In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Phạm, but is often simplified to Pham in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Phương.
Phạm Thị Mai Phương (born 1985) is a Vietnamese beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Vietnam 2002. She was the first Miss Vietnam to enter the Miss World competition in 2002, where she placed in the top 20. In 2003, she was accepted into the University of Luton where she studied business.[1][2] She was married in Vietnam in 2007.
Finalists: Lê Thị Thanh Mai (Saigon), Nguyễn Thanh Xuân (Hà Nội)
Semifinalists: Bùi Thị Hương Giang (Cần Thơ), Đinh Hồng Hạnh (Hà Nội), Trần Ngọc Thuý Hà (Tiền Giang), Đặng Thị Hồng Thiết (Thái Nguyên), Nguyễn Hồng Hạnh (Saigon)
Miss World 2002
Pham Thi Mai Phuong completed Miss World 2002 in Alexandra Palace, London, UK. She entered the top 20 semi-finalist. Miss Turkey-Azra Akın won the crown.