# Miss Rio Grande do Sul

Miss Rio Grande do Sul is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Rio Grande do Sul at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1954 and has been held every year since with the exception of 1990, 1993, and 2020. The pageant is held annually with representation of several municipalities. Since 2023, Bebeto Azevêdo has been the state director of Miss Rio Grande do Sul. Rio Grande do Sul is the state with the most crowns in the national contest and also the state that produced the first Miss Brazil to win the Miss Universe contest, Iêda Maria Vargas of Porto Alegre.
The following women from who competed as Miss Rio Grande do Sul have won Miss Brazil:
* Maria José Cardoso, from Porto Alegre, in 1956
* Iêda Maria Vargas, from Porto Alegre, in 1963
* Rejane Vieira Costa, from Pelotas, in 1972
* Deise Nunes, from Canela, in 1986
* Leila Schüster, from Cachoeirinha, in 1993
* Renata Fan, from Santo Ângelo, in 1999
* Juliana Borges, from Santa Maria, in 2001
* Joseane Oliveira, from Esteio, in 2002 but was later dethroned
* Fabiane Niclotti, from Gramado, in 2004
* Rafaela Zanella, from Santa Maria, in 2006
* Natálya Anderle, from Encantado, in 2008
* Priscila Machado, from Farroupilha, in 2011
* Gabriela Markus, from Teutônia, in 2012
* Marthina Brandt, from Bom Princípio, in 2015
* Julia Gama, from Porto Alegre, in 2020
* Maria Eduarda Ribeiro Brechane, from Rio Grande, in 2023

## Gallery of Titleholders

* Miss Rio Grande do Sul 1999 and Miss Brazil 1999 Renata Fan [pt]
* Miss Rio Grande do Sul 1993 and Miss Brazil 1993 Leila Schuster [pt]
* Miss Rio Grande do Sul 1963, Miss Brazil 1963, and Miss Universe 1963 Iêda Maria Vargas

## Results summary
### Placements

* Miss Brazil: Maria José Cardoso [pt] (1956); Iêda Maria Vargas (1963); Rejane Vieira Costa [pt] (1972); Deise Nunes (1986); Leila Schüster [pt] (1993); Renata Fan [pt] (1999); Juliana Borges (2001); Joseane Oliveira (2002; Dethroned); Fabiane Niclotti (2004); Rafaela Zanella (2006); Natálya Anderle (2008); Priscila Machado (2011); Gabriela Markus (2012); Marthina Brandt (2015); Julia Gama (2020); Maria Eduarda Ribeiro Brechane (2023)
* 1st Runner-Up: Vera Brauner [pt] (1961); Janeta Hoeveler [pt] (1974); Madalena Sbaraini (1977); Gisselle Wëber (1991); Carolina Prates (2007); Juliana Mueller (2017)
* 2nd Runner-Up: Lígia Carotenuto (1954); Sandra Hervé (1957); Ana Cristina Rodrigues (1969); Rejane Hëiden (1983); Ceres Sessim (1989); Cátia Kupssinskü (1991); Luize Altenhofen (1998); Fernanda Schiavo (2000)
* 3rd Runner-Up: Bernadete Heemann [pt] (1970); Denise Cezimbra (1973); Adriana Zselinsky (1980); Cláudia Jardim [pt] (1987)
* 4th Runner-Up: Edda Logges (1960); Eva Arismende (1962); Christianne Wellausen (1984); Andréa Zambrano (1985); Alina Furtado (2022)
* Top 5/Top 8/Top 9: Rosa Maria Gallas (1964); Clara Gröhmann (1966); Anne Lee Horst [pt] (1976); Bianca Scheren (2019)
* Top 10/Top 12: Sílvia Porciúncula (1978); Marlene Petterle (1979); Patrícia Silveira (1982); Denise Schmitz (1988); Juliana Wülfing (1992); Tatiane Possebom (1994); Karine Baüer (1996); Juliana Lopes (2003); Eunice Pratti (2005); Bruna Felisberto (2009); Bruna Jaroceski (2010); Vitória Sulczinski (2013); Marina Helms (2014); Letícia Kuhn (2016)
* Top 15/Top 16: Leonora Weimer (2018); Suellyn Scheffer (2021)

### Special Awards

* Best State Costume: Iêda Maria Vargas (1963)
* Miss Congeniality: Vera Brauner [pt] (1961); Anne Lee Horst [pt] (1976)
* Miss Photogenic: Renata Fan [pt] (1999)
* Miss Popular Vote: Fabiane Niclotti (2004)

