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Miss Brazil Hometown State Age [a] Height Notes Miss Brazil 1954 Martha Rocha [1] Salvador Bahia: 17 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) First Runner-Up at Miss Universe 1954: 1955 Emília Barreto [2] Sobral Ceará: 18 1.71 m (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Top 15 at Miss Universe 1955: 1956 Maria José Cardoso [3] São Francisco do Sul Rio Grande do Sul: 21 1.70 m (5 ft ...
Martha Rocha, Miss Brazil 1954. Since 1900, competitions in the vein of Miss Brazil had existed sporadically throughout the country in a non-consecutive manner. Violeta Lima Castro, crowned Miss Brazil 1900, is sometimes considered the first Miss Brazil, although the records surrounding her being the alleged first winner are inconsistent and some records allege that a different woman was ...
A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include other criteria, such as personality, intelligence, talent, character, causes, and charitable involvement, through closed-door interviews with judges, or the conventional question-and-answer round(s) in the finals.
1997 United States: Brook Lee [47] 26 Pearl City: Miss USA 1997: 16 May 1997 74 1998 Trinidad and Tobago: Wendy Fitzwilliam [48] 25 Diego Martin: Miss Trinidad and Tobago 1998: 12 May 1998 81 1999 Botswana: Mpule Kwelagobe: 19 Gaborone: Miss Universe Botswana 1999: 26 May 1999 84 2000 India: Lara Dutta [49] 22 Mumbai: Femina Miss India 2000: 12 ...
0–9. Miss Brazil World 1996; Miss Brazil 1999; Miss Brazil World 2001; Miss Brazil 2003; Miss Brazil 2004; Miss Brazil 2005; Miss Brazil 2006; Miss Brazil World 2006
In 2016, she represented Brazil at 'Reinado Internacional del Café 2016' pageant and became the 1st runner-up. She then participated at the 'Miss Mundo Brasil' pageant again in 2017, representing the region of Zona da Mata and became 2nd runner-up. She represented Brazil at Miss Tourism International 2017 and bagged the 4th runner-up position.
Vera Fischer (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvɛɾa ˈfiʃeʁ]; born 27 November 1951) is a Brazilian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Brazil 1969 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1969 where she placed Top 15.
After Miss Universe, she worked as a model and advertising girl at Hollywood studios. For example, she earned US$30,000 to do a Gessy Lever advertisement. [citation needed] Martha Rocha became a Brazilian reference of beauty and her name was used for a cake, a song, in poetry, and street names in the state of Bahia, Santa Catarina and São Paulo.