Miss Rio de Janeiro, also referred to as Miss Estado do Rio de Janeiro or simply just Miss Estado do Rio, is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Rio de Janeiro 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, the State director for Miss Rio de Janeiro is Juliane Oliveira. Rio de Janeiro has won two crowns in the national contest competing as Miss Rio de Janeiro and six additional national crowns representing parts of the state.
The following women have competed as Miss Rio de Janeiro in the national contest and won:
Top 5/Top 7/Top 8/Top 9: Marzy Moreira (1960); Célia Maria Spíndola Leite (1962); Cecília Rangel Martins da Rocha (1964); Maria da Graça Kury (1967); Ana Maria de Oliveira (1973)
Top 10/Top 11/Top 12: Kenny Neoob de Carvalho (1983); Andréa Lima Afonso (1986); Gisele Brasil Macêdo (1987); Simone Martins Bork (1988); Simone Fernandes Julião (1989); Janaína Berenhauser Borba (1997); Alessandra Santos Corrêa (1998); Fernanda Anchieta Louback (2003); Anelise Gomes Sobral (2004); Carolina Soares Pires (2005); Camila Paiva Hentzy (2008); Fernanda Gomes (2009); Thamiris de Moura Ribeiro (2010); Rayanne Fernanda de Morais [pt] (2012); Esthéfane Souza da Silva (2022)
Top 15/Top 16: Aiana do Nascimento (2007); Orama Valentim Braga Nunes (2013); Hosana Angélica Elliot Murta (2014); Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins (2015); Mylena Duarte Gonçalves (2021)
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]
Orignally 4th Runner-Up, became 3rd Runner-Up after the original winner of Miss Brazil 2002 was dethroned and all the Runner-Ups were moved up one place with the 1st Runner-Up becoming the new winner.
Did not compete after being unable to prove her Brazilian nationality despite being born in Teresópolis, because of this the organizers of Miss Brazil at the time the Diários Associados and the newspaper "O Estado" (promoter of the contest), decided to withdraw her participation in the contest and dethrone her of Miss Estado do Rio 1956 title and transfer it to the 1st Runner-Up.
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