community mobilization
- Second challenge: Present their ideas in front of a professional panel
- Special guest: Lðáng Thá» Cẩm Tú, Võ Thá» Tuyết Nga, Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Loan and Lê Phðá»Âc LáºÂp.
- Winning team: Team Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Ngá»Âc Anh, ÃÂá» Nguyá»Â
n Nhð Huỳnh, Lê Thá» ÃÂnh Minh, Hoàng Nhð Ngá»Âc, Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Ngá»Âc Nữ, Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Thanh Trang, Lê Thanh Tú, Nguyá»Â
n Diá»Â
m Uyên & ÃÂá» Lan Vy
- Winning prize: 141.000.000VND from the organization's charity fund and 200.000.000VND from Nam A Bank
Episode 6: Tôi bản lénh
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From this episode, only the Top 45 contestants who made the cut earlier in the Preliminary Competition would continue. The Top 8 contestants of the first challenge alongside the winner of Episode 4 were able to compete in the second challenge. Also, the top 3 of the first challenge (Hoàng Lan, Nguyá»Â
n Phðáng Hoa and VÃ
© Thá» Tuyết Trang) also received full scholarship for the Harvard ManageMentor course provided by Wall Street English.
- Training class: English
- Training mentor: VÃ
© Thá» Hoàng My, Robert Steven Tarangelo and Trevor
- First challenge: Interview in English
- Second challenge: TVC for Elise in pairs
- Special guest: Michel Le Quellec, Connor Steelberg, Amie Blue and Lðu Nga
- Winning team: Team ÃÂá» Lan Vy & VÃ
© Thá» Tuyết Trang
- Winning prize: Automatically made the cut for the second challenge in Episode 8 and an experienced trip to Seoul, South Korea to with Lðu Nga and Phạm Thá» Hðáng
Episode 7: Hành trình thiá»Ân nguyá»Ân
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This is a non-competitive episode, as it showcased the contestants helping local people after the damage caused by Typhoon Damrey.
Episode 8: Tôi quyến rÃ
©
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For the first challenge, the contestants were randomly split into 5 teams. The winning team would get a trip for 4 days 3 nights and the opportunities to compete in the second challenge with the winners of Episode 6.
Also, Dðáng Trðáng Thiên Lý served as the special host for this episode.
- Training class: Fitness
- Training mentor: Dðáng Thanh
- First challenge: Obstacle course racing
- Second challenge: Fashion film for Sixty-four
- Special guest: ÃÂoàn Ngá»Âc Phðáng Vy and Phạm VÃÂn Viá»Ât
- Winning contestant(s): Lê Thá» Ngá»Âc ÃÂt and VÃ
© Thá» Tuyết Trang
- Winning prize: Gift vouchers worth 20.000.000VND from Sixty-four
Episode 9: Tôi tá»Âa sáng
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Episode 1: Tôi dÃ
©ng cảm
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60 contestants from both Northern and Southern Vietnam was selected through the audition process to become the official delegate for the 2019 edition.
Episode 2: Tôi thần thái
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- Winning contestant(s): ÃÂào Thá» HÃÂ
Episode 3: Tôi phong cách
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- Winning contestant(s): ÃÂào Thá» HÃÂ
Episode 4: Tôi thanh lá»Âch - Tôi há»Âi nháºÂp
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- Winning contestant(s): VÃ
© Quỳnh Trang
Episode 5: Tôi vì cá»Âng ÃÂá»Âng
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- Winning contestant(s): Nguyá»Â
n Diana
Episode 6: ÃÂại sứ du lá»Âch 4.0
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- Winning contestant(s): Phạm Há»Âng Thúy Vân
Episode 7: Tôi tá»Âa sáng
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- Winning contestant(s): Phạm Há»Âng Thúy Vân
Episode 8: Tôi khá»Âe ÃÂẹp - quyến rÃ
©
Original air date:
- Winning contestant(s): Phạm Há»Âng Thúy Vân
Episode 9: Tôi bản lénh
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- Winning contestant(s): Nguyá»Â
n Diana
Episode 1: Catch Your Chance
Original air date:
71 contestants from both Northern and Southern Vietnam was selected through the audition process to become the official delegate for the 2022 edition, with 7 of them automatically made the cut by receiving the Golden Ticket during the audition process.
