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Love-without-age-barrier, or a PR stunt?

Love-without-age-barrier, or a PR stunt?

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 12:57 GMT+7

Not only have they been criticized for announcing their relationship and saying it’s a true love without age barrier, an-almost-60-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man have continued to arouse fury among people who say their love is nothing but a PR trick.

Last week, Vu Hoang Viet, who finished in the Top 5 of the 2011 Vietnam Super model contest, publicly showed his love to Vietnamese – American Yvonne Thuy Hoang, who is much older than him and thought to be a millionaire.

Hoang, who lives in California, was the first Southeast Asian – origin woman recognized as a millionaire in America, VTC newswire reported. Against a storm of criticism saying that the love between Viet and Hoang is based on money, the 1m86-tall model confirmed that they have fallen in love since they share many things in common.

“I and my woman come together for the feeling of our hearts. The barrier of ages doesn’t matter when the two hearts met and then beat together,” he added.

The model then released a series of photos featuring the couple taken on their recent trip to Thailand to prove that they are truly in love to each other.

However, several days since the news spread and the couple’s names have become famous, local newswires discovered that Yvonne Thuy Hoang is not a millionaire, but a marketer for a multi-level marketing company.

According to giaoduc.net, which said that their reporters have researched and found no proof of Hoang’s millionaire status, Hoang is a network marketer for the USA company bHIP, which sells energy drinks. The newswire also added that she has no connection with the fashion industry, as many online news agencies reported before.

Many readers have expressed their anger with the couple. “What a primitive PR trick for your company! It’s the time of Internet now, your trick will kill you if you tell too many lies,” Andy commented.

“The more scandalous a person is, the more well-known he or she becomes,” VietCelebGossip added, while others said the couple is just making themselves a joke for people to laugh at.  

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