# Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê

Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê (born 4 January 1992) is a Vietnamese model and beauty pageant titleholder. Lan Khuê rose to prominence in 2013 as she won the gold award in the Vietnam supermodel 2013, and became one of the most sought-after models in Vietnam. In 2014, she joined the Miss Aodai Vietnam (the previous name of Miss World Vietnam) pageant and won the title. Then, she represented Vietnam in Miss World 2015 and was placed top 11. She shot to fame when she got invited as one of 3 mentors in the reality show The Face Vietnam. Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê is the CEO of Elite Model Management and Elite Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City.

## Early life

Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê was born on 4 January 1992 in Ho Chi Minh City. She comes from a family with a strong academic background, both of her parents are professors in Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University. Her grandfather, the late Professor Tran Thanh Dam, was the first chairman of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education.
Trần Ngọc Lan Khuê grew up and proved to be a brilliant student with an outstanding school record. After graduating from high school, Lan Khue got accepted into Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, major in German language and Literature.
On 30 June 2018, Lan Khuê was proposed by her boyfriend, John Tuan Nguyen, the wedding would be taken place in October.

## Career
### 2011-2013: The premise for a career

In 2011, with a suggestion from her mom's friend, Lan Khuê started to try out for modeling. Her first attempt was to join the Vietnam Supermodel 2011, however she got fallen on her knee on the casting round which made her unable to continue the contest.
In 2012, Lan Khuê came back in Vietnam Supermodel 2012 which was hold in Hanoi and won the most potential model award. She then competed in Asian Supermodel contest 2012 which took place in Nanning, China and reached the rank of second runner-up, she also won the Photogenic Model award. She participated in the New Silk Road Model Look contest in Clark, Philippines. She was placed first runner-up in the final, the winner was from Miss China, and the second runner-up was from Miss Thailand.
In 2013, later Khuê once again competed in the Vietnam Supermodel 2013 and became the winner on 20 October.

### 2014–2015: competing in beauty pageants and other activities

Early 2014, Film director Trương Quang Thịnh chose her as a singer named Trang Nhi in his new movie Handsome Sơn which was aired in early 2015.
In September, Khuê participated in Miss Aodai Vietnam 2014 which is a pageant held to find the representative of Vietnam for Miss World 2015, she won the crown on 5 January 2015 with Confidently Shining award.
On November, Lan Khuê flew to Sanya, China and represented Vietnam at Miss World 2015. In the final, Lan Khuê was excellently placed among the top 11 finalists at Miss World pageant by winning People's Choice award. It is known as one of the two best achievements of Vietnam at this beauty pageant.
Opportunity for being a MC reached Lan Khue and she was MC for of Vietnam Supermodel 2015.

### 2016-2017: The Face Vietnam and becoming CEO of Elite Vietnam

In 2016 on 2 April, Mr.Nawat Itsaragrisil - CEO of Miss Grand International - who is the president of Miss Grand International pageant with the newly crowned Miss Grand International 2015 - Claire Elizabeth Parker arrived in Vietnam. They invited Khuê to represent Vietnam at his pageant. However, due to her already-in-progress plans, she gave the opportunity to the first runner-up of Miss Aodai Vietnam 2016 and became the national director of Miss Grand Vietnam (the new national director now is Phạm Thị Kim Dung). On 23 April, Lan Khuê was announced as one of 3 mentors of The Face Vietnam 2016 which is hosted by Mister International 2009 - Vĩnh Thụy, the other mentors were Hồ Ngọc Hà, Phạm Thị Hương. On 15 November, Khuê was selected as CEO of Elite Model Management in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam.
In April 2017, Khuê went to Osaka, Japan in a culture exchange festival. On 17 April, the three mentors of The Face Vietnam (season 2) were official announced including Lan Khuê, Minh Tú and Hoàng Thùy. The official press conference was taken place on 23 May 2017. The official poster also are publicized on the same day. After 12 episodes, the Final Walk was taken place on 27 August and the winner is Tú Hảo who belongs to her team, with 40.75% of audience vote.

