Martha Vasconcellos
Martha Vasconcellos | |
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Born | Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos (1948-06-18) June 18, 1948 (age 75) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Brasil 1968 Miss Universe 1968 |
Years active | 1968–present |
Hair color | Light brown |
Eye color | Green |
Major competition(s) | Miss Brasil 1968 (Winner) Miss Universe 1968 (Winner) |
Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos (born June 18, 1948) is a Brazilian beauty queen who became her country's second Miss Universe winner,[1] after Iêda Maria Vargas first achieved the feat in 1963. She also became the fifth Latin American to win the title, after Peru's Gladys Zender in 1957, Colombia's Luz Marina Zuluaga in 1958 and Argentina's Norma Nolan in 1962. Vasconcellos is a native of the state of Bahia.
Biography
Vasconcellos allegedly had a boyfriend since she was twelve when she represented Brazil at the 1968 Miss Universe pageant in Miami Beach, Florida. She beat 64 contestants to win the title.
The morning after her win, she called her family and boyfriend in Brazil, expressing feelings of being homesick. Vasconcellos lived in New York, New York for the next year, as required by the Miss Universe organization, then returned to Brazil in 1969 and married days after.
Vasconcellos today leads a quiet and private life, practically disappearing from the public eye. She has two children from her first wedding to Reinaldo Loureiro: Leonardo and Leilane, and has two grandsons, Felipe and Guilherme. She lived in the Boston, Massachusetts area and worked for a Portuguese-speaking organization as a victims rights counselor. Now retired, she has returned to live in Brazil.
See also
References
- ^ Birnbaum, Cara (2006). Universal Beauty: The Miss Universe Guide to Beauty. Thomas Nelson Inc. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-1-4016-0229-1.
External links
- page about Vasconcellos
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by | Miss Universe 1968 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Carmen Sílvia De Barros Ramasco | Miss Universo Brasil 1968 | Succeeded by Vera Fischer |
Preceded by Vera Lúcia Martinez da Mota | Miss Bahia 1968 | Succeeded by Lúcia dos Santos Guerreiro |
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- Martha Rocha (1954)
- Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima (1955)
- Maria José Cardoso (1956)
- Teresinha Gonçalves Morango (1957)
- Adalgisa Colombo Teruskin (1958)
- Vera Regina Ribeiro Secco (1959)
- Jean "Gina" MacPherson (1960)
- Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha (1961)
- Olívia Rebouças Cavalcanti (1962)
- Iêda Maria Britto Vargas (1963)
- Ângela Teresa Vasconcelos (1964)
- Raquel Helena de Andrade (1965)
- Ana Cristina Ridzi Bercet (1966)
- Carmen de Barros Ramasco (1967)
- Martha Maria Vasconcellos (1968)
- Vera Lúcia Fischer (1969)
- Eliane Thompson (1970)
- Eliane Parreira Guimarães (1971)
- Rejane Vieira da Costa (1972)
- Sandra Mara Ferreira (1973)
- Sandra Oliveira (1974)
- Ingrid Budag (1975)
- Kátia Celestino Moretto (1976)
- Cássia Morais Silveira (1977)
- Suzana Araújo dos Santos (1978)
- Marta Jussara da Costa (1979)
- Eveline Didier Schröeter (1980)
- Adriana Alves de Oliveira (1981)
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- Ana Elisa Flores (1984)
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- Deise Nunes de Souza (1986)
- Jacqueline Ribeiro Meirelles (1987)
- Isabel Cristina Bedüschi (1988)
- Flávia Cavalcanti (1989)
- Patrícia Godói (1991)
- Maria Carolina Otto (1992)
- Leila Cristine Schüster (1993)
- Valéria Melo Péris (1994)
- Renata Bessa Soares (1995)
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- Nayla Micherif (1997)
- Michela Marchi (1998)
- Renata Bonfiglio Fan (1999)
- Josiane Kruliskoski (2000)
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- Julia Gama (2020)
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