Vietnam makes Top 8 Best Bikini at Miss Earth 2023

This comes after Lan Anh received 28,000 likes, 1,200 comments, and 461,000 shares on the official Facebook page of the Miss Earth pageant.

The organisers announced the Top 8 Best Bikini for continental groups, including Miss Earth Vietnam and Miss Earth Philippines in the Asia and Oceania group.

The group of Africa saw the presence of beauties from Madagascar and Zimbabwe, whilst two contestants from Paraguay and Venezuela made the group of Americas.

Miss Earth Bulgaria and Miss Earth Netherlands won the highest score in the group of Europe.

Moving forward, the Top 8 contestants with the highest scores from each continental groups get the chance to enter the second round for the Best Bikini voting. The winner of this sub-contest will then be announced in the grand final of the Miss Earth 2023 pageant which is scheduled for December 22 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Previously, Vietnamese beauty Do Thi Lan Anh was named as the winner of the Best Appearance award at the opening day of the Miss Earth pageant.

These impressive victories will bring a great advantage for the Vietnamese representative in the race for the Top 20.

Do Thi Lan Anh, 26, is currently residing in the United States and stands at 1.71 metres tall with body measurements of 85-60-95cm. She left her hometown at the age of one for Europe before then moving to the US to settle down with her family.

This marks the second time that Vietnam has played host to this prestigious global pageant, following the 2010 edition.

At previous events, Nguyen Phuong Khanh beat 86 other contestants to win Miss Earth 2018, thereby becoming the first beauty of her country to take the crown at one of the Big Four international pageants.