The beauty of Cochinchina was beautiful, but at the end of her life was tragic and full of tears
“Talking about the beauty in the South, the oldest of all, there is Ms. Ba, the son of Mr. Thong Chanh. She is unsurpassed, natural, with no false teeth, no artificial gummy breasts, long hair dotting her heels, with three rings. One top, smooth and fragrant with coconut oil, she was beautiful without fake makeup, so beautiful that the government printed her image on the stamp of the Poet, Steel Wire (Post Office), and a soap merchant asked for permission to paint. Model for sale: Co Ba Soap. If you want to know what kind of reputation is, please find ladies in size 1900 and ask again”.
Those are the beautiful words that scholar Vuong Hong Sen gives to the beautiful beauty of Miss Ba in the book “Saigon mundane”. Ms. Ba, also known as Ms. Ba Thieu, is a famous beauty in old Saigon. Ms. Ba was born into a powerful but well-educated family, so she was not Westernized, and was not drawn into the depraved life at that time. She was originally the son of Master Thong Chanh, from Tra Vinh.
According to some recorded documents, in 1865, the first beauty contest in Vietnam was organized by the Vietnamese named Miss Saigon. However, the contest accepted all contestants in the South at that time, so there were nearly 100 beautiful people registered to attend. The winner of the contest’s crown is “Miss Ba, the daughter of Mr. Chanh, working as a secretary”.
After the contest ended, although she received an invitation to take photos in a swimsuit to publish in French newspapers from French reporters, Ms. Ba completely refused despite being crowned Miss. Possessing a more beautiful beauty than others, admired and pursued by many young masters and rich mandarins, Ms. Ba decided to marry an ordinary Vietnamese husband, live a normal life, without aura in regret. regret of many men.
According to another anecdote, Ms. Ba’s image is embossed on the products of the Vietnam Soap Company founded by Mr. Truong Van Ben. That’s why people call her the first model of Cochinchina and also of Vietnam. However, there is also another anecdote that says that it was Ms. Ba Tra, the wife of Mr. Truong Van Ben, not Ms. Ba Thieu.
Ba thought her life was peaceful and quiet, but because of some conflicts, her life turned to another direction. Because the French prosecutor Jaboin blatantly teased her mother, her father pulled out a gun and shot Jaboin dead. After that, her father was executed, Ms. Ba wanted to take revenge on her father’s behalf, but as soon as she raised the gun, she was arrested. Frustrated, she committed suicide right in prison. However, the book Q&A about Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City published in 2006 recorded that because she was the one who shot and killed the prosecutor Jaboin with a gun, Ms. Ba was convicted by the My Tho High Court on June 19, 1893 and was executed on January 18, 1894 in Tra Vinh.
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