## Titleholders

| Year | Name | Age | Height | Represented | Miss Brazil placement | Notes |
| Miss Universe Rio Grande do Sul |||||||
| 2023 | Maria Eduarda Ribeiro Brechane | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Rio Grande | Miss Brazil 2023 | Unplaced at Miss Universe 2023. |
| 2022 | Alina Furtado | 27 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Piratini | 4th Runner-Up | Previously Miss Rio Grande do Sul CNB 2021 and 1st Runner-Up at Miss Brazil CNB 2021. |
| 2021 | Suellyn Scheffer | 25 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Montenegro | Top 15 | |
| U Miss Rio Grande do Sul 2020 and Miss Rio Grande do Sul Be Emotion 2020 |||||||
| 2020 | Julia Gama | 27 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Porto Alegre | Miss Brazil 2020 | 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 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. |
| Miss Rio Grande do Sul Be Emotion |||||||
| 2019 | Bianca Scheren | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Estrela | Top 5 | Last Miss Rio Grande do Sul Be Emotion |
| 2018 | Leonora Weimer | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Eldorado do Sul | Top 15 | |
| 2017 | Juliana Mueller | 25 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Terra de Areia | 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2016 | Letícia Borghetti | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Tapera | Top 10 | |
| 2015 | Marthina Brandt | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Bom Princípio | Miss Brazil 2015 | Top 15 at Miss Universe 2015. |
| Miss Rio Grande do Sul Universe |||||||
| 2014 | Marina Helms | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | São Lourenço do Sul | Top 10 | |
| 2013 | Vitória Sulczinski | 21 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Passo Fundo | Top 10 | |
| 2012 | Gabriela Markus | 24 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Teutônia | Miss Brazil 2012 | 4th Runner-Up at Miss Universe 2012. |
| Miss Rio Grande do Sul |||||||
| 2011 | Priscila Machado | 25 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Farroupilha | Miss Brazil 2011 | 2nd Runner-Up at Miss Universe 2011. |
| 2010 | Bruna Jaroceski | | | Canoas | Top 10 | |
| 2009 | Bruna Felisberto | | | Xangri-lá | Top 10 | |
| 2008 | Natálya Anderle | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Encantado | Miss Brazil 2008 | Unplaced at Miss Universe 2008. |
| 2007 | Carolina Prates | | | Alegrete | 1st Runner-Up Miss Brazil International 2007 | Unplaced at Miss International 2007. |
| 2006 | Rafaela Zanella | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Santa Maria | Miss Brazil 2006 | Top 20 at Miss Universe 2006. |
| 2005 | Eunice Pratti | | | Pelotas | Top 10 | |
| 2004 | Fabiane Niclotti | 19 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Gramado | Miss Brazil 2004 | Also won Miss Popular Vote. Unplaced at Miss Universe 2004. |
| 2003 | Juliana Lopes | | | Santa Maria | Top 10 | |
| 2002 | Joseane Oliveira | 20 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Esteio | Miss Brazil 2002 (dethroned) | Unplaced at Miss Universe 2002. Later dethroned after it was discovered that she was married at the time of her crowning and was replaced as Miss Brazil. Oliveira had already competed at Miss Universe therefore she only lost the Miss Brazil title. Hadn't she not been dethroned this would've been a back to back Miss Brazil for the state. |
| 2001 | Juliana Borges | 22 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Santa Maria | Miss Brazil 2001 | Unplaced at Miss Universe 2001. |
| 2000 | Fernanda Schiavo | | | Ijuí | 2nd Runner-Up Miss Brazil International 2000 | Unplaced at Miss International 2000. |
| 1999 | Renata Fan [pt] | 21 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Santo Ângelo | Miss Brazil 1999 | Also won Miss Photogenic. Unplaced at Miss Universe 1999. |
