The season filmed entirely in Ho Chi Minh City and featured 18 competitors[1] aged between 18 and 25 and whose height was 5'5" and over.

[3] At the beginning of the show, Nathan Lee and Elizabeth Thủy Tiên were criticized for competing to lead the judging panel.

The 18 contestants arrived at International Asiana Hotel where Germ Doornbos and Le Khiet invited them to a grand party.

Thu Hiền wowed the judging with a spectacular moment of beauty that was totally in contrast to her appearance, as did Diệp Anh.

In the end, only three girls left instead of four, including: Bích Trâm, Bảo Trân and Quý Dung, because judges could not unanimously eliminate either Thanh Hằng nor Giáng Hương.

Bùi Thùy who didn't find any slot, asked Thu Hiền to share the big bed.

The judging panel again praised Thu Hiền and Phạm Hương for their Vietnamese and stunning faces.

The week's photo shoot required girls to portray 1920s Vietnamese women living in a haunted mansion for the Halloween portfolio.

Judges were quite impressed by the improvements of Thu Thủy and Thanh Hoa whose weak expressions led to expectations that they wouldn't last.

Boma and Đức Hải were impressed by how Thu Thủy walked and dealt with the dogs.

The weekly photo shoot required models to pose as leaping athletes, while portraying sports listed below: At panel, Boma, Randy Dobson and David Dougan sat in as guest judges.

Thanh Hoa and Giáng Hương received universal praise and an offer from Randy, the President of California Center and of CA Models.

The girls would feature on the main site of California Club and will a worldwide ad for one month.

Thanh Hằng was found boring and landed her in the bottom two with 12-year-old-child look-alike Hoàng Oanh.

Editors from Her World magazine talked with contestants about their strengths and weaknesses prior to a shopping challenge at Vincom Center.

During deliberation, Thanh Hoa and Đàm Trang wowed judges because they knew how to work with their not too perfect bodies and faces.

Boma stopped by for a while, picked 3 girls up alongside Thu Thủy and Phạm Hương for a Bebe Fashion Show.

Hà Anh revealed the most important person of the day was Đàm Vinh Hưng who surprised the girls.

Huyền Trang once again made judges feel like she didn't know her advantages, but the photo was quite good.

The bus took girls to Mũi Né, Phan Thiết where they received tips for walking on sand like a Chăm Lady.

Prior to the week's challenge, contestants joined in a fashion show for local fisherman.

Next day, Huy Võ revealed that the photo shoot's theme was flying fairy, which exhausted the girls.

In the end, Tuyết Lan, Thu Hiền and Đàm Trang landed to bottom three for the first time.

[9][10] First runner-up Tuyết Lan, and other contestants, notably Đàm Thu Trang, Hoàng Oanh, Bảo Trân, Bích Trâm were discovered to have worked as professional editorial models or catwalk models prior to the contest.

[10] Notably, Huy Võ became a judge while still studying at Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.