Ho Chi Minh City beauty Tran Thi Ban Mai surpassed 47 other contestants to earn the title of Miss Peace Vietnam 2022 during the pageant’s finale in central Da Nang City on Sunday evening.

The 48 contestants proved themselves in an introduction contest and donned evening gowns and Vietnamese traditional ‘ao dai’ to compete for the top five spots.

In the ‘ao dai’ showcase, the beauties wore designs in a collection named ‘Blue Ocean’ by designer Mai Thanh Duy that had blue as the main color and combined delicate motifs in harmony with the contest’s theme of protecting the marine environment and sea ecosystem.

The judges then selected Nguyen Ngoc Khanh Tien, Vo Thi Ngoc Chau, Tran Khanh Nhi, Quan Tran Gia Han, and Tran Thi Ban Mai to the question section before Tien, Han, and Mai were shortlisted as the top three contenders for the crown.

The top three were then asked one last question: “Why are environmental protection and nature conservation relevant to peace?”

With outstanding performances throughout the competition, Mai was announced as the winner of the Miss Peace Vietnam 2022 title and awarded a prize worth VND1 billion (US$42,500).

Tien and Han finished as the first and second runners-up, receiving two awards of VND800 million ($34,000) and VND600 million ($25,500), respectively.

Miss Tran Thi Ban Mai also won the ‘Marine Environment Beauty,’ ‘Beauty With A Purpose,’ and ‘Best Answer’ awards.

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