- Golden Ticket receivers: Nguyá»Â
n Võ Ngá»Âc Anh, Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Ngá»Âc Châu, Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Phðáng Thảo, ÃÂặng Thu Huyá»Ân, Lê Thảo Nhi, ÃÂá» NháºÂt Hàand Nguyá»Â
n Hoàng Yến
Episode 2: Wear Your Sash
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- Winning contestant(s): Huỳnh Phạm Thá»§y Tiên
- Eliminated contestant(s): Nguyá»Â
n Thanh Thanh and Lê Ngá»Âc Phðáng Thảo
Episode 3: Walk Your Way
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- Winning contestant(s): <span style="color:#6E615E">Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Phðáng Thảo</span>
- Winning team: <span style="color:#6E615E">Team Kim Duyên</span>
- Eliminated contestant(s): <span style="color:#E94B3C">Nguyá»Â
n Thu Hằng</span>, <span style="color:#E94B3C">Hoàng Thá» Hải Hà</span>, <span style="color:#E94B3C">Huỳnh Minh Thiên Hðáng</span>, <span style="color:#E94B3C">Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Ngá»Âc Tuyết</span> and <span style="color:#E94B3C">Phạm Thá» Kim Vui</span>
Episode 4: Own Your Stage
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- Winning contestant(s): <span style="color:#E94B3C">Nguyá»Â
n Hoàng Yến</span> and <span style="color:#E94B3C">Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Lá» Nam</span>
- Winning team: <span style="color:#E94B3C">Team Mâu Thuỷ</span>
- Eliminated contestant(s): <span style="color:#6E615E">Hoàng Thá» Thanh Dðợc</span> and <span style="color:#6E615E">Phạm Thá» Minh Huá»Â</span>
Episode 5: Share Your Hands
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- Winning team: <span style="color:#E94B3C">Team Mâu Thuỷ</span>
- Eliminated contestant(s): <span style="color:#E94B3C">Nguyá»Â
n Trðáng ÃÂnh Há»Âng</span> and <span style="color:#6E615E">Trần Hoàng Yến</span>
Episode 6: Raise Your Voice
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- Winning team: <span style="color:#E94B3C">Há» Nguyá»Â
n Quỳnh Anh</span>, <span style="color:#6E615E">ÃÂàng Vðáng Huyá»Ân Trân</span>, <span style="color:#E94B3C">Lê Thá» Trúc ÃÂào</span>, <span style="color:#6E615E">Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Há»Âng Ngá»Âc</span>, <span style="color:#E94B3C">Lê Phan Hạnh Nguyên</span>, <span style="color:#6E615E">ÃÂặng Thá» Há»Âng Anh</span> & <span style="color:#6E615E">Lý Tú Chi</span>
- Winning contestant(s): <span style="color:#E94B3C">Nguyá»Â
n Anh Khuê</span> and <span style="color:#E94B3C">Lê Hoàng Phðáng</span>
- Eliminated contestant(s): <span style="color:#6E615E">Lðu Phðáng Anh</span>, <span style="color:#6E615E">Lê Thùy Linh</span>, <span style="color:#6E615E">Bùi Thùy Nhiên</span> and <span style="color:#6E615E">Nguyá»Â
n ÃÂình Khánh Phðáng</span>
Episode 7: Face Your Fear
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- Winning contestant(s): <span style="color:#6E615E">Bùi Quỳnh Hoa</span>
- Winning team: <span style="color:#6E615E">Team Kim Duyên</span>
- Eliminated contestant(s): <span style="color:#E94B3C">Há» Nguyá»Â
