On July 16 in San Diego, California, a Vietnamese-Japanese girl, Hirao Yuka, won the Miss Vietnam Global Beauty Pageant.
Miss Vietnam Global Beauty Pageant 2013 Hirao Yuka
The annual pageant was first held in 2006 and is highly-regarded among Vietnamese people living abroad.
In the 4th beauty pageant, held in 2009, the Miss Vietnam Global title went to Alex Tran from Texas. The first runner-up in that pageant was Le My Linh from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and Huong Giang from Vietnam was named as the second runner-up.
Three years later, in 2013, the 5th Miss Vietnam Global beauty pageant was held and Mai Thanh from Virginia, USA, won the third runner-up prize, while Yuly Nguyen from Canada was second runner-up, and Kim Duyen, from Vietnam won first runner-up.
The winner of the night, Hirao Yuka, also won the Miss Swimsuit prize.
Beauty contestants in swimsuits
The evening gown competition
Top five of the night
Beauties in the final night
First runner-up Kim Duyen
The beauty of Hirao Yuka