# Vietnam's Next Top Model season 3

Vietnam's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 is the third season of Vietnam's Next Top Model. The season premiered on August 19, 2012 on VTV3.
Among the prizes was: a 2-year modeling contract with BeU Models worth 1,000,000,000₫ (approximately $50,000), be on the cover in Cosmopolitan magazine along with 200,000,000₫ in cash, a 2-year VIP Diamond Membership card at California Fitness & Yoga Center worth 300,000,000₫. a 1 year gift from Shiseido cosmetic and a short training course in Tokyo sponsored by Shiseido.
The winner was 20-year-old Mai Thị Giang from Hải Phòng.

## Overview
### Auditions

| Audition City | Date | Venue |
| Ho Chi Minh City | June 7, 2012 | Grand Palace |
| Hanoi | June 17, 2012 | The Garden Shopping Center |

## Contestants

| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Finish | Place |
| Nguyễn Thị Châm | 19 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Quảng Ninh | Episode 4 | 15 |
| Nguyễn Thị Hằng | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Phú Thọ | Episode 5 | 14 |
| Lương Thị Kim Loan | 22 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | An Giang | Episode 6 | 13 |
| Cao Thị Hà | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Hà Nội | Episode 7 | 12-11 |
| Lê Thị Hằng | 19 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Vĩnh Phúc | Episode 7 | 12-11 |
| Lê Thanh Thảo | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Vĩnh Long | Episode 8 | 10 |
| Đỗ Thu Hà | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Hà Nội | Episode 9 | 9 |
| Vũ Thị Minh Nguyệt | 17 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Hà Nam | Episode 10 | 8 |
| Nguyễn Thị Ngân | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Hà Nội | Episode 14 | 7-4 |
| Dương Thị Thanh | 21 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Thái Nguyên | Episode 14 | 7-4 |
| Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Thúy | 21 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | TP.HCM | Episode 14 | 7-4 |
| Nguyễn Thị Nhã Trúc | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Long An | Episode 14 | 7-4 |
| Cao Thị Thiên Trang | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | TP.HCM | Episode 15 | 3 |
| Kha Mỹ Vân | 22 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | TP.HCM | Episode 15 | 2 |
| Mai Thị Giang | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Hải Phòng | Episode 15 | 1 |

## Episode Summaries
### Episode 1

    Original Airdate: August 19, 2012
The judges selected the best 31 contestants from hundreds of girls to step into the journey of becoming Vietnam's Next Top Model.
* Advanced to the semi-final: Nguyễn Thị Thuý, Lê Thanh Thảo, Trần Nguyễn Phương Uyên, Huỳnh Thị Linh Ngân, Nguyễn Thị Kiều Ngân, Nguyễn Thị Nhã Trúc, Tôn Nữ Minh Thi, Cao Thị Thiên Trang, Lương Thị Kim Loan, Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Thuý, Hồng Nguyên Phụng, Kha Mỹ Vân, Nguyễn Thị Ngần, Vũ Thị Minh Nguyệt, Vũ Xuân Nhung, Vũ Huyền Trang, Nguyễn Thị Vân, Bùi Thuỳ Dương, Dương Thị Thanh, Đỗ Thu Hà, Lê Thị Thuỳ Trang, Lê Thị Hằng, Mai Thị Giang, Cao Thị Hà, Nguyễn Thị Vinh, Nguyễn Thị Hằng, Trần Thị Hồng Tâm, Nguyễn Thị Hà, Trần Hải Yến, Nguyễn Thị Châm, Nguyễn Thị Ngân.

### Episode 2

    Original Airdate: 26 August 2012
* Challenge Winner: Nguyễn Thị Ngần, Mai Thị Giang
* Withdraw: Nguyễn Thị Ngần
* Eliminated: None

### Episode 3

    Original Aridate: September 2, 2012
* Challenge Winner: Mai Giang, Nguyễn Thị Ngân
* Featured Designer: Do Manh Cuong
* Eliminated: Nguyen Thi Thuy, Tran Nguyen Phuong Quyen, Huynh Thi Linh Ngan, Nguyen Thi Kieu Van, Ton Nu Minh Thi, Hong Nguyen Phung, Vu Xuan Nhung, Vu Huyen Trang, Nguyen Thi Van, Bui Thuy Duong, Le Thi Thuy, Nguyen Thi Vinh, Tran Thi Hong Tam, Nguyen Thi Ha, Tran Hai Yen

