Miss Vietnam 1996 Nguyen Thien Nga

Nguyen Thien Nga was crowned Miss Vietnam in 1996 when she was 20 year old. At the time of the contest she was a second year student at the Foreign Trade University in Ho Chi Minh City. She also won the best answer award in the competition. Nguyen Thien Nga is the first contestant in the history of the competition to win two "Miss Vietnam" titles, the first in 1996 as the official contestant and the second title in 1999. In that year she was the special contestant for choosing a delegate representative for Vietnam in the "Miss Friendship of the World 1999" competition. After graduating from university in 2000, Nguyễn Thiên Nga decided to study economics. She has recently settled down in San José, California, USA.