Miss Rio Grande do Norte is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Rio Grande do Norte 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 2011, the State director for Miss Rio Grande do Norte is George Azevêdo. Rio Grande do Norte has won two crowns in the national contest.
The following women from who competed as Miss Rio Grande do Norte have won Miss Brazil:
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.[4]
Maria Cecília Valarini was designated to represent the State that year, she was born in Minas Gerais and had competed twice for Miss Minas Gerais but did not win in either attempt.
Valéria Böhn was born in Rio de Janeiro and was invited by Marcos Ramalho to represent the State in 1997. She lived in Natal, as her mother was born in the city and still had family in the region.
3rd Runner-Up at Miss Universe 1979. Martha Jussara da Costa was not elected through a contest, she was crowned in the ACDP hall (Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potiguar de Mossoró) by the pageant director at the time, Luis Maria Alves, due to the cancellation of promotions and events ordered by the State governor at the time, Lavoisier Maia Sobrinho.
Born in the Macau municipality but represented Areia Branca. In 1970 the place where the contest was held, the "Palácio dos Esportes Djalma Maranhão" was reserved for the Associação Cristã Feminina and América Futebol Clube in the month where the event was normally held, the organizer of the contest, Luís Maria Alves, decided to appoint the candidate from Areia Branca, Maria Elna Belém da Silva, to represent the State.
Due to the lack of candidates registered in the state pageant for that year, the state's organizers invited the Gaucho model, Geórgia de Lucca Quental, to represent them in that year's Miss Brazil pageant. In 1960, Georgia tried to compete in the Miss Guanabara contest, representing the Flamengo neighborhood, but was disqualified for being a professional model for "Casa Canada".
Took over after the original winner withdrew. The organizers at the time, Diários Associados, contacted the organizers of the neighboring state of Pernambuco and invited the 2nd Runner-Up of Miss Pernambuco 1961, Carmen Aurélia Rodrigues de Lima (who represented the Clube Náutico Capibaribe) to represent Rio Grande do Norte in that year's Miss Brazil, which she kindly accepted.
Rony Pachêco
Aero Clube de Natal
Did not compete
Pachêco, was announced as the only candidate registered in the state contest for that year and was therefore elected as Miss Rio Grande do Norte 1961. However, she withdrew at the last minute prior to Miss Brazil.
![Miss Rio Grande do Norte 2014 Deise de Moura Benício [pt]](File:Deise.jpg)
