Two share Vietnam's Next Top Model title

Oanh is from Quang Ninh and Hung hails from Gia Lai.

The show's executive producer Le Thi Quynh Trang said they had obtained permission from the original format holder to grant the title to two persons.

The surprise result was announced during a glitzy finale on Saturday night in HCM City, which began with a catwalk performance of top five finalists displaying creations of Project Runway 2014 winner Ly Giam Tien.

The pressure of the final seemed to have got to Duy Anh of Ha Noi. He stepped on the dress train of another contestant.

After the performance, Duy Anh, a 20-year-old student of the Ha Noi Theatre and Cinema College, was eliminated along with two young women, Tieu Linh from Hai Duong and Cao Ngan from Can Tho.

The two finalists Oanh and Hung continued with the photo-shoot challenge, which required them to join dancers on stage and pose alongside them.

Tie: Nguyen Oanh (left) and Quang Hung on the catwalk stage during the finale of the Vietnam's Next Top Model on Saturday night. The two models were then announced as winners of the reality TV contest. - Photos vnexpress.net

In the metallic bodysuit outfits created by the Project Runway 2013 winner Hoang Minh Ha, the models posed for photographer Samuel Hoang.

In the previous round, which tested acting skills for an advertisement clip and casting for the Vietnam International Fashion Week, Oanh was eliminated.

However, she was saved by the judges in the last minutes, and grabbed the chance to go to Milan together with other rivals.

Responding to comments that judges favoured her more than other finalists, Oanh said she always listened to every comment of the jurors in preparing for each challenge.

"I have tried my best tirelessly," she said. "Although some people have not appreciated my utmost yet, I'm satisfied because I have not disappointed myself."

On her co-winner, Oanh said he had "brightened" the finale's stage, so "his winning was absolutely understandable".

Hung said he was not surprised that Oanh won, but had not foreseen the double victory.

Before joining the contest, he was an economics student and a model for some fashion publications.