Miss Distrito Federal, formerly called Miss Brasília, is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the Brazilian Federal District at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1959 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 2019, the State director of Miss Distrito Federal is, Mayck Carvalho.
Miss Distrito Federal has only one Miss Brazil national crown:
Top 10/Top 11/Top 12/Top 13: Lígia Romagnoli (1982); Vera Lúcia Petit (1984); Helayne Cardoso (1985); Patrícia Carneiro (1986); Barbara Kelly Cezar Fonseca (1999); Ana Cláudia Sandoval Pimenta (2006); Alessandra Gomes Faria Baldini (2011); Luísa Lopes (2014); Suamy Goulart (2024)
Top 15/Top 16: Ludmylla Costa Basthos (2008); Amanda Balbino (2015); Biah Rodrigues (2018); Ana Gabriela Borges (2019); Gabriela Rodrigues (2021); Thayná Souza de Lima (2023)
Special Awards
Miss Congeniality: Patrícia Viotti de Andrade (1977); Loiane Rogéria Aiache (1980)
Miss Be Emotion: Amanda Balbino (2015)
Miss Popular Vote: Ana Cláudia Sandoval Pimenta (2006)
Best State Costume: Niriam Massi (1979); Ludmylla Costa Basthos (2008)
Titleholders
Miss Distrito Federal
Since 2002, the pageant title has been Miss Distrito Federal.
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.[2]
From 1959 to 2001, the title was called Miss Brasília. In 1981, the District started to competed as Miss Distrito Federal at Miss Brazil but was still crowned under the Miss Brasília banner/title and the contest remained being called Miss Brasília until 2002.