Evening of October 22, semi-finals Miss Grand International 2024 took place in Thailand with competitions such as bikini performance and evening gown performance. As one of the strong candidates for the beauty queen title, the appearance of Miss Grand Spain 2024– Susana Medina attracts attention. On stage, the beauty impressed with her sharp appearance and confident catwalk steps when wearing costumes by designer Le Ngoc Lam.
The Vietnamese fashion house shared the idea of making a semi-final dress for Miss Grand Spain comes from myth The Phoenix in the sky. “The image of the fire phoenix contains my expectations and Susana Medina’s great aspirations. Through the dress, I want to express the power of rebirth, the strong ability to recover after challenges and as a wish for Susana Medina to face the difficulties in the competition and the future journey,” Le Ngoc Lam said.
Developed based on the breath of mythology, the dress model is intricately embellished with every detail from artisans. Thousands of sparkling, brilliant red gems are arranged in layers like burning sparks. This arrangement is not only highly aesthetic but also creates a strong visual effect, helping the light on the stage reflect on the dress, increasing the heat.
The designer said the manual attachment technique took him and his team a lot of time. “The stones must be calculated to create soft lines, curving according to the queen’s curves and every movement, like the bright red rays of a phoenix’s fire in the dark night.” Behind the dress, the designer simulated magnificent phoenix wings with a tens of meter long skirt, decorated with soft feathers.
According to the designer, he previously collaborated with many international beauty queens, including the final walk dress for Miss Grand International 2022 Isabella Menin. Thanks to those collaborations, he was organized Miss Grand Spain follow on Instagram and proactively order evening dresses in advance Miss Grand International 2024 start three months. Receiving the queen’s requests, Le Ngoc Lam created 10 sketches to organize Miss Grand Spain chose the final two dress designs for her to perform in two special competition nights, the semi-finals and finals.
Le Ngoc Lam quickly completed the designs for Susana Medina and conducted fitting in Vietnam two days before the official competition took place. At the same time, the team also conducted a photoshoot with dress models so that the Spanish beauty could have an image at the competition. When wearing this dress, the beauty queen said she was very satisfied. Therefore, the crew almost did not need to edit much, but just emphasized a few more details to make the outfit stand out more.
After the semi-finals, Susana Medina will continue to wear Le Ngoc Lam’s dress for the final. The dress will have silver tones, fringed and see-through to help the beauty flatter her curves. The inspiration of phoenix beauty will still be promoted by Susana Medina on the final dress model. In addition, in the contest, the Spanish beauty also wore another boldly cut dress by a Vietnamese designer.