The beauty won the Miss Indochina award 3 times, creating the harshest wedding conditions in history
Western beauty won 3 times Miss
Queen Nam Phuong – the last empress of Vietnam whose real name is Nguyen Huu Thi Lan was born and raised in Kien Hoa district, Dinh Tuong province (now Go Cong town, Tien Giang province).
Her father, Nguyen Huu Hao, was the richest man in the South. Her mother, Le Thi Binh is the daughter of Le Phat Dat – one of the four richest people in Vietnam at that time. At that time, it was rumored that the fortune of Queen Nam Phuong’s grandfather was more than the total wealth of King Bao Dai.
Born into a wealthy family, the life of young Nguyen Huu Thi Lan took place in happiness and fulfillment. Her youth was very peaceful and dreamy. Not only is she well-educated and intelligent, but Thi Lan also has a beautiful, aristocratic beauty, a taller figure than ordinary Vietnamese women.
Western beauty was born into a rich family, educated in France.
Instead of going to her hometown Go Cong, she and her sister went to live in the family house in Saigon located on Nguyen Du Street to go to school. At the age of 12, Nguyen Huu Thi Lan was sent to France to study at the prestigious Couvent des Oiseaux girls’ school in Paris.
According to author Ly Nhan Phan Thu Lang, many documents confirm that on the ship D’Artagnan that brought her home, there was the presence of the young king Bao Dai, who had just finished his study abroad program in France and returned. Vietnam to assume the rule of the French protectorate. However, no one dares to say for sure that the two met on this train.
When she returned home, the reputation of her beauty spread not only in Cochinchina but throughout Indochina. Many documents record, she won 3 times Miss Indochina before becoming the queen of King Bao Dai.
Nguyen Huu Thi Lan possesses perfect talent.
During a vacation with her uncle, Mr. Le Phat An in Da Lat, she received an invitation from the Governor of Da Lat city to invite the two boys to a dinner party at the Palace Hotel.
She did not want to make her uncle beg and persuade her to come and say hello to the king and then leave. In honor of him, she wore minimal makeup and reluctantly bought a black silk dress from France. But it was that simplicity and simplicity that made the king’s heart sob until one day the king officially proposed to her.
Making harsh conditions for the king’s marriage
Received a marriage proposal from the king, Nguyen Huu Thi Lan’s family agreed to a conditional marriage. Accordingly, the beauty must be crowned Queen of the Palace right on the wedding day. This made the mandarins in the court unhappy, because in the 13 dynasties of the Nguyen Dynasty, only 2 cases were conferred Queen while still alive.
Another condition is that Ms. Lan is allowed to practice Catholicism and later the children must be baptized according to Catholic canon law.
In 1934, Nguyen Huu Thi Lan was awarded the title of Queen Nam Phuong.
King Bao Dai accepted everything, even despite rejecting the fiancee chosen by his mother, Empress Dowager Tu Cung, to get a degree from Nguyen Huu Thi Lan. This proves that the king’s love for her was very strong.
Empress Dowager Tu Cung was very sad when her intention was rejected by the king. King Bao Dai affirmed to his mother that if he could not marry her, he would be single for the rest of his life.
On March 20, 1934, the king’s wedding was celebrated in Hue. After 4 days, the coronation ceremony took place very solemnly at Duong Tam Palace, Nguyen Huu Thi Lan was crowned Queen Nam Phuong by the king.
In the position of Queen, Nam Phuong helped the king in diplomatic activities, welcomed national guests, and communicated with France. As the first lady, she was not in the inner palace like other empresses and pre-dynasty concubines, but was allowed to do social works, promote studies, reward good students, help the poor, and promote her role as the first lady. of women in society.
After many years of marriage, she had 5 children with King Bao Dai, 2 princes and 3 princesses.
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