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Miss
Vietnam Missing, Believed Kidnapped

Relatives of Vietnam’s reigning beauty queen, who disappeared a week
ago, say they believe she was kidnapped by her boyfriend to stop her
moving to Britain to study.

Trieu Kim Oanh said her daughter Pham Thi Mai Phuong was forced into
a car last Tuesday by a group of young men as she was leaving an English
class.

The 18-year-old had recently been awarded a scholarship to study at the
University of Luton.

Phuong was crowned Miss Vietnam in September. Communist Vietnam
discouraged beauty contests for years as a sign of capitalist decadence.

Oanh said Phuong’s boyfriend, a policeman and the son of Haiphong Police
Chief Nguyen Binh Doan, had repeatedly said he did not want her to go
to Britain.    from Anaova