Thao Trang

One of the mini bios I found: Thảo Trang is one of the finalists of the first season of Vietnam Idol. She is famous for her strong vocal and an appearance which is described as “strangely ugly”.

If that’s “ugly”, call me a masochist because I’ll take it all day every day.

We have a TV program in the States, Bizarre Foods, where Chef Andrew Zimmern travels the world sampling freaky native foods. On a recent episode set in Viet Nam, a segment featured, for about 5 minutes, an up and coming pop singer, Thao Trang, who joined him eating escargot  on the street. Not surprisingly, my attention shifted from the snails to Miss Trang at light speed.

She was born in Dong Ha in 1989, speaks flawless English and sings her pop, R&B and dance music in both English and Viet. She started singing at 17, and participated on Vietnam Idol in 2007 and made the top 5. She’s gone on to release numerous albums, appeared on TV a great deal, had her music appear on movie soundtracks and is heard over the airwaves on XoneFM, the voice of HCM city, VOV. You can check out her Facebook page, but be sure to look at her well done homepage too.

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  1. gunnar’s avatar

    i get quite a strong blasian vibe from her face, is it just me?

  2. Avatar of Romanticwarrior

    gunnar,

    I saw nothing in various bios to suggest there any African American blood in her though I can see where one might think so from some of the pics. I think she’s hot.

  3. Avatar of Luke

    She is definitely hot, quite a diverse look from pic to pic. Gunnar I got the same feeling from some pics as I scrolled down too.

  4. Avatar of wingsfan19

    I got the same vibe — not complaining about it, but just saying. Great body for sure.

  5. Avatar of HidyHo

    Face might not be my type but those hips don’t lie!!!

  6. Avatar of Guest Poster

    Actually, there are many Vietnamese who look like this—Vietnam is very ethnically diverse, but the ones who do modelling etc. generally come from the light-skinned urban population, who are (probably) of mostly Cantonese descent. Vietnamese themselves do not consider this type of look attractive though, hence the description in the article.

  7. johnsmith’s avatar

    I wouldn’t be surprised if there was at some point a GI in her background. I really like her. Her beauty is very unique. If she becomes very famous she will probably vacation in South Korea.

  8. Quyen’s avatar

    Interesting. A Vietnamese Lady Gaga.

  9. Avatar of KalifoJin

    Not just another pretty face. She has accesses and communicates the ineffable universal bliss. She pulls up some attitude, but duh, she’s a performer. Some of those getups are ON! And yes, I saved the big smile picture. Thanks RW.

  10. Avatar of Ray-Zorin

    Ms.Trang seems to have it all. Unique beauty is just the beginning to a long list of why I find her elegante yet sexy.
    The world shines a lot brighter with her presence and I bask in her light feeling lucky to be on the planet at the same time with her. She is a class apart!

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