Regular readers will know of my disappointment with the seemingly curious choices Vietnam often makes to represent themselves in beauty pageants, but not in the case of Miss World Vietnam 2008 Duong Truong Thien Ly. Interestingly, she only received the title after the original (and IMHO far inferior) winner Tran Thi Thuy Dung was disqualified for being a high school drop-out! She subsequently won the People's Choice Award, but sadly she failed to make the top 15 for the official title. She was also second runner up for Miss Universe Vietnam 2008.

She also happens to be somebody for whom both highly stylised glamour photos and far more natural and realistic photos are available, which ties in pretty nicely with what we've been discussing in the comments recently - examples of both are after the jump.

Height: 169cm (5'7")
Measurements: 88-64-94cm (35-25-37")
Age: 20