Controversy over two beauty contests with the same name in Vietnam

On beauty forums, the topic of interest is the similar names of two beauty contests (coming soon in Vietnam). The contest organized by the Golden Lotus company is called Miss Grand Vietnam 2022 (Miss Peace Vietnam).

This is a serial representative contest Thuy Tien participate in the international arena Miss Grand International – Miss Peace International.

Another contest organized by Minh Khang company is called Miss Peace Vietnam 2022 – Miss Peace Vietnam. According to the organizer, this contest aims to find ambassadors of peace, promote inner beauty, and focus on activities to protect the marine environment…

These are two contests with completely different criteria, purposes, content and scale. However, due to the duplication of names in Vietnamese, the two units conflicted.

Miss Grand Vietnam organizers oppose Miss Peace Vietnam

According to the argument from the organizers of Miss Grand Vietnam 2022, Miss Grand International is an international contest, originating in Thailand in 2013. Over the past few years, many Vietnamese representatives have participated in this contest and been awarded widely known as “Miss International Peace”. In 2017, Miss Grand International was held in Vietnam (runner-up Huyen My competed and achieved top 10 results).

According to this unit, the name “Miss Peace” has been associated with the brand of the contest for many years. Miss Peace Vietnam organized later, so it is considered copyright infringement.

The Miss Grand Vietnam 2022 contest was held to find a successor to Thuy Tien, to compete at Miss Grand International.

The Miss Grand Vietnam 2022 side sent a text, asking the organizers of Miss Peace Vietnam 2022 to change the name to avoid misleading the registered contestants and the audience.

In addition, this unit provides the Copyright Registration Certificate No. 2768/2022/QTG dated April 8 for the Beauty Contest Scenario “Miss Grand Vietnam – Miss Peace Vietnam” and the Certificate of Copyright Registration No. received copyright registration No. 3386/2022/QTG on May 10 for the logo “Miss Grand Vietnam – Miss Peace Vietnam”, granted by the Copyright Office.

“We have owned this name from practice to legality today”Miss Grand Vietnam organization emphasized.

On the afternoon of June 7, Ms. Pham Kim Dung, the contest’s president, said that a lawsuit could be filed if the matter was not resolved. “We will do everything, based on the legal basis, to protect the name associated with the 10 year contest.”she emphasized.

Response from Miss Peace Vietnam

On June 6, the organizer of Miss Peace Vietnam 2022 said that the contest was licensed by the authorities in accordance with the regulations, with the name Miss Peace Vietnam.

According to this unit, they have 2 copyright certificates for the script of the Miss Peace Vietnam 2023 contest issued by the Copyright Department – Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on March 21, 5 applications. intellectual property trademark sample of the contest with 4 decisions on accepting valid applications issued by the National Office of Intellectual Property – Ministry of Science and Technology and written approval to organize the semi-finals and finals of the Miss Hoa contest. Vietnam Report 2022 from the People’s Committee of Da Nang City.

At the same time, the organizers also made 6 decisions of the National Office of Intellectual Property issued from January 2021 to May 2022, recognizing intellectual property rights with 6 trademarks with logo: Miss Peace Vietnam (2) decision), Miss Peace International, Miss Peace Vietnam, Miss International Peace, Miss Peace Vietnam.

The deep source of controversy

It can be said that this is a rare case when two contests register the same name. Part of the reason is that Vietnam has more and more beauty pageants.

Decree 144/2020/ND-CP on performing arts activities issued at the end of 2020 does not limit the number of beauty pageants, beauty queens, and models in a year. The above regulations create conditions for a series of beauty pageants to be held.

As noted by the reporter, in 2022, at least 10 beauty contests and beauty pageants confirmed the organization. The two contests that are evaluated for quality and are most popular are Miss Universe Vietnam 2022 (Miss Universe Vietnam) and Miss World Vietnam 2022 (Miss World Vietnam).

In addition, other contests include Miss Earth Vietnam – Miss Earth Vietnam, Miss Fitness Vietnam, Miss Eco Vietnam – Miss Environment Vietnam, Miss Eco Vietnam, Miss Tourism Da Nang, and Hoa. Vietnam Sea Tourism…

When massive beauty playgrounds take place, doubts about the quality of contestants are inevitable. And of course, it is not except for the case of familiar faces, switching from one contest to another.

According to observations, Vietnam is one of the Asian countries (along with Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia…) with the most passionate audience of Miss Universe today. Public interest and admiration in other countries for this field is moderate.

According to Zing