Canadian model Heather Marks, an Angel for Victoria's Secret, traveled to Ho Chi Minh City for an annual fashion show themed “Long-leg festival 2011” at the Ocean Club in District 4 on May 15.
Venus Modeling Company sponsored around VND1billion ($50,000) to invite Marks to Vietnam.
Director Vu Khac Tiep expects the fashion show to be very different and attractive meeting international standards.
Heather Marks, 23, is a Canadian model known in the fashion world for her big eyes and doll-like features. She started modeling at age 15. She has since participated in hundreds of fashion shows and commercials around the world as well as appearing on magazine covers.
More than 200 celebrities, including beauty queens, movie stars, top singers and models like Giang My, Diem My, Truong Ngoc Anh, Nguyen Thi Huyen, Dieu Hoa, Bao Ngoc, Ha Kieu Anh, Jennifer Pham, Mai Phuong Thuy, Vu Cam Nhung, Thuy Dung, Ngoc Han, Thanh Hang, Vu Thu Phuong, Huong Giang, Hoang Yen and Lan Huong joined the show.
In addition, forty Vietnamese and international models from the UK, South Korea and Singapore showed the latest collections of international famous brands and of Vietnamese designers, including Vietnamese American designer, Cory.
Ho Ngoc Ha was the only singer performing at the fashion show.