Rafaela Köhler Zanella (born 9 August 1986, in
Santa Maria) is Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder of German and Italian descent who represented her country in the
Miss Universe 2006
Miss Universe 2006 was the 55th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States on July 23, 2006.
At the end of the event, Natalie Glebova of Canada crowned Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico as Miss ...
pageant.
Miss Brasil 2006
Zanella was elected
Miss Brasil 2006
Miss Brazil 2006 ( pt, Miss Brasil 2006) was the 52nd edition of the Miss Brazil pageant. It was held on 8 April 2006 at Claro Hall in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil and was hosted by Nayla Micherif and Nivaldo Prieto. Carina Bedusc ...
on 8 April 2006, representing her state,
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
.
Miss Universe 2006
In the
Miss Universe 2006
Miss Universe 2006 was the 55th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States on July 23, 2006.
At the end of the event, Natalie Glebova of Canada crowned Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico as Miss ...
pageant, which took place on 23 July 2006 in
Los Angeles
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, California, United States, Zanella placed in the semifinals, among the top 20.
References
1986 births
Brazilian people of German descent
Brazilian people of Italian descent
People from Rio Grande do Sul
Living people
Miss Brazil winners
Brazilian female models
Miss Universe 2006 contestants
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