| 1998 | Luize Altenhofen | 18 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Capão da Canoa | 2nd Runner-Up Miss Brazil International 1998 | Withdrew at Miss International 1998. |
| 1997 | Aline Riquinho | | | Porto Alegre | | |
| 1996 | Karine Baüer | | | Santo Ângelo | Top 12 | |
| 1995 | Angélica Soares | | | Porto Alegre | | |
| 1994 | Tatiane Possebom | | | Canoas | Top 12 | |
| 1993 | Leila Schüster | 18 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Cachoeirinha | Miss Brazil 1993 | Was appointed as Miss Brazil 1993 rather than being chosen through a contest. Top 10 at Miss Universe 1993. |
| 1992 | Juliana Wülfing | | | Estrela | Top 12 | |
| 1991 | Gisselle Wëber | | | Porto Alegre | 1st Runner-Up | There were two representatives sent in 1991. |
| 1991 | Cátia Kupssinskü | | | São Leopoldo | 2nd runner-up | There were two representatives 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 | Ceres Sessim | | | Sociedade de Ginástica Porto Alegre | 2nd runner-up | |
| 1988 | Denise Schmitz | | | Partenon Tênis Clube | Top 12 | |
| 1987 | Cláudia Alves Jardim | | | Floresta | 3rd runner-up | |
| 1986 | Deise Nunes | 18 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Canela | Miss Brazil 1986 | Top 10 at Miss Universe 1986. First ever black woman Miss Brasil. |
| 1985 | Andréa Zambrano | | | Sport Club Internacional | 4th runner-up | |
| 1984 | Christianne Wellausen | | | Sport Club Internacional | 4th runner-up | |
| 1983 | Rejane Hëiden | | | Grêmio Porto Alegrense | 2nd runner-up | |
| 1982 | Patrícia Silveira | | | Porto Alegre | Top 12 | |
| 1981 | Isabel Domenëch | | | Porto Alegre | | |
| 1980 | Adriana Zselinsky | | | Porto Alegre | 3rd runner-up | |
| 1979 | Marlene Petterle | | | Pinheiro Machado | Top 12 | |
| 1978 | Sílvia Porciúncula | | | Jaguarão | Top 10 | |
| 1977 | Madalena Sbaraini | | | Porto Alegre | 1st runner-up | 3rd runner-up at Miss World 1977. |
| 1976 | Anne Lee Horst | | | Estrela | Top 8 | Also won Miss Congeniality. |
| 1975 | Jane Bezerra | | | Porto Alegre | | |
| 1974 | Janeta Hoeveler | | | Porto Alegre | 1st runner-up | Unplaced at Miss International 1974. |
| 1973 | Denise Cezimbra | | | Porto Alegre | 3rd runner-up | |
| 1972 | Rejane Vieira Costa | 17 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Pelotas | Miss Brazil 1972 | 1st runner-up at Miss Universe 1972. Became an actress in Brazil, under the name Rejane Goulart. |
| 1971 | Alice Corrêa Rezende | | | Bagé | | |
| 1970 | Bernadete Heemann | | | Lajeado | 3rd runner-up | |
| 1969 | Ana Cristina Rodrigues | | | Caxias do Sul | 2nd runner-up | Unplaced at Miss World 1969. |
| 1968 | Elizabeth Finardi | | | Passo Fundo | | |
| 1967 | Terezinha Wëiss | | | São Borja | | |
| 1966 | Clara Gröhmann | | | Porto Alegre | Top 8 | |
| 1965 | Tânia Maria Lupi | | | Porto Alegre | | |
| 1964 | Rosa Maria Gallas | | | Montenegro | Top 9 | |
| 1963 | Iêda Maria Vargas | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Porto Alegre | Miss Brazil 1963 | Also won Best State Costume. Later won Miss Universe 1963. |
| 1962 | Eva Arismende | | | Jaguarão | 4th runner-up | |
| 1961 | Vera Brauner | | | Pelotas | 1st runner-up | Originally 1st runner-up, later assumed the title after Staël resigned. 1st runner-up at Miss International 1961. |
| 1960 | Edda Logges | | | Pelotas | 4th runner-up | |
| 1959 | Otília Rodrigues | | | Guaíba | | |
| 1958 | Tânia Oliveira | | | Pelotas | | |
| 1957 | Sandra Hervé | | | Porto Alegre | 2nd runner-up | |
| 1956 | Maria José Cardoso | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Porto Alegre | Miss Brazil 1956 | Born in Santa Catarina state. Top 15 at Miss Universe 1956. |
| 1955 | Rosa Alamon | | | Bagé | | |
| 1954 | Lígia Carotenuto | | | Porto Alegre | 2nd Runner-Up | Originally 1st runner-up, later assumed the title after Cladis resigned. |
| 1954 | Cládis Caruccio | | | Pelotas | Did not compete | Relinquished the title for unknown reasons. |

### Table Notes

* ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant