Accordingly, the image of Hoang Thuy sharing her international competition moment quickly became the focus of debate.
Post that caused a stir in public opinion
Right when the Vietnamese online community was buzzing about Huong Giang being eliminated early, Hoang Thuy suddenly posted a series of photos during her journey to Miss Universe 2019 with a line sharing about her past memories.
The time of posting coincided with the time Huong Giang was receiving many mixed opinions, causing many viewers to argue.
Many comments said that Hoang Thuy recalled her personal achievements to create a contrast with Huong Giang's failure.
This situation is even more sensitive because before that, Hoang Thuy had hinted that there was "someone" who could remove her from the Miss Universe Vietnam 2024 judgeship.
At that time, Huong Giang and Pharmaceutical Company Tien were the producers of this competition.
Huong Giang in 2024 also responded that she did not force anyone and emphasized the criteria for selecting judges: professional, not bringing internal stories to social networks.
It is these scandals that make Hoang Thuy's post from normal the center of controversy.
View from the incident
It is clear that Hoang Thuy is not wrong to share old photos. She has every right to share memories, especially when she does not mention or attack anyone.
After that, the beauty also denied the malicious target of Huong Giang and responded to negative comments after sharing a commemorative post in the top 20 Miss Universe.
Currently, as of the morning of November 22, she has deleted her post on her personal Facebook page.
From the perspective of a cultural expert, Mr. Hoang Van - CEO of Clover Media Company said: "From the public perspective, it can be said that Hoang Thuy is not wrong to maintain her personal point of view and protect herself, but clearly lacks sophistication in communication strategy: choosing the wrong time, mistakenly "accentrate" the general emotions.
In a big community game like a representative of Vietnam competing internationally, the audience often waits for the spirit of "team". The lesson learned is that the public is not only responsible for the content of the speech but also for the context - because the same wording, setting a time difference can turn personal memories into a controversial "fire".
Mr. Hoang Van also commented: "In terms of image strategy, Hoang Thuy is a straightforward person, used to speaking directly. However, social networks operate on the principle of emotions, not reason. A natural post of hers was accidentally voted into the debate area because it matched the familiar motto: "former representative mentioned achievements when the newcomer failed". Although there were no offensive words, the audience destined to put both of them in a comparison position that Hoang Thuy had difficulty controlling.
But to be fair, Hoang Thuy has the right to tell her story, attacking Hoang Thuy just because of her post sharing memories after Huong Giang's failure is also unreasonable and quite subjective.
Therefore, if Hoang Thuy really wants to avoid controversy, she can completely choose another time to share to avoid unnecessary noise".
