Well-known model Kha My Van has become the first Vietnamese model to walk down the catwalk at Paris Haute Couture Week.

Van wore Serkan Cura's latest Victoria's Secret designs.

She has been working for nearly two weeks in a project by BeU Models and Crystal Model and Slides Models Agency.

Afterher catwalk on July 7, Van was chosen as the "first face" on the showby French designer Julien Fournie the same day. Van was also selected totake photos with Fournie for his preview collection album before theshow.

The French designer praised Van's professional style as well as her confident walk down the catwalk.

"Icannot express my pride in seeing Van open the show by designerFournie," Le Quynh Trang, chairperson of BeU Models, which manages andtrains models, said. "It's no longer a dream, because today the dreamcame true when a Vietnamese model walked with confidence at the topfashion show."

The Paris Haute Couture Week, held from July 5 to9, was attended by French and Italian designers such as GiambattistaValli, Giorgio Armani Prive, Schiaparelli, and Versace, besidesValentino.

Van was the runner-up at Vietnam Next Top Model 2012contest. She has participated in various fashion shows in and outsidethe country.-VNA