Miss Ceará is a Brazilian
Beauty pageant
A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the contestants' physical attractiveness, sometimes sol ...
which selects the representative for the
State of Ceará at the
Miss Brazil
Miss Brazil () is a Brazilian national beauty pageant, held annually since 1954. The competition has gone through several incarnations throughout its history, while its main purpose has been to select the Brazilian representative for the Miss U ...
contest. The pageant was created in 1955 and has been held every year since with the exception of 1990–1991, 1993, and 2020. The pageant is held annually with representation of several municipalities. Since 2018, the State directors for Miss Ceará are Valéria Mannarino and Guilhermino Benevides. Ceará has won four crowns in the national contest.
The following women from who competed as Miss Ceará have won Miss Brazil:
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Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima, from Sobral, in 1955
*, from Fortaleza, in 1989
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Melissa Holanda Gurgel, from Maracanaú, in 2014
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Teresa Stela Barbosa Silva Santos, from Maranguape, in 2021
Gallery of Titleholders
File:2023-04-28 Visita das candidatas ao Miss Brasil Terra 2023 - 23 (Morgana Carlos).jpg, Miss Ceará 2016
Morgana Carlos
File:Melissa Gurgel for Sobrancelhas Design.jpg, Miss Ceará 2014, and Miss Brazil 2014
Melissa Holanda Gurgel
File:Presidente Café Filho recebe a Miss Brasil Emília Barreto 03 (cropped).jpg, Miss Ceará 1955, and Miss Brazil 1955
Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima
Results summary
Placements
*Miss Brazil:
Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima (1955); (1989);
Melissa Holanda Gurgel (2014);
Teresa Stela Barbosa Silva Santos (2021)
*1st Runner-Up: Andréa Ferreira (1992);
Vanessa Lima Vidal (2008); Luana Carvalho Lobo (2019)
*2nd Runner-Up: Francy Nogueira (1966);
Teresa Santos
Teresa Stela Barbosa Silva Santos (born June 9, 1998) is a Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Brazil 2021. She represented Brazil at Miss Universe 2021. Santos had previously been crowned Miss Ceará 2021 and Mis ...
(2018)
*3rd Runner-Up: Mazu Holanda (1956); Lia Guimarães (1957); Elza Laureano (1961); Luana Carvalho Lobo (2022)
*4th Runner-Up: Khrisley Karlen (2009); Luana Carvalho Lobo (2020)
*Top 5/Top 7/Top 8/Top 9: Rita Nóbrega (1962); Ana Carvalhedo (1964); Vera Lúcia Camelo (1969); Ana Maria Kerth (1972);
Morgana Carlos (2016)
*Top 10/Top 11/Top 12: Tânia Mara Piccoli (1982); Ana Cláudia Soares (1983); Luzia Miglioranzi (1985); Deusa Guerra (1986); Germana Gaspar (1998); Milena Ferrer (2012); Mariana Vasconcelos (2013); Aléxia Duarte (2017)
*Top 15/Top 16: Anastácia Duarte (2011); Beatriz Moreira Militão (2023)
Special Awards
*Miss Congeniality: Cláudia Saraiva (1967); Roseli de Lima (1973); Jacqueline Buarque (1975); Jacqueline Gaspar (2003)
*Best State Costume: Carla Rocha (2006)
*Miss Popular Vote:
Vanessa Lima Vidal (2008)
*Miss Be Emotion: Aléxia Duarte (2017)
Titleholders
Table Notes
References
External links
Official Miss Brasil Website
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Women in Brazil
Ceará
Ceará (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It is the List of Brazilian states by population, eighth-largest Brazilian State by ...
Miss Brazil state pageants