n Quỳnh Anh</span>, <span style="color:#E94B3C">Lê Thá» Trúc ÃÂào</span>, <span style="color:#E94B3C">Há» Vðáng Linh</span>, <span style="color:#E94B3C">Thạch Thu Thảo</span> and <span style="color:#E94B3C">Huỳnh ÃÂào Diá»Â
m Trinh</span>
Episode 8: Shine Your Light
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- Winning contestant(s): <span style="color:#E94B3C">Nguyá»Â
n ThỠHðáng Ly</span>
- Eliminated contestant(s): <span style="color:#6E615E">ÃÂặng Thá» Há»Âng Anh</span>, <span style="color:#6E615E">Hoàng Thùy Anh</span>, <span style="color:#6E615E">Lê Nhð Thùy</span>, <span style="color:#E94B3C">Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Thanh Thùy</span> and <span style="color:#E94B3C">Nguyá»Â
n Hoàng Yến</span>
Episode 9: Be a Vinawoman
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- Winning contestant(s): <span style="color:#E94B3C">Bùi Lý Thiên Hðáng</span>
- Eliminated contestant(s): <span style="color:#E94B3C">Tô Mai Thùy Dðáng</span>, <span style="color:#6E615E">Bùi Thá» Linh</span>, <span style="color:#E94B3C">VÃ
© Thanh Phðáng</span>, <span style="color:#6E615E">Nguyá»Â
n Hoàng Bảo Trân</span> and <span style="color:#6E615E">ÃÂàng Vðáng Huyá»Ân Trân</span>
Episode 1: Cosmo Pass
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59 contestants was selected to become the official delegate for the 2023 edition after competing in the Walk The Talk and the Swimsuit round of the nationwide audition process. Many of them automatically made the cut by receiving the Cosmo Pass after the Walk The Talk round, hence they did not have to compete in the Swimsuit round. Also, the winner of the Online Photo competition also earned a direct spot in the Top 59 without the need to compete in both rounds of the audition process.
- Winner of the Online Photo competition: Bùi ThỠThanh Thủy
- Cosmo Pass receivers: Bùi Thá» Xuân Hạnh, Cao Thá» Thiên Trang, ÃÂáºÂu Hải Minh Anh, ÃÂá» Thá» Minh Tâm, Hoàng Thá» Nhung, Huỳnh ÃÂào Diá»Â
m Trinh, Kiá»Âu Thá» Thúy Hằng, Ngô Bảo Ngá»Âc, Trðáng Thanh Diá»Â
m and VÃ
© Thúy Quỳnh
Episode 2: Cosmo Space
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- Training class: Self-Introduction
- Training mentor: Nguyá»Â
n ThỠThu Hoài and Kathy Uyên
- Special guest: Nguyá»Â
n Hðáng Giang, Bùi ÃÂức Bảo and ÃÂặng Dðáng Thanh Thanh Huyá»Ân
- Ranking challenge: Introduce themselves in groups
- Cosmo Infiniy challenge: Role-playing Chessboard (A four-stage speaking contest)
- Winner of the Cosmo Infiniy Challenge: Phan Lê Hoàng An
- Eliminated contestant(s) from the Call-Out Challenge: Nguyá»Â
n Thá» Há»Âng Mỹ and Há» Nguyá»Â
n Kiá»Âu Oanh
- Eliminated contestant(s) from the Elimination Challenge: None
Episode 3: Cosmo Look
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- Training class: Catwalk
- Training mentor: VÃ
© Thu Phðáng and Huỳnh Phạm Thá»§y Tiên
- Special guest: Mâu ThỠThanh Thủy
- Ranking challenge: Catwalk in groups
- Cosmo Infiniy challenge: 10-second TVC for Volkswagen, including a 3-second slowmotion part
- Winner of the Cosmo Infiniy Challenge: Bùi Thá» Xuân Hạnh
- Quit: Lê Thá» Yến Ngá»Âc
- Eliminated contestant(s) from the Elimination Challenge: Lê Huỳnh Ni
See also
References