Larissa Costa Silva de Oliveira (born March 9, 1984), commonly known as Larissa Costa, is a Brazilian beauty queen who won the

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2009. Larissa Costa represented Brazil in the

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Biography

Born in

Natal NATAL or Natal may refer to: Places * Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil * Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa ** Natalia Republic, a former country (1839–1843) ** Colony of Natal, a former British colony ...

Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is located in the northeastern region of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", ref ...

, she is graduated in

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, and works in the Secretaria de Educação de Natal (Secretariat of Education of Natal).

Pageants

Larissa Costa won the Miss Rio Grande do Norte in 2009, representing the city of São Gonçalo do Amarante. She won the national pageant in 2009 representing

state. She beat the 1st runner-up, Rayanne Morais, of

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state and the 2nd runner-up, Denise Ribeiro, of the

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. Larissa Costa's coronation as Miss Brasil ended her

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's 20-year period without winning the beauty contest, as in 1989, Flávia Cavalcante, from

Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...

state, won the contest. She represented

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at the

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but failed to place.

References

1984 births Living people Miss Brazil winners Miss Universe 2009 contestants Brazilian female models People from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte {{Brazil-model-stub