Yen Nhi made a contribution to Miss Grand, Nawat changed the rules, publicly sold the prize to collect money?

The Miss Grand International 2025 contest taking place in Thailand has attracted great attention from Vietnamese audiences, especially when Vietnam's representative - Miss Yen Nhi - had a highly appreciated performance in the semi-final night.

However, along with the shining moments of the contestants, this year's contest was also caught up in a wave of fierce controversy surrounding the organization method and accusations of "selling titles" publicly, causing public opinion to question the true value of an international beauty pageant.

Accordingly, in the semi-final night, Yen Nhi participated in two competitions: bikini and evening gown. In the bikini competition, she chose a high-cut outfit, showing off her toned body and confident demeanor. Yen Nhi's catwalk was praised for being smooth, strong and energetic, combined with skillful turns and hair flips.

In the evening gown competition, she impressed with a peacock-inspired dress, the tight design and light-reflecting stone details helped to enhance her charm and elegance.

Yen Nhi's performance was commented to be graceful and soft, demonstrating the ability to flexibly transform between two different styles in the same competition night. Previously, her national costume competition - inspired by the art of water puppetry - also created a strong effect when attracting tens of millions of views on social networks, setting a record for the highest number of viewers at Miss Grand this year.

It is worth noting that Yen Nhi only had about two weeks to prepare for the international competition after being crowned Miss Grand Vietnam 2025 in mid-September. That short period of time did not prevent her from shining on stage.

Many viewers commented that Yen Nhi showed her fighting spirit, solid stage presence and confident demeanor, beyond expectations. Her performance made Vietnamese fans have high hopes that Yen Nhi can go deep in the upcoming final night.

However, while the audience was still excited about the exciting competitions, Miss Grand International 2025 was caught up in a big scandal when the contest's chairman, Mr. Nawat, was criticized for publicly "selling the title".

During the live voting session of the semi-final night, he and the MC continuously called on the audience to transfer money or scan QR codes right in the studio to vote for their favorite contestants. They affirmed that this voting could help contestants advance straight to the top 10, top 5, and even win the crown.

Reading out loud the donation amount and calling on the audience to continue to transfer money made many people feel that the contest was more like an auction than a beauty pageant.

The scene of the audience running onto the stage to hand over cash went viral online, sparking outrage that the organizers were "blatantly selling prizes" and "lowering the value of the competition."

This is not the first time Mr. Nawat has caused controversy. A series of actions by the pageant's chairman have made fans feel that Miss Grand International is increasingly moving away from the noble values it once proclaimed - spreading peace, promoting the beauty, intelligence and kindness of women.

In that context, the image of Yen Nhi - a young contestant, who has made tireless efforts to shine in a short time - has become a rare bright spot. Before that, Yen Nhi also announced that she would delete the video calling for votes because of the storm and flood situation in the country, which moved fans.

Miss Yen Nhi came from behind to take the lead in Miss Grand, will she satisfy Nawat? Đình Như17:58:06 14/10/2025The National Costume competition within the framework of Miss Grand International 2025 took place on the evening of October 13, in Bangkok, Thailand. 77 beauties from countries and territories brought a colorful cultural fashion party.