This move took place after Huong Giang - the representative of Vietnam did not appear in the top 3 despite possessing an outstanding number of votes.
Mr. Valentin Tran, President of Miss Universe Vietnam, has just said that this unit has officially sent a document to the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) to request an explanation of the results of the beyond The Crown category. According to him, the Vietnamese side was very surprised when Huong Giang was not in the top 3 finalists.
In the document, the President of Miss Universe Vietnam stated that Huong Giang's "Commitment for Diversification" project received 233,130 votes from the fan community - a number far exceeding the representative's 4th place with 134,738 votes. This number of votes is equivalent to more than 200,000 USD according to the contest's conversion mechanism.
From the beginning, the organizers clearly announced: the audiences votes accounted for 50% of the final score. Therefore, we want to know the remaining evaluation criteria that MUO applies so that a representative who only receives more than 400 votes will be awarded 3rd place, Miss Universe Vietnam stated in the document sent to MUO.
Mr. Valentin Tran said that he has contacted the MUO representative directly many times but has not yet received an official response. The sending of the document aims to ensure the rights and transparency of the Vietnamese representative, as well as the fan community has contributed a large number of votes.
At Miss Universe 2025, Huong Giang did not make it into the top 30.
After the final night, the beauty site Missosology published an analysis of Huong Giang's case. According to Missosology, with a vote of up to 200,000 USD (about 5.2 billion VND) and her performance throughout the competition season, Huong Giang " warranted to be in the top or receive a secondary title". This page also emphasizes the strong support of Vietnamese audiences for the representative of the country.
The Miss Universe 2025 contest alone has been involved in many scandals from the round to the final night. On November 24, 4th runner-up Olivia Yace - representative of Ivory Coast suddenly announced the abandonment of the title.
Representatives of other countries also accused the organizing committee of the contest of lacking transparency. They thought that the representative of Mexico did not deserve to be crowned Miss this year because of her poor performance.