### 2021-now: judge of Miss Charm International 2021

Miss Charm 2023 is an international beauty contest, founded and organized by Vietnamese people for the first time this year. The event is organized with the mission of promoting culture, tourism and educational activities, creating a separate direction in the journey of spreading the true value of beauty to the community. In 2019, Lan Khuê officially returned to showbiz with a new role - judge of Miss Charm contest. In the process of accompanying the contest until the final night, Lan Khue received winged compliments for her increasingly promoted beauty and luxurious and powerful charisma that overwhelmed the contestants. She is also the one who crowned the new Miss Charm.
In 2023, Universe Vietnam Trading Joint Stock Company officially operated from January 16, headquartered in Hanoi. This company is headed by Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thuy Nga and supermodel Lan Khue as the southern regional director of Miss Universe Vietnam.

## Judge

| Year | Competition/Show | Position | Note |
| 2016 | The Face Vietnam (season 1) | Mentor | Team Chameleon Warriors |
| 2016 | Cười Xuyên Việt | Guest judge | Episode 10 |
| 2016 | Dance Your FAT Off season 2 | Guest judge | Episode 3, 9 |
| 2016 | So you Think you can dance: Vietnam 2016 | Guest judge | Show 8 |
| 2016 | Người đẹp xứ Dừa 2016 | Judge | – |
| 2017 | Elle Beauty award | Judge | – |
| 2017 | Sparktacular season 2 | Judge | Singapore |
| 2017 | The Face Vietnam (season 2) | Mentor | Team LanKhue – winning team |
| 2017 | Muscle Contest | Judge for catalogue of Model | Leep Asia |
| 2017 | Miss Ocean Vietnam | Judge | – |
| 2017 | The Look Vietnam | Guest judge | – |
| 2018 | Vietnam Supermodel 2018 | Host | – |
| 2018 | The Bachelor Vietnam | Judges | Casting round |
| 2018 | The Look Vietnam | Judges | Casting round |
| 2018 | Yan Music award | Judge | – |
| 2019 | Miss Charm Vietnam | Master judges | – |
| 2023 | Miss Charm 2023 | Judges | – |
| 2023 | The New Menter | Judges | – |
| 2023 | Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 | Judges | - |

### Competitions and pageants

| Year | Competition/Pageant | Placement | Note |
| 2012 | Vietnam Supermodel 2012 | Top 16 | Awards: Most Potential Model. |
| 2012 | Asian Supermodel 2012 | 2nd Runner-up | The competition took place in China. She won Photogenic Award. |
| 2013 | New Silkroad Model Look | 1st Runner-up | The competition took place in the Philippines. |
| 2013 | Vietnam Supermodel 2013 | Gold Prize | She reached the highest rank in the contest. |
| 2015 | Miss Aodai Vietnam 2014 | Won | She won Confidently Shining Award. |
| 2015 | Miss World 2015 | Top 11 | She won World Designer, People's Choice awards. |

### Master of Ceremony

| Year | Event | Channel | Note |
| 2015 | Thay lời muốn nói | HTV9 | Lead the event with MC Quỳnh Hương |
| 2015 | Sinh viên vì biển đảo | – | Lead the event with Trần Long |
| 2015 | Vietnam Super model contest | VTV3 | Lead the event with Anh Quan and Phuong Mai |
| 2016 | Live broadcast on Lunar new year eve | ANTV | – |
| 2016 | Dep 360 | YanTV | partnership between YanTV and L'Oreal |

## Filmography
### Movies

| Year | Title | Role | Note | Ref |
| 2015 | Handsome Son (Sơn Đẹp Trai) | Trang Nhi (singer) | female lead | |
| 2017 | Mother in law (me chong) | Tư Thì | second female lead | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Channel | Role | Note | Ref |
| 2013 | Tiệm Bánh Hoàng Tử Bé | VTV9 | herself | Episode 235 – trying to be a model | |

### Short film

| Year | Short film | Competition | Role | Note | Ref |
| 2018 | Đền – một ước mơ | 321action | big boss | gold award-winning short film | |