# Miss Maranhão

Miss Maranhão is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Maranhão 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 2022, the State director of Miss Maranhão is, Dominique Silva. Maranhão still has yet to win a crown in the national contest.

## Results summary
### Placements

* Miss Brazil:
* 1st Runner-Up:
* 2nd Runner-Up: Mical Pinheiro Pacheco (1997); Deise D'anne de Sousa (2016)
* 3rd Runner-Up:
* 4th Runner-Up:
* Top 5/Top 8/Top 9:
* Top 10/Top 11/Top 12: Thatiana Soares Rodrigues (1985); Larissa Pires de Faria (2014); Isadora Amorim Tobias (2015); Ana Beatriz Nazareno (2017); Natália Seipel Nikolić (2022)
* Top 15/Top 16: Roberta Ribeiro Tavares (2008)

### Special Awards

* Miss Congeniality:
* Miss Be Emotion:
* Miss Popular Vote:
* Best State Costume:

## Titleholders

| Year | Name | Age | Height | Represented | Miss Brazil placement | Notes |
| Miss Universe Maranhão |||||||
| 2024 | Ane Caroline Diniz | 27 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Caxias | | |
| 2023 | Lorena Caroline Maia e Silva | 27 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | São Luís | | |
| 2022 | Natália Seipel Nikolić | 24 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | São José de Ribamar | Top 10 | |
| 2021 | Juliana da Costa Santos | 27 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Presidente Dutra | | |
| U Miss Maranhão 2020 and Miss Maranhão Be Emotion 2020 |||||||
| 2020 | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| Miss Maranhão Be Emotion |||||||
| 2019 | Anna Carolina Sousa | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Itapecuru-Mirim | | 1st Runner-Up at Miss Maranhão 2017 Last Miss Miss Maranhão Be Emotion |
| 2018 | Lorena da Silva Bessani | 25 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Barreirinhas | | |
| 2017 | Ana Beatriz Nazareno | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Mata Roma | Top 10 | |
| 2016 | Deise D'anne de Sousa | 26 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Santo Amaro (do Maranhão) | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 2015 | Isadora Amorim Tobias | 24 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Imperatriz | Top 10 | |
| Miss Maranhão Universe |||||||
| 2014 | Larissa Pires de Faria | 21 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Balsas | Top 10 | |
| 2013 | Ingrid Gonçalves | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Caxias | | |
| 2012 | Juliana Cavalcante | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | São Luís | | |
| Miss Maranhão |||||||
| 2011 | Nayanne Silva Ferres | | | São Luís | | |
| 2010 | Camila da Silva Ribeiro | | | São Luís | | |
| 2009 | Thaís dos Santos Portela | | | São Luís | | Assumed the title after the original winner was dethroned. |
| 2009 | Louisse Freire da Silva | | | Imperatriz | Did not compete | Dethroned |
| 2008 | Roberta Ribeiro Tavares | 18 | | São Luís | Top 15 | |
| 2007 | Maiara Rose Cunha Bentivi | 19 | | São Luís | | |
| 2006 | Aislanny Silva de Medeiros | | | São Luís | | |
| 2005 | Telécia Silva Neves de Souza | | | São Luís | | |
| 2004 | Lara Polyane Furtado Cunha | | | Chapadinha | | |
| 2003 | Kátia Corrêa de Oliveira | | | | | |
| 2002 | Regiane Farah Borralho | | | | | |
| 2001 | Zoraide Campos | | | | | |
| 2000 | Sabrina de Freitas Teixeira | | | | | |
| 1999 | Amélia Cristina Araújo Ferreira | | | | | |
| 1998 | Adriana Limeira dos Santos | | | | | |