### Episode 4

    Original Airdate: September 9, 2012
* Challenge Winner: Nha Truc
* First Call-out: Mai Giang
* Bottom Two: Thu Ha, Nguyen Cham
* Eliminated: Nguyen Cham
* Featured Photographer: An Le
* Featured Designer: Do Manh Cuong

### Episode 5

    Original Airdate: September 16, 2012
* Challenge Winner: Kim Loan
* First Call-out: Thanh Thao
* Bottom Two: My Van, Nguyen Hang
* Eliminated: Nguyen Hang
* Featured Designer: Do Manh Cuong

### Episode 6

    Original Airdate: September 23, 2012
* First Call-Out: Thanh Thao
* Bottom Two: Kim Loan, Le Hang
* Eliminated: Kim Loan
* Featured Designer: Do Manh Cuong, Truong Thanh Long

### Episode 7

    Original Airdate: September 30, 2012
For the weekly photo challenge, the girls were divided into 4 groups and rotate as a girl lead singer and will do the remaining two friends behind, same pose for 1 minute on the band "One Night Only"
| Group | Contestants |
| 1 | Thanh Thảo, Thu Hà, Ngọc Thúy |
| 2 | Minh Nguyệt, Nhã Trúc, Nguyễn Ngân |
| 3 | Lê Hằng, Dương Thanh, Thiên Trang |
| 4 | Mỹ Vân, Mai Giang, Cao Hà |
* First Call-Out: Mai Giang
* Bottom Three: Thanh Thao, Le Hang, Cao Ha
* Eliminated: Le Hang, Cao Ha
* Featured Designer: Kim Khanh, Le Thanh Hoa

### Episode 8

    Original Airdate: October 7, 2012
* First Call-Out: Thanh
* Bottom Two: Thanh Thao, Duong Thanh
* Eliminated: Thanh Thao
* Featured Designer: Le Kha

### Episode 9

    Original Airdate: October 14, 2012
* First Call-Out: Thiên Trang
* Bottom Two: Nhã Trúc, Đỗ Hà
* Eliminated: Đỗ Hà
* Featured Designer: Mai Lâm, Đỗ Mạnh Cường

### Episode 10

    Original Airdate: October 21, 2012
* First Call-Out: Ngoc Thuy
* Bottom Two: Minh Nguyet, Mai Giang
* Eliminated: Minh Nguyet
* Featured Designer: Sabina

### Episode 11

    Original Airdate: October 28, 2012
* First Call-Out: Duong Thanh
* Bottom Two: Ngoc Thuy, Nguyen Ngan
* Eliminated: Nguyen Ngan
* Featured Designer: Rise Above

### Episode 12

    Original Airdate: November 4, 2012
* First Call-Out: Mai Giang
* Bottom Two: Thanh Duong, Thien Trang
* Eliminated: None
* Featured Designer: Kimono

### Episode 13

    Original Airdate: November 11, 2012
The contestants went on a casting trip to New York City for New York Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2013. No one was eliminated in this episode.
* Returned: Nguyen Ngan

### Episode 14

    Original Airdate: November 18, 2012
The episode continued in New York.
* Eliminated: Ngoc Thuy, Ngan Nguyen, Nha Truc, Duong Thanh

### Final

    Original Airdate: November 25, 2012
* Final three: Mai Giang, Mỹ Vân & Thiên Trang
* Eliminated: Thien Trang
* Final two: Mỹ Vân & Mai Giang
* Vietnam's Next Top Model 2012: Mai Giang

