Hoang Thuy among top 15 models in the world

(Cinet)- Hoang Thuy, crowned Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011, won the Best Catwalk Award and was among Top 15 Best Models of the latest Top Model of the World Contest hosted by Germany.

Thuy, 21, who stands 1.77 metres tall, competed against contestants from 45 countries and territories worldwide.

After the contest, Thuy, a student at Hanoi University of Architecture, will go to Paris (France) to take part in a short training course that she won after taking the Vietnam's Next Top Model 2011 title.

An Italian entrant won this year's Top Model of the World. The second prize was awarded to a Zimbabwean model and the third prize to a Colombian candidate.

The Top Model of the World contest, which aims to find the most talented catwalk models, was launched in 1993 in Miami, in the US, by the Globana Group.