Vietnamese girl crowned Miss Intercontinental 2022

Vietnamese representative Le Nguyen Bao Ngoc has been crowned Miss Intercontinental 2022 after beating more than 70 contestants from all over the world.
Vietnamese girl crowned Miss Intercontinental 2022 ảnh 1Miss Intercontinental 2022 Le Nguyen Bao Ngoc (Photo eva.vn)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese representative Le NguyenBao Ngoc has been crowned Miss Intercontinental 2022 after beating more than 70contestants from all over the world.

The Vietnamese beauty is the first to win this title thanks to an impressive presentationat the contest's final round held in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt at 8 pm (GMT) onOctober 13.

Ngoc, 21, from the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, was named in the top 20 andtop six before being crowned.

On the final night of the contest, candidates presented their nationalcostumes, performed in bikinis and entered Q & A contest.

The Vietnamese beauty put in an intelligent performance in the National Costumecategory with a professional catwalk and completed behaviour content.

She was asked: "From which failure in your life have you learnt the mostlessons?" Ngoc confidently highlighted the power of will.

"The fact that you don't try your best will lead to failure.That's why I have learned the lesson that no matter what I do, I must try 100%,and devote everything to it. The challenge I want to conquer the most is thetitle of Miss Intercontinental. I am ready and Vietnam is ready for the titleof Miss Intercontinental," she said.

She also said the Miss Intercontinental title was the goal she wanted toconquer. She vowed to become an ambassador to spread the message of beauty,love, nationality and cultural integration of this contest.

In this 50th Miss Intercontinental 2022, the first runner-up went to thebeautiful Puerto Rican beauty, and the second, third, fourth and fifthrunner-up titles went to representatives from Brazil, Nigeria, Germany andVenezuela, respectively.

The Vietnamese beauty won the first runner-up at Miss World Vietnam 2022.Before that, she attended Miss Vietnam 2020 and entered the top 22. The modelis 1.85m tall and has an English IELTS level of 8.0.

Ngoc hopes being crowned in this global beauty contest will help contributemore to the prestige of Vietnam.
Most recently, Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien was crowned Miss GrandInternational 2021 after surpassing models from 59 countries across the globe.

The 23-year-old is also the first-ever Vietnamese beauty queen to win the titleof Miss Grand International. She won the top spot after the final round of thecompetition in Bangkok, Thailand, late last year./.
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