Lam Uyen Nhi

Who is Lam Uyen Nhi?

Lam Uyen Nhi was a former beauty contestant winner from Vietnam. After she won a beauty contest in Nha Trang in 1989, she quit school to establish a business in Ho Chi Minh City. Nhi was born into a family of eight sisters. Although her father left when she was young, she grew up in the loving arms of her mother. Her family life was also extremely difficult. Later on in life, she became addicted to drugs, became a prostitute, and infected with HIV. She lived the last days at the Center for Social Labour Education and died in 2008.

She is a character in the program "The contemporary" on Vietnam Television, and was the subject of long-term series of reports on major newspapers.