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Miss Cosmo Vietnam

Miss Cosmo Vietnam (Vietnamese: Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam) is a national beauty pageant in Vietnam. Until 2022, the pageant used to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants under the name Miss Universe Vietnam but ultimately changed to the current English name after losing the license in 2023. Along with Miss Vietnam and Miss World Vietnam, Miss Cosmo Vietnam is one of the Big Three national beauty pageants.

The current Miss Cosmo Vietnam is Bùi Thị Xuân Hạnh from Ninh Bình crown on December 31, 2023, in Đà Lạt.

History

2008 – 2022: Miss Universe Vietnam

In 2008, Công ty Cổ phần Hoàn vũ Nha Trang was granted the national license from the Miss Universe Organization to host the Miss Universe Vietnam competition under the Vietnamese name Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam.

The first edition of Miss Universe Vietnam was held at the Vinpearl Land resort in Nha Trang on May 31, 2008. It was the first official Miss Universe Vietnam contest. The contest took place at Diamond Bay, Nha Trang, with 20 contestants participating. The final included four competitions: evening gown, swimsuit, áo dài, and interview. The winner, Nguyễn Thùy Lâm, was host delegate for the Miss Universe 2008 pageant held July 14, 2008, also in Nha Trang.

After a 7-year hiatus, the Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 competition was held on October 3, 2015, at Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam, under the leadership of Công ty Cổ phần Hoàn vũ Sài Gòn (Unicorp). With the reboot, the winner of Miss Universe Vietnam will be crowned as the next year's Miss Universe Vietnam while one of the two Runners-up could be appointed as the following year's one if the pageant is not allowed to be held in time. Therefore, there have been two types of Miss Universe Vietnam since 2017. The crowned Miss Universe Vietnam will represent Vietnam at Miss Universe on even years while the appointed/granted Miss Universe Vietnam will represent the country on odd years.

From 2017, the pageant was accompanied by a reality television series called I Am Miss Universe Vietnam, in which contestants are put through different challenges and training programs in each weekly episode.

2023 – present: Split from Miss Universe Vietnam, Rebranding to Miss Cosmo Vietnam and the establishment of Miss Cosmo

In 2023, the Miss Universe franchise in Vietnam was officially granted to a new national license holder. However, Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam was still continued to be held as a standalone pageant under the new title - Miss Cosmo Vietnam, separated from the new Miss Universe Vietnam competition. Due to the separation, the winner of Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam would no longer be Miss Universe Vietnam and on August 1, it was announced that the pageant would be rebranded to Miss Cosmo Vietnam and the accompanied reality television series was also rebranded to I Am Miss Cosmo Vietnam.

Further changes about the rebrand was late announced during the press release for the 2023 edition held on August 7, 2023 such as the discontinuation of the "Second Runner Up" title, the decision to no longer sending delegates to Miss Charm and the viewers would have the power to judge the contestants' performances throughout the final.

On August 12, 2023, Unicorp announced that they have established a new international pageant, namely Miss Cosmo, and the winner of Miss Cosmo Vietnam would become Vietnam's representative in this pageant.

Titleholders

For the future editions of Miss Universe Vietnam after the split with Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam in 2023, see Miss Universe Vietnam.

Regional rankings

I Am Miss Cosmo Vietnam

I Am Miss Cosmo Vietnam (formerly known as I Am Miss Universe Vietnam, Vietnamese: Tôi là Hoa hậu Hoàn vũ Việt Nam) is a companion show airing before the final night, starting with the 2017 edition.

On August 7, 2023, it was officially announced during the press release for the 2023 edition that the show was also renewed for the fourth season which is planned to be released in October on VTV.

Format

Each season of I Am Miss Cosmo Vietnam has 9 episodes, with the first episode being the casting episode to select the Top 60-70 contestants. The format of the show varies by season but usually, contestants are judged on their participation in challenges like TVC, interview, English interview, dining etiquette, etc. These challenges do not directly affect the results of the final night but serve as a way to increase the odd of winning the pageant.

Season 1 (2017)

There were typically a training class and 2-3 challenges in each episode. Only a number of contestants who performed well in the training class or the previous challenge were able to compete in the next challenge of the episode.

Season 3 (2022)

Each episode, the 10 contestants who scored the lowest in the challenge must take part in the elimination round, which usually tested their English, communication, and public speaking skills, to determine the 5 eliminated contestants. Also, it was announced that Võ Hoàng Yến was the recurring judge for this season.

In episode 2, it was announced that former runners-up Mâu Thị Thanh Thủy and Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên returned as mentors whose job is to lead team members in Team challenge and also judge each contestants in other challenges.

There are also 2 type of tickets being given to contestants in this season:

Golden ticket: Appeared on Episode 1, 6 contestants who receive this ticket from one of the judges would automatically made it onto the Top 71. Additionally, an honorary golden ticket was given to the first transgender contestant, Đỗ Nhật Hà, by the organization.
Silver ticket: Appeared on episode 6, 18 previously eliminated contestant have the chance to comeback by answering question judges. The 7 contestants who performed the best in this round would receive the ticket and earn their way back into the competition.

Season 4 (2023)

Similar to the first season, each episode started with a training class. After that, all contestants must take part in the Ranking Challenge to determine their Station (from A being the best to C being the worst) and the additional challenge they need to compete in the episode if needed. These additional challenges are:

Cosmo Infinity Challenge: Only the contestant from Station A were able to compete in this challenge. The winner of this challenge would become the overall winner of the episode and receive an advantage which was triple the votes for 48 hours.
Call-Out Challenge: The 3 contestants who performed the worst in the Ranking Challenge would be offered a chance to call out a contestant from Station B to swap their place by winning the battle against them. However, that contestant would be eliminated immediately if they lost the challenge and the called-out opponent would automatically be safe for the next episode.
Elimination Challenge: After the Call-Out Challenge, all the contestants in Station C must take part in the elimination round, which usually tested their English, communication, and public speaking skills, to determine the eliminated contestants which was similar to the format of the last season.