Miss Vietnam Do My Linh, who represents her country at the Miss World 2017, has been listed among favorite contestants and is ready to shine at the beauty contest’s finale tonight, November 18.

The 21-year-old Vietnamese, hailing from Hanoi, was crowned Miss Vietnam 2016 and has since led a scandal-free life and won support from local audience through her charity works.

Miss World 2017, the 67th edition of the Miss World pageant, is taking place tonight, November 18, at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China.

Linh and 117 contestants from all over the world will compete at the finale, with Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico scheduled to crown her successor at the end of the event.

Do My Linh has so far impressed fans at home and around the world with her great participation in the Head to Head Challenge, a new feature of the beauty pageant, where contestants have a chance to speak and express themselves. The only winner of the challenge will earn a spot in the Miss World Top 40.

The Vietnamese was in Group 18 with beauty queens from Spain, Wales Zimbabwe, South Sudan and Belize, who were challenged to speak about their role as a beauty queen, and take one question from the event host.

Linh started by introducing her role as an ambassador for Vietnamese victims of the Agent Orange with fluent English. She then took the final question, “Name one moment where you can say you are proud of your country,” with full confidence.

Linh recalled her trip to a flood-stricken area in central Vietnam and met with disaster victims, when she realized nothing can let the country and its people down, which is why she is “very proud of [her] country and people.”

Alvin Sebetero, who hosted the challenge, wrote on Facebook later that Linh’s answer made him happy and deemed it “one of [his] favorite response among the six of them.”

“It's nice to see a nation helping each other to stand once again after a fall,” Sebetero wrote, declaring that Linh was Group 18 winner.

Audience in Vietnam can cheer for Linh by watching the final on Miss World website and E! and BBC One channels.

Prior to the final night, Linh has showcased two photo shoots of her in bikini and gown dresses.

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