The Face Vietnam (Vietnamese: Gương Mặt Thương Hiệu) is a Vietnamese modeling-themed reality television series, based on the US, and one of several national editions in the international The Face franchise. Hồ Ngọc Hà, Phạm Hương and Lan Khuê served as model coaches and Vĩnh Thụy served as a host for the first season. The first season premiered on June 18, 2016 on VTV3.
(ages stated are at start of filming)
Mai Ngô previously participated in the fourth cycle of Vietnam's Next Top Model and became one of the 14 finalists in the fourth cycle of Asia's Next Top Model. She also joined Miss Universe Vietnam 2015
Lilly Nguyễn previously participated in the Supermodelme
Khánh Ngân previously participated Miss Vietnam 2014 (Top 20). She also joined Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 (Top 15) and achieved Miss Photogenic Award. In 2017, she was Vietnam's representative at Miss Tourism Queen International
Lê Hà previously participated Miss Vietnam 2014, model of Venus
Kim Chi previously participated Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 (Top 10)
Khánh Ngọc previously participated in the Vietnam Supermodel Contest 2013 - Bronze Award
My Lê previously participated in the Vietnam Supermodel Contest 2013 (Top 25), and Miss Universe Vietnam 2015
An Nguy is a Vlogger in Vietnam. She was the eldest contestant in this season
Linh Châu was named as Fashionista Vietnam Contest 2014
Nguyễn Thành previously participated Miss Vietnam 2016, and joined Miss Universe Vietnam 2015. She also had her name as Vietnamese contestant at Miss Eco International 2017 although didn't have license
Huyền Thanh previously participated Miss Universe Vietnam 2015
First aired June 18, 2016
Team Hồ Ngọc Hà : Tô Uyên Khánh Ngọc, Phí Phương Anh, Chúng Huyền Thanh, Lê Thị Ngân Hà “Lê Hà”, Lilly Nguyễn.
Team Phạm Hương : Đỗ Trần Khánh Ngân, Diệp Linh Châu, Trần Thị Ngọc Loan, Nguỵ Thiên An “An Nguy”, Nguyễn Thị Thành.
Team Lan Khuê : Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”, Lê Thị Ngọc Út “Bảo Ngọc”, Trần Thị Kim Chi, Nguyễn Thu Hiền, Nguyễn Thị My Lê.
First aired June 25, 2016
Team Hồ Ngọc Hà : Phí Phương Anh, Chúng Huyền Thanh, Lê Thị Ngân Hà “Lê Hà”, Lilly Nguyễn.
Team Phạm Hương : Đỗ Trần Khánh Ngân, Diệp Linh Châu, Trần Thị Ngọc Loan, Nguỵ Thiên An “An Nguy”.
Team Lan Khuê : Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”, Lê Thị Ngọc Út “Bảo Ngọc”, Trần Thị Kim Chi, Nguyễn Thu Hiền.
Eliminated: Tô Uyên Khánh Ngọc, Nguyễn Thị Thành & Nguyễn Thị My Lê
First aired July 2, 2016
Winning coach and team: Phạm Hương
Bottom two: Lê Thị Ngọc Út “Bảo Ngọc” & Chúng Huyền Thanh
Eliminated: Lê Thị Ngọc Út “Bảo Ngọc”
First aired July 9, 2016
Winning coach and team: Hồ Ngọc Hà
Bottom two: Nguỵ Thiên An “An Nguy” & Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”
Eliminated: Nguỵ Thiên An “An Nguy”
First aired July 16, 2016
Winning coach and team: Phạm Hương
Bottom two: Lilly Nguyễn & Nguyễn Thu Hiền
Eliminated: Nguyễn Thu Hiền
First aired July 23, 2016
Winning coach and team: Phạm Hương
Bottom two: Lê Thị Ngân Hà “Lê Hà” & Trần Thị Kim Chi
Eliminated: Trần Thị Kim Chi
First aired July 30, 2016
Winning coach and team: Lan Khuê
Bottom two: Phí Phương Anh & Diệp Linh Châu
Eliminated: Diệp Linh Châu
First aired August 6, 2016
Winning coach and team: Lan Khuê
Bottom two: Lilly Nguyễn & Trần Thị Ngọc Loan
Eliminated: Lilly Nguyễn
First aired August 13, 2016
Winning coach and team: Hồ Ngọc Hà
Bottom two: Trần Thị Ngọc Loan & Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”
Eliminated: Trần Thị Ngọc Loan
First aired August 20, 2016
Winning coach and team: Phạm Hương
Bottom two: Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô” & Chúng Huyền Thanh
Eliminated: Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”
First aired August 27, 2016
Winning coach and team: Hồ Ngọc Hà
Bottom three: Đỗ Trần Khánh Ngân , Chúng Huyền Thanh & Lê Thị Ngân Hà “Lê Hà”
Eliminated: Lê Thị Ngân Hà “Lê Hà”
First aired September 3, 2016
Winning coach and team: Hồ Ngọc Hà
Returned: Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”
Final four: Phí Phương Anh, Chúng Huyền Thanh, Đỗ Trần Khánh Ngân & Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”
The Face Vietnam: Phí Phương Anh
Team Hồ Ngọc Hà
Team Phạm Hương
Team Lan Khuê
The contestant was part of the winning team for the episode.
The contestant was at risk of elimination.
The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
The contestant was a runner-up.
The contestant, who had won the audience vote, returned to the season finale.
The contestant was a returned and runner-up
Episode 1 was the casting episode. The final fifteen were divided into teams of five as they were selected.
In episode 2, Hồ Ngọc Hà, Phạm Hương and Lan Khuê were asked to choose any one contestant to eliminate from the remaining from their team. Hồ Ngọc Hà chose Khánh Ngọc, Phạm Hương chose Nguyễn Thành, and Lan Khuê chose My Lê respectively.
In episode 4, team Hồ Ngọc Hà won the campaign. Lan Khuê nominated Mai Ngô while Phạm Hương nominated Thiên An for elimination. The episode ended in a cliffhanger and their fate remained unknown until the beginning of episode 5.
In episode 10 Mai Ngô, who was the last standing member in Lan Khuê's team, was eliminated despite having better performances. Lan Khuê was automatically disqualified as a result of ving no models left to compete.
In episode 11, team Hồ Ngọc Hà won the campaign but she nominated Huyền Thanh and Lê Hà for elimination with Khánh Ngân, but she chose to eliminate Lê Hà.
Before the liveshow finale, Mai Ngô was returned by fan vote of those who had been eliminated.
Episode 1: Natural beauty and street style shots (casting)
Episode 2: Catwalk for swimsuits and dress by Chung Thanh Phong designer (casting)
Episode 3: Apollo Silicone commercial shoot
Episode 4: VietJet campaign
Episode 5: Runway party table
Episode 6: Bridal runway show
Episode 7: Gender reversal for L'Oréal Paris
Episode 8: TVC filming with male models
Episode 9: Press conference for OPPO
Episode 10: Apolo Silicone TVC filming
Episode 11: OPPO TVC filming
Episode 12: Final Walk
