Hanoi (VNA) –✱ Growing up in her mother’s small food shop, Mau Thuy proudly takes the limelight at domestic and international catwalks, becoming an outstanding representative for Vietnam’s beauty following her title of a runner-up of the 2017 Miss Universe Vietnam.

Thuy is not only a model, but also takes on various roles such as a member of a jury of the Vietnam’s Next Top Model, a fashion designer of The Golden Women collection, and currently a model trainer at a academy in Vietnam.  A beautiful model and runner-up of Miss Universe Vietnam, she at the same time is very talented.

Career concerns 

Thuy fulfilled criteria and model skills as the winner of the 2013 Vietnam’s Next Top Model. The success quickly catapulted her to renowned catwalks and covers of prestigious fashion magazines at home and abroad. In 2016, Thuy travelled to New York and became an exclusive model for Wilhelmina Models management firm. At the time, she faced plenty of challenges to stand firmly in one of the four largest fashion capitals of the world. Each time the model attended an audition, she had to stand several hours straight to wait for her turn, and competed with hundred of models from all over the world in a bid to perform in a show. The number of her rivals was even larger in auditions for major brands. Luckily, the 179-cm-tall model was able to sign numerous contracts, including those with Carlisle Collections, Jamesallen, Shu Uemura, and Maybelline New York – a world’s famous cosmetics brand along with Victoria’s Secret supermodel Gigi Hadid.  Her vibe and facial expressions are among her outstanding advantages. The 28-year-old model is also aware of those strengths to make full use of them in her photos.  However, aside from the glamorous limelight, proud walks on the stage and fashionable outfits, unbeknownst to many, Thuy was helping her mother running business to earn their living. In whichever jobs, she always feels happy, regardless whether they are manual or sophisticated. She sets her mind to do everything properly. Thuy was really concerned about how to make the public better understand and sympathise more with hardships and ups and downs of models, as well as recognise modelling as a normal job like others.

A multicolour gemstone

Not only a model and runner-up of a beauty pageant, Thuy also challenged herself in a new role of scouting and training future models. She is said to have a creative and new style of teaching. This time, she teamed up with the beU model academy which has trained various professional models of the Vietnamese fashion industry. At the course titled “Be Professional Model”, with her experiences of more than 10 years in modelling, instead of talking about basic knowledge on the catwalk, Thuy challenged trainees through an audition for the beU Academy. At the audition, the trainees have to show off their catwalk skills and take part in a photo shoot. Thuy directly gave assessment and guidance on catwalk skills and how to pose in front of the camera, while offering chances for the trainees to share their expectations for attending the audition.  As a trainer, Thuy said she gives special attention to practice rather than theory, so that the future generation of models could adapt to all circumstances and satisfy higher demands of professional catwalks at home and world’s fashion capitals. She was very excited for this new job. With her efforts over the time, Thuy has shown the public that she is a multicolour gemstone with talents./.