Miss Bahia is a Brazilian

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which selects the representative for the

State of Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest by ...

at the

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contest. The pageant was created in 1954 and has been held every year since with the exception of 1990, 1993, and 2020. The pageant is held annually with representation of several municipalities. Since 2022, the State director of Miss Bahia is, Juliana Alves. Bahia has won three crowns in the national contest and also the state that produced the second and most recent Miss Brazil to win the Miss Universe contest,

Martha Vasconcellos Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos (born June 18, 1948) is a Brazilian beauty queen who became her country's second Miss Universe winner, after Ieda Maria Vargas first achieved the feat in 1963. She also became the fifth Latin American to win ...

Salvador Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...

. The following women from who competed as Miss Bahia have won Miss Brazil: *Marta Rocha, from Salvador, in 1954 *Olívia Rebouças Cavalcanti, from Itabuna, in 1962 *Marta Vasconcellos, from Salvador, in 1968

Gallery of Titleholders

File:Miss Bahia - Anne Lima (16348855475).jpg, Miss Bahia 2014
Anne Lima File:Martha Vasconcellos (1968) (cropped).jpg, Miss Bahia 1968, Miss Brazil 1968, and

Miss Universe 1968 Miss Universe 1968, the 17th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 13 July 1968 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Martha Vasconcellos of Brazil was crowned by Sylvia Hitchcock of the United States at the end of t ...

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Marta Rocha

Results Summary

Placements

*Miss Brazil:

Martha Rocha Maria Martha Hacker Rocha (Salvador, Bahia 19 September 1932 – Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, 4 July 2020) was a Brazilian model, the first winner of Miss Brasil 1954, and the 1st runner-up to Miss Universe. Career Rocha was born on 19 September 1 ...

(1954); (1962);

(1968) *1st Runner-Up: Laura Oliveira (1978); Vanessa Blumenfeld (1988); Vanessa Gabriella Rocha (2011); Maria Isabel Santos (2018) *2nd Runner-Up: Maria Manso Dias (1959); Zaída Costa (1975); Cristiane Andrade (1996); Priscila Santiago (2013) *3rd Runner-Up: *4th Runner-Up: Stella Rocha (1961); Jerusa Ribeiro (1977); Isacarla Petri (1994); Juliana Mendonça (2006) *Top 5/Top 8/Top 9: Marilda Mascarenhas (1965); Ana Moreira (1970) *Top 10/Top 11/Top 12: Geórgia Rejane Mendes (1979); Silvana Batista (1983); Ana Cristina Miranda (1984); Marisabel Böre (1985); Morgana Campos Brasil (1986); Cynara Fernandes (1987); Bianca Queiróz Rocha (1989); Nathalie Maria Duarte (1992); Jussana Moreira Sena (1998); Halina Francisca (2000); Oldeane Fonseca (2001); Bárbara Fernandes (2002); Karoline Araújo de Souza (2004); Danielle Abrantes (2005); Renata Marzolla Costa (2007); Paloma Garzedim Vega (2009); Patrícia Cristiane Guerra (2015); Amanda Malaquias Barreto (2022) *Top 15/Top 16: Rafaela Santos (2010); Victoria Esteves (2016); Caroline Oliveira (2017); Tainara Costa (2021)

Special Awards

*Miss Congeniality: Bianca Rocha (1989); Bárbara Fernandes (2002); Danielle Abrantes (2005) *Miss Photogenic:

(1968)

Titleholders

Table Notes

References

External links

Official Miss Brasil Website
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Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

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