Le Thi Ngoc Bich (R) is awarded  second runner-up and Miss Congeniality at the Miss Asia Ural 2019 held in Russia’s Ekaterinburg city, on June 1, 2019

Bich, a student of Ural Federal University, was also awarded Miss Congeniality at the pageant involving contestants of other Asian ethnicities and from neighboring countries like Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Bich said: “I am very honored and proud to represent Vietnam to introduce the international friends the country, culture, and traditional beauty of Vietnam. I am very moved at the encouragement of the General Consul, the Association of the Vietnamese Compatriots, and friends. I promise to work harder to show friends all over Russia that the Vietnamese are not only beautiful, but also talented.”

Miss Asia Ural crown was given to Milana Kombiu Siurun from Tyva Republic and the First Runner-up title came to Victoria Suborova of Buryatia ethnic group.