Lights! Camera! Action! The lights come to a dim, the background music is pumped, and the show finally begins. Six-feet talk Amazonian figures catwalk down the Project Runway's New York Fashion runway show - here was where a new fashion house name began to make its way into fashion world. This time it wasn’t Dior, Versace, or the likes of Dolce and Gabanna, but rather a simple … [Read more...] about Fashion Meets a Vietnamese American- Chloe Dao
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Influential Vietnamese: Michelle Phan – Make-Up Guru of Youtube
Michelle Phan is a Vietnamese-descent make-up guru of Youtube, current spokesperson for Lancome, and creator of her own beauty product line, IQQU Beauty International. Her art and beauty inspiration began at the early age of five. In an interview with Stephanie Hayes of Times, Michelle recalls a fond memory creating a Halloween mask. Her family was living on food stamps then … [Read more...] about Influential Vietnamese: Michelle Phan – Make-Up Guru of Youtube
Influential Vietnamese: Natalie Tran, Queen of YouTube
Of all the influential Vietnamese people we have featured on VTP, Natalie Tran might be the most influential. How influential is Natalie Tran? Her top two videos on YouTube pull in 18 million views each. That's more than the population of Chile! Natalie has more than half a million subscribers on her YouTube channel and has amassed more than 180 million views from her 200 … [Read more...] about Influential Vietnamese: Natalie Tran, Queen of YouTube
Influential Vietnamese: Ngo Bao Chau and the Fundamental Lemma
In 2009, Vietnamese-born Ngô Bao Châu found himself in TIME magazine as the man responsible for one of the top 10 scientific discoveries of 2009. His discovery? The proof to the fundamental lemma. I've tried my best to digest the basics of the theory, but since it has been over ten years since my last math class (Calculus D), everything looks like a foreign … [Read more...] about Influential Vietnamese: Ngo Bao Chau and the Fundamental Lemma
Influential Vietnamese: Duy-Loan T. Le, Philanthropist
In April of 1975, Duy-Loan T. Le and her family left a war-torn Vietnam with only $100 to begin a new life in America. Her two sisters had to give up their education, and her father remained in Vietnam to provide financial means. Four years later — at the age of 16 — Duy-Loan graduated from her high school as a Valedictorian, and continued her education in University of Texas. … [Read more...] about Influential Vietnamese: Duy-Loan T. Le, Philanthropist