Monalysa Alcântara

Miss Brazil 2017
Monalysa Alcântara
Born
Monalysa Maria Alcântara Nascimento

(1999-01-24) 24 January 1999 (age 25)
Teresina, Brazil
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Teen Piauí 2016
Miss Piauí 2017
Miss Brazil 2017
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Miss Brazil 2017
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2017
(Top 10)

Monalysa Maria Alcântara Nascimento (born 24 January 1999) is a Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Brasil 2017, becoming the first representative from Piauí and the third woman of Afro-Brazilian origin to win the crown. She represented Brazil at Miss Universe 2017, where she placed in the top ten. Since 2023, she has been the State Director for the Miss Piauí state pageant.[1]

Life and career

Alcântara was born in Teresina, Piauí. She began modeling at age fourteen, and is a university student studying business administration and fashion.

Pageantry

Alcântara began her pageant career after being crowned Miss Teen Piauí 2016, at age seventeen. She went on to represent Piauí at the Miss Teen Brazil 2016 pageant, where she was a runner-up. The following year, Alcântara was crowned Miss Piauí 2017.[2] She represented Piauí in the Miss Brasil 2017 competition, and was crowned the winner, becoming the first woman from Piauí and third Afro-Brazilian to win the crown.[3][4] She represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 2017 in Las Vegas where she made the Top 10.

References

  1. ^ Oliveira, Pablo (2023-02-17). "Após pedido de fãs, Miss assume coordenação do Miss Universo Piauí". Portal iG (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  2. ^ Galvão, Rafael (16 July 2017). "Monalysa Alcântara é eleita Miss Piauí 2017 Be Emotion" (in Portuguese). GPL. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Monalysa Alcântara, do Piauí, é eleita Miss Brasil 2017" (in Portuguese). G1. 20 August 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ^ Ceribelli, Ana (20 August 2017). "MONALYSA ALCÂNTARA É A MISS BRASIL BE EMOTION 2017" (in Portuguese). Miss Brasil. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Universo Brasil
2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Lara Lobo
Miss Piauí
2017
Succeeded by
Naiely Lima
Preceded by
Hanna Rocha
Miss Teen Piaui 2016 Succeeded by
Gabriela Lacerda
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Miss Brazil titleholders
1950s
  • Bahia Martha Rocha (1954)
  • Ceará Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima (1955)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Maria José Cardoso (1956)
  • Amazonas (Brazilian state) Teresinha Gonçalves Morango (1957)
  • Federal District, Brazil (1891-1960) Adalgisa Colombo Teruskin (1958)
  • Federal District, Brazil (1891-1960) Vera Regina Ribeiro Secco (1959)
1960s
  • Guanabara Jean "Gina" MacPherson (1960)
  • Minas Gerais Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha (1961)
  • Bahia Olívia Rebouças Cavalcanti (1962)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Iêda Maria Britto Vargas (1963)
  • Paraná (state) Ângela Teresa Vasconcelos (1964)
  • Guanabara Raquel Helena de Andrade (1965)
  • Guanabara Ana Cristina Ridzi Bercet (1966)
  • São Paulo (state) Carmen de Barros Ramasco (1967)
  • Bahia Martha Maria Vasconcellos (1968)
  • Santa Catarina (state) Vera Lúcia Fischer (1969)
1970s
  • Guanabara Eliane Thompson (1970)
  • Minas Gerais Eliane Parreira Guimarães (1971)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Rejane Vieira da Costa (1972)
  • São Paulo (state) Sandra Mara Ferreira (1973)
  • São Paulo (state) Sandra Oliveira (1974)
  • Santa Catarina (state) Ingrid Budag (1975)
  • São Paulo (state) Kátia Celestino Moretto (1976)
  • São Paulo (state) Cássia Morais Silveira (1977)
  • Minas Gerais Suzana Araújo dos Santos (1978)
  • Rio Grande do Norte Marta Jussara da Costa (1979)
1980s
  • Rio de Janeiro (state) Eveline Didier Schröeter (1980)
  • Rio de Janeiro (state) Adriana Alves de Oliveira (1981)
  • Pará Celice Pinto Marques (1982)
  • Minas Gerais Marisa Fully Coelho (1983)
  • São Paulo (state) Ana Elisa Flores (1984)
  • Mato Grosso Márcia Giagio Canavezes (1985)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Deise Nunes de Souza (1986)
  • Federal District (Brazil) Jacqueline Ribeiro Meirelles (1987)
  • Santa Catarina (state) Isabel Cristina Bedüschi (1988)
  • Ceará Flávia Cavalcanti (1989)
1990s
  • São Paulo (state) Patrícia Godói (1991)
  • Paraná (state) Maria Carolina Otto (1992)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Leila Cristine Schüster (1993)
  • São Paulo (state) Valéria Melo Péris (1994)
  • Minas Gerais Renata Bessa Soares (1995)
  • Paraná (state) Maria Joana Parizotto (1996)
  • Minas Gerais Nayla Micherif (1997)
  • Mato Grosso do Sul Michela Marchi (1998)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Renata Bonfiglio Fan (1999)
2000s
2010s
2020s
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