Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Miss Universe Entrant Embodies Vietnam, Cambodia

Miss Universe Entrant Embodies Vietnam, Cambodia


She may be Vietnam’s entrant in this year’s Miss Universe pageant, but 25-year-old Truong Thi May says her ancestry is as Khmer as any Cambodian west of the border.

Miss Vietnam 2013 was born in Phnom Penh and grew up in the region of Vietnam known to most Cambodians as Kampuchea Krom, or Lower Cambodia. 


Miss Vietnam, Truong Thi May, whose Cambodian name is Reaksmey, poses backstage during the Miss Universe national costume show in Moscow on Sunday. Ms. May was born in Phnom Penh to ethnic Khmer parents. (Miss Universe)
Miss Vietnam, Truong Thi May, whose Cambodian name is Reaksmey, poses backstage during the Miss Universe national costume show in Moscow on Sunday. Ms. May was born in Phnom Penh to ethnic Khmer parents. (Miss Universe)



7 comments:

Anonymous said...

she can help to foster good neighborly understanding and relations between cambodia and vietnam! someone got to do it, stop ignoring the hate! it's not good for any country to hate another!

Anonymous said...

ANH YEU EM!!!

Anonymous said...

This woman is not khmer, but yuon wearing khmer clothes and wearing khmer jewelry...

Looks at her Name Trương Thi May.

May be granddaughter of Trương Minh Giảng...

Anonymous said...

my cousin, sophea(pronounced so pea), looks like her! nothing wrong with her given her biography that she is khmer immigrated to vietnam. and of course, we know she represent vietnam in miss vietnam entrant for miss universe contest. i bet she can also represent cambodia as miss cambodia entrant, too, as she has khmer gene in her. i bet she's very smart for her to win miss vietnam contestant to represent them for miss universe. of course, she informed us that she is khmer krom. why shouldn't cambodia proud of her. i'm sure vietnam wanted her to represent them in this beauty contest. vietnam knows that there are a lot of beautiful khmer girls in cambodia. so, they have to pick her, a khmer girl to represent them. i think that is smart of vietnam compare. cambodia ought to do the same. why not? in america, you have a lot of nationalities that represented america in olympic games, miss universe, scientists, computer founders, etc, etc... so, why not cambodia do that, too? jealous of cambodia if we do that? too bad, cambodia don't care about someone's jealousy anymore.

Anonymous said...

There are a lot of Vietnamese who were born and raised in Cambodia. They speak Khmers, and they look Khmer. Yet, you guys never give them a chance. You keep calling names and thought they come to take over your country. Look at Vietnam, they gave a Cambodian girl a chance to represent their country. You guys are a bunch of haters. Follow the good sample of Vietnam ok! "sarcasm inserted here..."

Anonymous said...

and then?

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