Miss Grand International 2021 Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien
In the lawsuit recently sent to the Go Vap District People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City, the crowned beauty wanted the court to request Dang Thuy Trang to remove all public claims and images about her, correct that information and issue an apology.
According to Thuy Tien, Trang posted numerous photos of Tien posing with Le Hoang Long, who was recently arrested for leading a prostitution ring, with insinuations that she was related to the ring.
Trang had also spread false information that Thuy Tien had refused to pay a debt of VND1.50 billion.
Thuy Tien also asked Trang to pay VND 387.60 million in compensation to cover her legal and mental health costs.
In a post on her social media account on November 4, Thuy Tien said that the false information had seriously affected her mental health and work.
"I did sign the loan agreement with Trang but then I never received the money from her," she wrote. "At the age of 19, I had thought that everyone was treating me with love and kindness, but then I was cheated."
Dang Thuy Trang, who is the sister and manager of Miss Vietnam Ocean 2014 Dang Thu Thao, said that Thuy Tien had borrowed VND1.5 billion to cover the costs when she competed in the Miss Southern Vietnam 2017 pageant. The loan agreement said that Tien would repay the money right after the competition. If Tien won the competition,Trang would become her manager and get commissions from Tien's shows. However, Tien failed to repay the loan and refused to work with Trang after she was placed as first runner-up in the competition.
Trang added that in April 2019, Tien agreed to meet Trang at a coffee shop in HCM City to repay the loan. However, at the meeting, Tien suddenly snatched the loan agreement from Trang and tore it up. She has continued to refuse to repay the loan until now.
Trang shared in some Facebook posts that she wanted to give Tien more time to develop her career and hoped that she would repay her later. But as she got more titles and became more famous, she still ignored the loan and even negatively talked about Trang on her social media sites.
Trang therefore filed a lawsuit against the crowned beauty, asking her to repay the debt of VND1.50 billion and compensation of VND 932 million.
Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien was crowned Miss Grand International 2021, becoming the first Vietnamese contestant to win the title.
