Ky Duyen ended her Miss Universe 2024 journey in the top 30. Although she left many regrets, most of the audience thought that this was a sufficient achievement for what the beauty queen showed.
Being in the top has great significance for Ky Duyen in particular and the Miss Universe Vietnam organization in general.
Because, more than anyone else, Ky Duyen is the girl who has been under a lot of pressure in her journey to conquer Miss Universe. The reason is that since she was crowned Miss Universe Vietnam in September, the audience has continuously argued about this victory.
Many people commented that she had a lot of private life scandals and her performance during the Miss Universe Vietnam journey was not very impressive. Therefore, her victory in this contest at that time was considered undeserved.
After that, her nomination to participate in Miss Universe 2024 also sparked a lot of debate with the audience. Because many people thought that Ky Duyen's ability was not enough to compete with more than 120 representatives from other countries and territories.
When participating in this contest, the beauty from Vietnam also continuously encountered controversy due to her limited English skills and poor performance...
Previously, the semi-final night took place on November 15 (Vietnam time), Ky Duyen's performance received mixed opinions from domestic audiences.
In the swimsuit competition, her unnatural expressions, lack of bright smile, and lack of energy on the catwalk made her performance not really convincing.
In the evening gown competition, Ky Duyen appeared in a dress inspired by the Scorpio zodiac sign, but her tension and "straining" made fans disappointed.
So, that's also the reason she's absent from the biggest beauty rankings.
In addition, according to the precedent of Vietnamese representatives who have won the Miss Vietnam title and competed internationally, almost no girl has been "out of the top" (i.e. not making it to the final round). Therefore, the fact that Ky Duyen owns both Miss Universe Vietnam and Miss Vietnam achievements puts even more pressure on her if she does not make it to the top at Miss Universe.
Previously, another Miss Vietnam, Thanh Thuy, was crowned Miss International 2024, so if Ky Duyen is "out of the top", it will be easy to be compared.
At the final night, the Vietnamese representative was named in the top 30, she was named in 4th place, which meant that the beauty had somewhat relieved the pressure she had been under all this time. However, after the swimsuit performance in the final night, Ky Duyen could not advance further into the top 12.
Many people consider this a difficult result as Miss Universe has long been known as the most fierce beauty contest on the planet. To enter the top 30, she had to surpass nearly 100 representatives from countries and territories around the world.
Ky Duyen's entry into the top 30 not only helped her regain Vietnam's streak of reaching the top in the Miss Universe beauty pageant, after 2 years, the previous 2 representatives were both eliminated in the finals.
In addition, it also helps the audience strengthen their belief that beauty queens from Miss Vietnam will hardly be eliminated in international beauty contests. This helps Ky Duyen to be less compared and put on the scale with previous Miss Vietnam.
In particular, being in the top 30 also helped Ky Duyen relieve the pressure of the past time when she had to receive a series of negative comments and assessments from the audience that she would be eliminated early in the Miss Universe final.