## Summaries
### Call-out order

Lan's call-out order :
| Order | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes |
| Order | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
| 1 | Thảo | Giang | Thảo | Thảo | Vân | Thanh | Trang | Thúy | Thanh | Giang | Vân | Giang |
| 2 | Trúc | Thanh | Thanh | Nguyệt | Trang | Vân | Nguyệt | Ngân | Trang | Trúc | Giang | Vân |
| 3 | Trang | Thúy | Giang | Trang | Thanh | Thúy | Giang | Trang | Vân | Vân | Trang | Trang |
| 4 | Loan | Thảo | Trúc | Trúc | Thúy | Ngân | Thanh | Thanh | Giang | Thúy | Ngân Thanh Thúy Trúc | |
| 5 | Thúy | Trúc | Thúy | Hà C. | Trúc | Trang | Ngân | Trúc | Trúc | Thanh | Ngân Thanh Thúy Trúc | |
| 6 | Vân | Trang | Nguyệt | Ngân | Giang | Nguyệt | Vân | Vân | Thúy | Trang | Ngân Thanh Thúy Trúc | |
| 7 | Hà Đ. | Hằng L. | Loan | Thanh | Hà Đ. | Trúc | Thúy | Giang | Ngân | | Ngân Thanh Thúy Trúc | |
| 8 | Hằng L. | Loan | Hà Đ. | Giang | Ngân | Hà Đ. | Trúc | Nguyệt | | | | |
| 9 | Nguyệt | Vân | Hằng L. | Hà Đ. | Nguyệt | Giang | Hà Đ. | | | | | |
| 10 | Châm | Ngân | Ngân | Thúy | Thảo | Thảo | | | | | | |
| 11 | Thanh | Nguyệt | Trang | Vân | Hà C. Hằng L. | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Hà C. | Hà C. | Hà C. | Hằng L. | Hà C. Hằng L. | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Hằng N. | Hằng N. | Vân | Loan | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Giang | Hà Đ. | Hằng N. | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Ngân | Châm | | | | | | | | | | |
    The contestant was eliminated
    The contestant was originally eliminated from the competition but was saved
    The contestant won the competition
* In episode 12, Trang was originally eliminated from the competition but was saved.
* In episode 13, No one was eliminated. Ngân was brought back into the competition.
* In episode 14, The contestants was called in random order into 2 groups and Giang, Trang & Vân's group was chosen to be in the final. Beside, Mai Giang's photo was considered the best one due to the only photo was chosen by Cosmopolitan Vietnam and published later on the Cosmopolitan issues in December 2012.

### Average call-out order

| Rank by average | Place | Model | Call-out total | Number of call-outs | Call-out average |
| 1 | 3 | Trang | 50 | 13 | 3.85 |
| 2 | 4-7 | Thanh | 49 | 12 | 4.08 |
| 3 | 10 | Thảo | 27 | 6 | 4.50 |
| 4 | 4-7 | Thúy | 55 | 12 | 4.58 |
| 5 | 1 | Giang | 66 | 14 | 4.71 |
| 6 | 4-7 | Trúc | 57 | 12 | 4.75 |
| 7 | 2 | Vân | 70 | 14 | 5.00 |
| 8 | 8 | Nguyệt | 53 | 8 | 6.63 |
| 9 | 4-7 | Ngân | 78 | 11 | 7.09 |
| 10 | 13 | Loan | 32 | 4 | 8.00 |
| 11 | 9 | Hà Đ. | 62 | 7 | 8.86 |
| 12 | 11-12 | Hằng L. | 48 | 5 | 9.60 |
| 13 | 11-12 | Hà C. | 52 | 5 | 10.40 |
| 14 | 15 | Châm | 25 | 2 | 12.50 |
| 15 | 14 | Hằng N. | 40 | 3 | 13.33 |

### Photo shoot Guide

* Episode 1 Photo Shoot: Promo Shoots (casting)
* Episode 2 Photo Shoot: "White Summer" Editorial By The Lake (casting)
* Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Futuristic Shots (casting)
* Episode 4 Photo Shoot: Beauty Shots With Cats
* Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Good Morning
* Episode 6 Photo Shoot: Editorial With Snakes
* Episode 7 Photo Shoot: Divas Night In Groups
* Episode 8 Photo Shoot: Fighters On a Ring
* Episode 9 Photo Shoot: Vietnamese Souls
* Episode 10 Photo Shoot: Pin-Up Girls
* Episode 11 Photo Shoot: Posing Over The Vietnamese Skyline
* Episode 12 Commercial: Shiseido cosmetic in geisha outfit
* Episode 13 Photo Shoots: Blowing In New York
* Episode 14 Photo Shoot: Photo shoot for Cosmopolitan
* Episode 15 Photo Shoots: Cosmopolitan Cover

## Judges

* Xuân Lan (Host)
* Đinh Nam Trung
* Đỗ Mạnh Cường
* Phạm Hoài Nam