| 1997 | Mical Pinheiro Pacheco | | | | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 1996 | Carla Diniz | | | | | |
| 1995 | Catiúscia Rodrigues | | | | | |
| 1994 | Taís Priscila Rodrigues | | | | | |
| 1993 | Ingrid Rocha Gomes | Ingrid Rocha Gomes | Ingrid Rocha Gomes | Ingrid Rocha Gomes | Ingrid Rocha Gomes | Ingrid Rocha Gomes |
| 1992 | Virna Maria Fecury Zenni | | | São Luís | | |
| 1991 | No delegate sent in 1991. | No delegate sent in 1991. | No delegate sent in 1991. | No delegate sent in 1991. | No delegate sent in 1991. | No delegate sent in 1991. |
| 1990 | No contest in 1990. | No contest in 1990. | No contest in 1990. | No contest in 1990. | No contest in 1990. | No contest in 1990. |
| 1989 | Cíntia Itapary Albuquerque | | | Barra do Corda | | |
| 1988 | Alessandra Cunha Lima | | | Imperatriz | | |
| 1987 | Viviana Vitória Teixeira | | | São Luís | | |
| 1986 | Roberta Marão Félix | | | São Luís | | |
| 1985 | Thatiana Soares Rodrigues | | | São Luís | Top 12 | |
| 1984 | Edna Pereira Mazoro | | | Grêmio Recreativo Lítero Português | | |
| 1983 | Silvia Leão Fiquene Couto | | | Grêmio Recreativo Lítero Português | | |
| 1982 | Marly Bezerra de Carvalho | | | Grêmio Recreativo Lítero Português | | |
| 1981 | Flávia Geórgia Ericeia Pereira | | | Clube Recreativo Jaguarema | | |
| 1980 | Rosicleuda Carvalho | | | Bacabal | | |
| 1979 | Marilene Gomes Borges | | | Açailândia | | |
| 1978 | Nazaré Bezerra Carvalho | | | Grêmio Recreativo Lítero Português | | |
| 1977 | Tereza Francisca Barros Torres | | | Caxias | | |
| 1976 | Ana Teresa Rodrigues de Abreu | | | Grêmio Recreativo Lítero Português | | |
| 1975 | Themis Quintanilha Gerudes | | | Grêmio Recreativo Lítero Português | | |
| 1974 | Miracy de Jesus Andrade | | | São Luís | | |
| 1973 | Ana Maria Freire de Souza | | | São Luís | | |
| 1972 | Fátima Eliane da Silva | | | Imperatriz | | |
| 1971 | Maria do Socorro Ribeiro Pinto | | | APLUB [pt] · Sociedade Feminina Sírio-Libanesa | | |
| 1970 | Mulad Alves Garrido | | | Casino Maranhense | | |
| 1969 | Rosa Maria Tavares da Costa | | | Casino Maranhense | | |
| 1968 | Vilma das Graças Castro Sales | | | Programa de Rádio Educadora em Sociedade | | |
| 1967 | Rosimar Silva Guimarães | | | Grêmio Recreativo Lítero Português | | |
| 1966 | Sandra Mara de Arruda Tavares | | | Jornal Pequeno | | |
| 1965 | Sônia Maria Malta Mendes | | | Clube Bancrévea | | |
| 1964 | Maria Tereza Boblitz | | | Centro de Veraneio Alvorada | | |
| 1963 | Ester Ewerton Santos | | | Casino Maranhense | | |
| 1962 | Maria Augusta Aguiar Salmen | | | Casino Maranhense | | |
| 1961 | Sônia Maria de Souza Duailibe | | | Grêmio Recreativo Lítero Português | | |
| 1960 | Merle Aguiar Salmen | | | Grêmio Recreativo Lítero Português | | |
| 1959 | Lenita da Conceição Gomes | | | Casino Maranhense | | |
| 1958 | Ida do Brasil Valente | | | UMES - União dos Estudantes Secundaristas | | Assumed the title after the original winner was dethroned. |
| 1958 | Maria Alice Serra de Castro | | | Grêmio Lítero Recreativo Português | Did not compete | Dethroned after it was revealed that she was underage. |
| 1957 | Malvina Maria de Melo e Alvim | | | Associação Espírita Milionários | | |
| 1956 | Maria Alice Castelo Cordeiro | | | Caxias | | |
| 1955 | Simei Ribeiro Bílio | | | Casino Maranhense | | |
| 1954 | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. | No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955. |

### Table Notes

* ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant