Vietnam’s belle Pham Huong says proud, happy despite undesired Miss Universe result Pham Huong looks fabulous in this photo posted on her Facebook page. Vietnam’s biggest hope to shine at one of the world’s top beauty contests was eventually shattered on Monday (Vietnam time), but Pham Huong just left the 2015 Miss Universe with her chin up high. While millions of her supporters, both from Vietnam and other parts of the world, were saddened to see their belle fail to make it to the Top 15, the Vietnamese beauty queen said she was neither upset nor disappointed. “So everything just had a gentle ending and [I] am always happy and proud of all my efforts,” the 24-year-old told her 462,000 followers on Facebook from Las Vegas, Nevada. Huong, who won Miss Universe Vietnam in October 2015, had been well expected to advance into the last-15 competition round by polls and beauty and fashion experts, but her name was never called out. Still, the Vietnamese girl said she has much grown up after the journey, and what is most important to her is “all the other contestants love [me] and recognize our Vietnamese beauty,” she said in the Facebook post that has garnered nearly 148,000 likes. “That’s what makes me feel so proud. Let’s never give up our faith.” Pham Huong in the competition finale In another Facebook post shortly after being eliminated from the Top 15, Huong also mentioned nothing about her failure, but called on fans to support her best friend, Clarissa Molina, who represented the Dominican Republic. She also revealed in a follow-up status update that she and her Dominican friend will “go to Vietnam together.” Pham Huong can totally feel proud of her fans, who have never let their queen down. “Don’t be sad, Miss. You are already the queen in the hearts of millions of Vietnamese people,” a Facebook comment liked by thousands of people reads. Another supporter said, “You failed to advance into the Top 15, but you are here in the hearts of 90 million Vietnamese people. We love you.” Nguyen Hong Thuan, who has written many Vietnamese hit pop songs, also said Huong has claimed the biggest award from the competition – the support and love of millions of Vietnamese and other people around the world. “You have tried your best, girl. Congratulations!” he wrote. Huong said she finally found the time to eat Vietnamese food during the remaining stay in the U.S., and is now able to “spare more time for [herself].” “Thank you all for your love, which makes me feel warm even from a distance from home,” she wrote. “I long for the day to come back to your arms.” Huong will surely be greeted with love on her day back, as a number of fans have asked to take their beloved beauty to their hometowns and treat her to the best local dishes.   The 64th Miss Universe crown went to Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, a Filipino-German actress and model born in Stuttgart and raised in Cagayan de Oro. The Filipina was at first mistakenly named the first runner-up by host Steve Harvey, who had said that the crown would be given to Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez Arévalo. Harvey then admitted to the live audience that he had made a gaffe, and that Miss Philippines was the real winner. Miss Universe 2014, Paulina Vega, was therefore forced to remove the crown from Arévalo’s head and give it to Miss Philippines. TUOI TRE NEWS