In recent days, social networks have spread the behavioral competition of 1st Runner-up Nguyen Linh Chi at the final round of Miss Sea Vietnam Global 2025.
In the top 5 behavioral round, contestants answered the same question: "If you become a marine creature, what creature do you choose to become, why? ".
Nguyen Linh Chi shared her personal opinion: "If it is necessary to choose an animal species, I would like to choose the octopus species. Octane not only stands out with its own values, magical disguises, special values, and maintains the balance of the marine ecosystem. To me, octopus is a symbol of a modern woman, intelligent, flexible and adaptive in an era when society is rising strongly. We not only need a woman with outstanding appearances but also need beauty from deep within, a good personality and meaning for the community".
The beauty from Thanh Hoa's answer has caused controversy in recent days. The audience criticized Linh Chi for her anti-semitic interpretation, saying "octopus is a symbol of women" is confusing.
After becoming 1st Runner-up, Linh Chi admitted that she lacked courage, combined with pressure, so she could not fully convey the message. She compared " Modern women to October" with the idea of talking about the multi-purpose ability of people in today's society.
However, the audience still believes that Linh Chi's results as 1st Runner-up are not convincing because she answers hastily, tricky, and has poor language ability. The image of octopus is also considered inappropriate to compare with... the appearance and beauty of modern women.
"Why compare an animal like octopus to modern women? How beautiful are octopus? , "What does she think when she thinks women are as beautiful as octopus? , "October has many hoes that show that vision of a superstition, why do they compare to women? October squid is often chosen to play a villain role in films, such as The Fairy Sister"... are the debates and reactions from the audience on forums.
In fact, this behavioral cauctory is considered quite difficult when requiring the candidate to become a marine animal. It is difficult for anyone else in the top 5 to reach the completeness of giaiessing this question.
Beauty Nguyen Hoai Phuong Anh, who was crowned Miss, received more positive reviews thanks to her meticulous behavior. She chose the image of sea turtles to convey the message of living deeply, steadfastly and simply in the ocean.
2nd runner-up Phan Thu Hien also had a relatively good answer when choosing the image of coral reefs - the foundation of life under the ocean, feeding other marine creatures. She believes that coral reefs have a brilliant appearance and are valuable to the environment and surrounding communities.
Meanwhile, both contestants Dinh Thi Khanh Linh and Nguyen Tran Minh Tam made people laugh when they wanted to turn into... pork. Khanh Linh had an innocent answer when she thought the boars were friendly to humans, there were many videos showing the boars helping people.
According to Insider, the behavioral round of beauty pageants is created with noble meanings. This is an opportunity for candidates to talk about their passion, efforts and show a new mindset and flexible response skills.
Now, behavioral questions can include political, cultural, educational factors or social issues.
However, Bustle newspaper affirmed that many questions about the behavior of beauty pageants are in a state of being too difficult, or impractical. "At an event that promotes beauty and intelligence, it is "numbered" by 1 question, but no answer is completely accurate," this page pointed out the paradox of the behavioral round.
Dr. Stephanie Raye commented that the judges often do not judge whether the contestants answer well or not, but consider the way they present, express themselves and consider the problem in a short time.
