Le Nguyen Bao Ngoc was announced as the winner of Top Model Asia - Pacific region at Miss World 2026. This achievement means that the Vietnamese representative won the right to enter the Top 40 directly before the final night.
In the Top Model competition night held in Nha Trang, 111 contestants went through three performances, showing catwalk skills, image transformation ability and stage mastery.
At the end of the competition, the organizers announced the four winners corresponding to the regions. Bao Ngoc topped Asia - Pacific. Joheirry Mola of the Dominican Republic won the Americas and Caribbean region, while representatives of France and Nigeria respectively led the Europe and Africa regions.
According to the Miss World 2026 format, Top Model is one of the competitions with a special slot. The winner of each region is awarded the right to enter the Top 40 directly. Therefore, the results on the evening of August 27 help Bao Ngoc not have to wait for the Top 40 selection results from the judges in the final night.
This is also the best personal achievement of the Vietnamese representative since the beginning of the competition.
Before Top Model, Bao Ngoc was in the Top 23 Talent. At Head to Head Challenge, she reached the Top 20 and was in a group of 5 contestants in the Asia-Pacific region.
In this competition, Bao Ngoc presented on climate change, mentioning the impact of this issue on Tuvalu and the Mekong Delta. She also introduced Gen Zero - a project aimed at promoting the participation of young people in environmental issues and sustainable development.
However, Bao Ngoc did not win a special slot from Head to Head Challenge when the Philippines representative won the Asia-Pacific region.
At Head Chef Beauty - the first cooking challenge to appear at Miss World - Bao Ngoc and the members of the team also won. Thus, as of now, the Vietnamese representative has won with her teammates at Head Chef Beauty, entered Top 23 Talent, Top 20 Head to Head Challenge and won Top Model Asia - Pacific region.
The series of results shows that Bao Ngoc maintains her presence in many different challenging groups, from performance, talent, presentation to team activities. Among them, winning Top Model has the most direct significance for the ranking because it helps her have an official spot in the Top 40.
Bao Ngoc is 25 years old, from Can Tho, 1.86m tall. She graduated with honors in Business Administration from the International University, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City. Before Miss World 2026, she won 1st runner-up of Miss World Vietnam 2022 and was crowned Miss Intercontinental 2022.
Miss World 2026 is held in Vietnam with 111 contestants participating. This is the first time Vietnam has hosted the contest.
