Advantages of Huong Giang
For nearly 3 weeks at Miss Universe 2025 in Thailand, Huong Giang has been one of the contestants mentioned a lot in regional media thanks to her special story: being the first transgender Asian woman to represent Vietnam in this arena.
In terms of public appeal, she is leading the contestants with about 4.3 million followers on Instagram - the highest at Miss Universe 2025, far surpassing the representatives of Bangladesh, Mexico, Palestine, and Thailand.
This is a clear media advantage, helping Huong Giang's image to spread on many platforms, creating positive pressure on the contest and the organizing committee.
Not only strong in "state of government", Huong Giang also left her mark with her achievements: she is in the Top 3 category beyond the Crown - an award for a social project with high influence, with a large number of votes from the audience.
From an visual perspective, the Vietnamese representative is highly appreciated for her meticulous fashion style, confident communication skills, friendly behavior towards contestants and the media.
Many years of experience working in showbiz, along with good English, help her not to be "affected" in front of the camera and in quick interviews.
In terms of personal brand, being crowned Miss International Queen 2018 also helps Huong Giang have an outstanding "profile", easily remembered by international audiences.
Huong Giang finds it difficult to touch the crown
However, she also made fans worried because she had many shortcomings.
At The Swimsuit Fashion Show on the evening of November 14, Huong Giang was assessed as not explosive: her face showed signs of fatigue, her eyes lacked concentration. She also admitted to having a costume incident right before going on stage and self-rated this performance with only 5/10 points.
In the semi-final night, the swimsuit and evening gown performance of the Vietnamese representative was commented to have improved in terms of solidity, but was still compared to being inferior to a series of opponents from Venezuela, Colombia...
Some opinions say that Huong Giang's seriously ill-fated evening gown - the needle - is too safe and can easily be "drowned" on stage.
These limitations are clearly reflected in the prediction table of beauty sites. In the early stages, Missosology ranked Huong Giang in the Top 11 - 15 potential group.
However, after the bikini round and nearing the semi-finals, she dropped to 18th place in the Top 30 most potential contestants.
More notably, on the new prediction table of Sash Factor, the Vietnamese representative is not even in the Top 30, pushed down to 34th place - while the highest-rated candidates are Venezuela, India, the Ivory Coast...
On the other hand, the Miss Universe 2025 setting is not "easy to breathe": the new format emphasizes competitiveness, the contestants are strong and even, and the contest is still facing many internal controversies, making the professional factor even more carefully scrutinized.
Therefore, it can be seen that Huong Giang still has the ability to enter the Top in the final round of the competition and win the secondary award, but the possibility of Huong Giang wearing the crown is not high. However, in this competition, she also left an impression, especially the first transgender contestant in Vietnam to come to this arena as well as impressions of her ability to integrate, communicate and community projects.
