Miss Ceará Explained

Miss Ceará is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Ceará at the Miss Brazil 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:

• Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima, from Sobral, in 1955
• , from Fortaleza, in 1989
• Melissa Holanda Gurgel, from Maracanaú, in 2014
• Teresa Stela Barbosa Silva Santos, from Maranguape, in 2021

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 (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

Year	Name	Age	Height	Represented	Miss Brazil placement	Notes
Miss Universe Ceará
2024	Kellen Alves	30		Fortaleza
2023	Beatriz Moreira Militão[1]	25		Trairi	Top 16
2022	Luana Carvalho Lobo	27		Fortaleza	3rd Runner-Up	Previously crowned Miss Ceará Be Emotion 2019, then placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss Brazil 2019 and was placed as 4th Alternative/Runner-Up at Miss Brazil 2020.
2021	Teresa Stela Barbosa Silva Santos[2]	23		Maranguape	Miss Brazil 2021	Previously crowned Miss Ceará Be Emotion 2018 and placed 2nd Runner-Up at Miss Brazil 2018. Competed at Miss Universe 2021.
U Miss Ceará 2020 and Miss Ceará Be Emotion 2020
2020	Luana Carvalho Lobo	25		Maracanaú	4th Alternative/Runner-Up	No national Miss Brazil contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and change in the national franchise holder which caused the national titleholder to be appointed.[3]
Miss Ceará Be Emotion
2019	Luana Carvalho Lobo[4]	24		Maracanaú	1st Runner-Up	Later became Miss Universe Ceará 2022, then placed 3rd Runner-Up at Miss Brazil 2022 and placed as 4th Alternative/Runner-Up at Miss Brazil 2020. Last Miss Miss Ceará Be Emotion
2018	Teresa Stela Barbosa Silva Santos	19		Groaíras	2nd Runner-Up	Later became Miss Universe Ceará 2021 and won Miss Brazil 2021.
2017	Aléxia Duarte[5]	21		Fortaleza	Top 10	Also won Miss Be Emotion.
2016	Morgana Carlos[6]	20		Quixadá	Top 5
2015	Arianne Miranda[7]	24		Horizonte
Miss Ceará Universe
2014	Melissa Holanda Gurgel[8]	20		Maracanaú	Miss Brazil 2014	Top 15 at Miss Universe 2014.
2013	Mariana Vasconcelos	23		Fortaleza	Top 10
2012	Milena Lemos do Monte Ferrer[9] [10]	20		Guaraciaba do Norte	Top 10
Miss Ceará
2011	Anastácia Line Alves Duarte[11]			Fortaleza	Top 15
2010	Eugênia Justino Barbosa[12]	23		Crato
2009	Khrisley Karlen Gonçalves da Silva[13]			Pacajus	4th Runner-Up
2008	Vanessa Lima Vidal[14] [15]			Clube dos Diários	1st Runner-Up	Also won Miss Popular Vote.
2007	Raphaella Benevides[16]			Mombaça
2006	Carla Medeiros Rocha[17] [18]			Juazeiro do Norte		Won Best State Costume.
2005	Daniela Amaral Silva[19] [20]			Limoeiro do Norte
2004	Jorlene Rodrigues Cordeiro[21]			Fortaleza
2003	Jacqueline Gaspar de Oliveira Carneiro			Fortaleza		Won Miss Congenitality. Became Miss Ceará after the original winner was dethroned.
	Rebeca Pimentel	17		Fortaleza	Did not compete	Was not allowed to compete for Miss Brazil due to being underage.
2002	Andréia Batista Monteiro			Barbalha
2001	Orleide Ferreira Castro			Barbalha
2000	Wanuska Aguiar Dantas			Crato
1999	Geisa Jinkings de Oliveira			Fortaleza
1998	Germana Gaspar			Fortaleza	Top 12
1997	Roselane Cândida Lima			Fortaleza
1996	Mônica do Rêgo Matias			Maracanaú
1995	Maria de Lourdes Silva			Horizonte
1994	Synara Barroso			Fortaleza
1993	No delegate sent in 1993 due to Miss Brazil 1993 being appointed rather than having a contest.
1992	Andréa Ferreira			Fortaleza	1st Runner-Up
1991	No delegate sent in 1991.
1990	No contest in 1990.
1989	[22]	20		Fortaleza	Miss Brazil 1989	Competed at Miss Universe 1989.
1988	Joana D'Arc Maia			Maranguape
1987	Marta Pessoa			Fortaleza
1986	Deusa Guerra			Fortaleza	Top 12
1985	Luzia Miglioranzi			Fortaleza	Top 12
1984	Zeilma Loiola[23]			Sobral
1983	Ana Cláudia Soares			Fortaleza	Top 12
1982	Tânia Mara Piccoli			Clube das Casas Pernambucanas	Top 12
1981	Glória Virgínia Chaves			Itapipoca
1980	Maria das Dores Neves			AABEC
1979	Aracília Arruda			Crateús
1978	Aparecida Carvalho			Clube de Regatas Barra do Ceará	Did not compete	Became Miss Ceará after the original winner resigned.
	Zuleika Zardo			Ceará Country Club		Resigned after competing in Miss Brazil.
1977	Maria Luiza Holanda			Clube de Regatas Barra do Ceará
1976	Imaculada Cicarelli			Clube Bradesco
1975	Jacqueline Buarque			Colégio Batista Santos Dumont		Won Miss Congenitality.
1974	Elizabeth Gomes
1973	Roseli de Lima			Escola Doméstica São Rafael		Won Miss Congenitality.
1972	Ana Maria Kerth			Clubes de Fortaleza	Top 8
1971	Aldenora Nogueira[24]			Quixeramobim
1970	Tânia Mara Tavares			Comercial Clube
1969	Vera Lúcia Camelo				Top 8
1968	Vera Maria Veras			Clube dos Diários
1967	Cláudia Saraiva					Won Miss Congenitality.
1966	Maria Cláudia Maciel			União dos Clubes Suburbanos	Did not compete	Became Miss Ceará after the original winner resigned.
	Francy Nogueira			Crato		Resigned after competing in Miss Brazil.
1965	Ana Clara Ferreira			Círculo Militar	Did not compete	Became Miss Ceará after the original winner resigned.
	Iassodara Cavalcante			Clube dos Diários		Resigned after competing in Miss Brazil.
1964	Ana Carvalhedo			Comercial Clube	Top 9
1963	Vera Lúcia Maia			Fortaleza Esporte Clube
1962	Rita Nóbrega				Top 8
1961	Elza Laureano[25]			•	3rd Runner-Up
1960	Wanda Medeiros			Crato
1959	Airtes Arruda			Sobral	Did not compete	Became Miss Ceará after the original winner resigned.
	Rufina Braga					Resigned after competing in Miss Brazil.
1958	Maria Sanford			Sobral
1957	Lia Guimarães			Clube Massapeense	3rd Runner-Up
1956	Mazu Holanda			Clube dos Diários	3rd Runner-Up
1955	Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima	18			Miss Brazil 1955	Top 15 at Miss Universe 1955.
1954	No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955.

