Right from the beginning of the competition night, Huong Giang was considered one of the outstanding candidates thanks to her stable performance throughout the competition journey. The Vietnamese beauty entered the final with a great advantage when leading the World's Choice Award voting category and received strong support from domestic and international audiences.
In the Top 18 announcement round, Huong Giang was named and also announced as the winner of the World's Choice Award. Next, she continued to write her name into the Top 10 overall after a confident and attractive swimsuit performance.
Huong Giang's biggest mark in the final night came from the evening gown competition. The Vietnamese representative appeared in a design inspired by the image of butterflies with elaborate stitching details and elaborately crafted skirts. On stage, she showed professional performance skills, constantly interacting with cameras and the audience.
In particular, this year's evening gown competition was publicly scored by the judges. Huong Giang received up to 6 scores of 10 from the judges, including the most strictly rated members of the professional council. The remaining two judges scored her 9.5 points. The total score of the Vietnamese beauty's evening gown competition reached 78.5 points, ranking second overall and winning the right to participate in the Top 5.
When her name was announced in the Top 5, Huong Giang could not hide her surprise and emotion. After a few seconds of surprise, she quickly regained her confident demeanor to move on to the decisive Q&A round.
In this competition, Huong Giang received questions from judge Omar Harfouch. The beauty chose to answer focusing on her personal journey and her pioneering role in the transgender community.
I am standing here not only to represent beauty. I represent resilience and I am a story. What I want to emphasize is that I am a pioneer, a person who opens the door to the history of beauty contests," Huong Giang said.
The Vietnamese representative also emphasized the special milestone of becoming the first transgender woman to enter the Top 5 of the competition. "I am in the Top 5 - the first transgender woman to enter the Top 5 ever. I am ready to inspire everyone," she shared before thousands of spectators.
After that, Huong Giang was selected into the Top 3 overall.
At the general Q&A round for the Top 3, the contestants received the question: "What material do you possess to become a star?". The representative of Vietnam chose a message about courage, perseverance and the ability to inspire the community.
Huong Giang shared: "Working in this industry for more than a decade has helped me realize that courage can change fate. If you never give up, you will become the one who writes your own history. And from that moment, you can inspire people who are going through the darkest period of their lives.
The beauty believes that no dream is impossible if each person has enough patience and determination to pursue their goals. According to Huong Giang, an individual can completely create positive impacts for the community with effort and bravery.
In the conclusion, the representative of Vietnam emphasized: "I am a star, not because I shine for myself. I am a star because I shine for everyone. To guide my community to rise up. To open new doors, help people believe in themselves. That is the quality of a winner".
In the end, Huong Giang was awarded the title of 2nd runner-up of Miss Grand International All Stars 2026, the representative who won the Miss title was Colombia, and the beauty who won the 1st runner-up title was Ghana. This is considered a remarkable achievement of the Vietnamese representative at one of the most interested international beauty contests this year.
Nguyen Huong Giang was born in 1991 in Hanoi. She became known to the public after participating in Vietnam Idol 2012 before switching to the field of modeling, beauty queen and entertainment. In 2018, Huong Giang was crowned Miss International Queen, becoming the first Vietnamese beauty to win this contest.
After many years of artistic activities, Huong Giang continues to affirm her appeal when returning to the international beauty arena. The achievement of 2nd runner-up at Miss Grand International All Stars 2026 is considered a memorable milestone in the beauty's career.
