After working in foreign markets, Tuyet Lan returned to the country to train 2019 Kid Model . She has shared about her current life as well as revealing complex backstage stories of modeling.
"I'm upset when people call my husband a giant"
* Hello Snow Lan, how is your life now after getting married?
- After getting married, I help my husband with his own business. Besides, having the right shows, I still accepted to participate. In the near future, I want to work in Vietnam. Because my grandmother is old, I want to spend time with my family. Maybe I will stay here for 4 to 5 years. There are now many programs, shows to me and Model Kid Vietnam is one such project.
After many years of operating in foreign markets, when I returned to Vietnam, I was surprised to have many young models. Speaking of match, I don't match much because of the designer, or stylist only has that many people. As people see, Vietnamese fashion is going down gradually, the catwalks, fashion shows are not much. Now only the designers themselves invest their own shows.
* How does the commune support you when participating in art activities?
- My husband, who is quite open, did not cause any difficulties for me. When I wanted to go back to Vietnam to be close to my family and get back to fashion, he supported me completely. I found myself taking a tolerant husband. In fact, many families in America do not accept people working in art, especially models. However, I am fortunate when my husband's family is quite open and always supports me. As for economic range, the commune is the main pillar, he supports me everything. If I like to work then I go to work, otherwise I can stay home to take care of my family. I did not say that I was rich but lived enough to feed four to five children.
At the time of marriage, many people speculated that her husband was a giant. At that time, what was your reaction?
- I see a beautiful person going with a slightly better person, everyone also called a couple. But if a beautiful person chooses a normal person, how does it fit her life? When I do a job with my own level, I will meet someone who suits me. The giants are not bad because they are also normal people. Sometimes people call my husband who is an overseas Vietnamese, a great family member, I am a bit uncomfortable but do not need to explain or present. I just want to say that everyone has their own class in society, it is impossible for a model, a beauty to be with a normal employee.
* After a few months of marriage, many rumors suggest that she is pregnant. At that time, how was your reaction?
- I am very impressed by this information. Maybe people see me posting implicit status lines or gaining weight, losing weight erratically so people take photos of my pregnancy. In fact it is not. If I vote, I will not hide it, I will share my child pictures. I am now 29 years old. My husband did not ask me about children but I think the best time is about a year or two before I think about having a baby. At first the commune wanted to have four to five babies, and I thought I would have about one to two babies.
"The old model is more interesting than now." Being a bright factor of Vietnamese fashion, Tuyet Lan was surprised when going abroad to start a business, get married and almost "absent" in Vietnam. Have you ever regretted your decision?
- I do not regret spending my youth to go to the United States because I have tried my best. What I learned, doing it is like a precious fortune for me. If I could return, I would still do so even though everyone said it was a bold decision. Not everyone has the opportunity to go abroad. I am one of those rare models to be there, this is the dream of many people while I have, why I don't catch it. Looking back on the 10-year journey, I found myself doing my best. Even if I have time on the peak and go abroad, it is also an option for me to challenge myself. Looking back at the days in the United States was difficult, it was hard but it made Snow Lan of today.
As for marriage, I think that is the right time. At that time, I had some things going on and affecting my psychology. I spent a year to travel and meet the current commune. However, getting married doesn't mean I still stop everything. I still accept fashion shows and appear in front of television.
* A Vietnamese model who came to New York to set up a career, what difficulties did you encounter?
- In the early days, I went to casting 20 shows a day and was rejected all. If Vietnamese models are already familiar with the fashion environment in Vietnam, it is very difficult to suffer when going abroad . They can stay for two months, three months, but cannot stay for three years, four years. In the early years, I was sad because I was the only Vietnamese in the company. Most countries have a lot of models involved and they often play with each other rather than playing alone with me. To find a Vietnamese speaker in the US is very difficult, I have to work on my own, without friends and relatives to help me. There are lonely, self-indulgent days that I cry.
* Many people believe that the long legs now play a lot of things that affect the image of the model in the eyes of the public. What do you think about this?
- I see a lot more fun in the past than now. Now I go to the show, I see very good models and backstage not as complicated as in the past. In the past, going to the backstage, you will see that each person has a different makeup, a layout, no matter what anyone says, they still close themselves to the station, I go first or last, they are also willing to push me to one side. Everyone is playing bad, me too.
* Can you share a specific case about how I have been badly played when participating in fashion shows?
- I remember the designer invited me to do vedette back then. At the last minute, a senior model in the show did not agree because I thought I was younger and wanted me to go Monday. At that time I felt normal so I didn't want to make a big deal. In another show, I was assigned a dress by the designer. The older sister model likes the dress better so I have to talk to the designer, take it off and change it for her.
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