Table Notes

External links

• Official Miss Brasil Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-05-26 . Miss Universo Ceará 2023: universitária filha de pescador de Trairi é vencedora do concurso . 2023-07-07 . G1 . pt-br.
2. Web site: 2021-11-10 . Miss Universo Brasil: cearense Teresa Santos é a vencedora e vai representar o país no concurso internacional . 2023-05-21 . G1 . pt-br.
3. Web site: Miss Brasil vai para o streaming e representante será anunciada em agosto A Gazeta . 2022-09-10 . www.agazeta.com.br . pt-br.
4. Web site: www.ArtemSite.com.br . Miss Ceará, Luana Lobo defende aceitação e amor próprio . 2023-05-21 . Xereta . pt-br.
5. Web site: 2017-06-15 . Modelo é eleita a nova Miss Ceará 30 anos depois da mãe . 2023-05-21 . Extra Online . pt-BR.
6. Web site: 2016-06-24 . Candidata de Quixadá é eleita Miss Ceará 2016 O POVO . 2023-05-21 . www20.opovo.com.br . pt-br.
7. Web site: Arianne Miranda é eleita Miss Ceará 2015 . 2023-05-21 . Portal IN - Pompeu Vasconcelos - Balada IN . pt-BR.
8. Web site: CE . Do G1 . 2014-09-28 . Cearense Melissa Gurgel é eleita a Miss Brasil 2014 . 2023-05-21 . Ceará . pt-br.
9. Web site: Gabriela Markus é a Miss Brasil 2012 . 2022-11-17 . pt-BR.
10. Web site: CE . Diana VasconcelosDo G1 . 2012-02-08 . Miss Guaraciaba do Norte é eleita Miss Ceará 2012 . 2023-05-21 . Ceará . pt-br.
11. Web site: 2010-12-01 . Anastácia é eleita Miss Ceará 2011 - Metro . 2023-05-21 . Diário do Nordeste . pt-br.
12. Web site: 2009-12-15 . Eugênia Justino é a nova Miss Ceará - Metro . 2023-05-21 . Diário do Nordeste . pt-br.
13. Web site: Miss Ceará é a nova coleguinha do Caldeirão do Huck . 2023-05-21 . Monólitos Post . pt-BR.
14. Web site: Miss Ceará conta sua história de superação aos servidores do TJDFT . 2023-05-21 . Jusbrasil . pt-br.
15. Web site: UOL Tablóide - Especial Miss Brasil 2008 . 2023-05-21 . noticias.uol.com.br.
16. Web site: Folha Online - Galeria de imagens . 2023-05-21 . www1.folha.uol.com.br.
17. Web site: UOL Tablóide - Especial Miss Brasil 2006 . 2023-05-21 . noticias.uol.com.br.
18. Web site: A beleza exótica da Miss Ceará 2006 Coluna Beleza O POVO Online . 2023-05-21 . www20.opovo.com.br.
19. Web site: UOL Tablóide - Especial Miss Brasil 2005 . 2023-05-21 . noticias.uol.com.br.
20. Web site: 2005-04-14 . Limoeiro torce por sua candidata cearense - Região . 2023-05-21 . Diário do Nordeste . pt-BR.
21. Web site: UOL Tablóide - Especial Miss Brasil 2004 . 2023-05-21 . noticias.uol.com.br.
22. Web site: 2021-11-10 . De Fortaleza a Sobral, relembre as cearenses vencedoras do Miss Brasil - Zoeira . 2023-05-21 . Diário do Nordeste . pt-br.
23. Web site: Miss Sobral 2012 tem o DNA da Miss Sobral 1984 . 2023-05-21.
24. Web site: 2023-05-21 . MISS QUIXERAMOBIM 2009 . 2023-05-21 . pt-BR.
25. Web site: 2015-08-01 . Morre, aos 71 anos, a Miss Ceará de 1961 - Metro . 2023-05-21 . Diário do Nordeste . pt-br.