Miss Rio Grande do Norte

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.

Miss Rio Grande do Norte
Miss Universe Rio Grande do Norte

Formation	1955
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Membership	Miss Brazil
Official language	Portuguese
State Director	George Azevêdo

The following women from who competed as Miss Rio Grande do Norte have won Miss Brazil:

• Flávia Cavalcanti [pt], in 1979
• Larissa Costa Silva de Oliveira, from São Gonçalo do Amarante, in 2009

Gallery of Titleholders

• 
  Miss Rio Grande do Norte 2014
  Deise de Moura Benício [pt]
• 
  Miss Rio Grande do Norte 2009 and Miss Brazil 2009
  Larissa Costa Silva de Oliveira

Results summary

Placements

• Miss Brazil: Marta Jussara da Costa [pt] (1979); Larissa Costa Silva de Oliveira (2009)
• 1st Runner-Up: Valéria Cristina Böhn (1997); Kelly Alinne Fonsêca Rodrigues (2012); Danielle Marion (2016)
• 2nd Runner-Up: Deise de Moura Benício [pt] (2014)
• 3rd Runner-Up: Paula Carvalho Arruda (1998); Maria Cecília Valarini (2003)
• 4th Runner-Up: Neli Cavalcanti Padilha (1964); Olga de Barros Portela (1995)
• Top 5/Top 7/Top 8/Top 9: Carmen Aurélia Rodrigues (1961); Geórgia de Lucca Quental (1962); Manoela Alves dos Santos [pt] (2015); Érika Fontes (2019)
• Top 10/Top 11/Top 12/Top 13: Jimena Edelweiss Teixeira (1987); Rose Nascimento Paiva (1992); Jussara Medeiros (2000); Kalline Freire de Melo (2007); Andressa Simone Melo (2008); Daliane Menezes (2011); Cristina Alves da Silva Braga [pt] (2013); Milena Balza (2017); Monique Rêgo (2018); Rita Leão (2024)
• Top 15/Top 16: Giovanna Maria França (2023)

Special Awards

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

Titleholders

Year	Name	Age[a]	Height	Represented	Miss Brazil placement	Notes
Miss Universe Rio Grande do Norte
2024	Rita Leão[1]	30	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Tibau do Sul	Top 13
2023	Giovanna Maria França[2]	22	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Natal	Top 16
2022	Maria Eduarda Morais[3]	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Natal
2021	Brenda Pontes[4]	26	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Tibau
U Miss Rio Grande do Norte 2020 and Miss Rio Grande do Norte 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.[5]
Miss Rio Grande do Norte Be Emotion
2019	Érika Fontes[6]	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Monte Alegre	Top 5	Last Miss Miss Rio Grande do Norte Be Emotion
2018	Monique Rêgo[7]	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Riacho da Cruz	Top 10
2017	Milena Balza[8]	19	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	São Gonçalo do Amarante	Top 10
2016	Danielle Marion[9]	25	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Mossoró	1st Runner-Up
2015	Manoela Alves dos Santos [pt][10]	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Natal	Top 5
Miss Rio Grande do Norte Universe
2014	Deise de Moura Benício [pt][11]	23	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	São Gonçalo do Amarante	2nd Runner-Up
2013	Cristina Alves da Silva Braga [pt][12]	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Parnamirim	Top 10
2012	Kelly Alinne Fonsêca Rodrigues[13][14]	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Guamaré	1st Runner-Up
Miss Rio Grande do Norte
2011	Daliane Menezes[15]			Parnamirim	Top 10
2010	Joyce Cristiny Silva[16]			Serrinha dos Pintos
2009	Larissa Costa Silva de Oliveira[17]	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	São Gonçalo do Amarante	Miss Brazil 2009	Competed at Miss Universe 2009.
2008	Andressa Simone Melo[18]			Tibau	Top 10
2007	Kalline Freire de Melo			Mossoró	Top 10
2006	Jeísa Karina de Araújo[19]			Timbaúba dos Batistas
2005	Kelyanne Freire de Medeiros[20]			Angicos
2004	Suzana Schott da Silveira[21]			Natal
2003	Maria Cecília de Souza Valarini			Appointed	3rd Runner-Up	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.
2002	Muriel de Lima Mendes
2001	Andréa de Moraes
2000	Jussara Medeiros				Top 11
1999	Tatiana Santos			Appointed		Tatiana Santos was born in Rio de Janeiro and was invited to represent the state in 1999. She participated in the second season of the reality show Brazil's Next Top Model in 2008 at the age of 27.
1998	Paula Carvalho Arruda				3rd Runner-Up
1997	Valéria Cristina Böhn	17		Natal	1st Runner-Up	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.
1996	Elizabeth Milana Gomes
1995	Olga de Barros Portela				4th Runner-Up
1994	Vanessa de Souza Gurgel			Natal
1993	No delegate sent in 1993 due to Miss Brazil 1993 being appointed rather than having a contest.
1992	Rose Nascimento Paiva				Top 12
1991	No delegate sent in 1991.
1990	No contest in 1990.
1989	Acácia Rósea Souza Azevêdo[22]			Clube dos Oficias da Polícia Militar
1988	Maria Josineide Bernardes[23]			Governador Dix-Sept Rosado
1987	Jimena Edelweiss Teixeira[24]			Assu	Top 12
1986	Maria Aparecida Santos[25]			Carnaubais
1985	Antônia Albano Lopes[26]			Assu
1984	Zenaide Salústio da Costa[27]			Parelhas
1983	Vanda Regina Pereira[28]			EMPROTUR [pt]
	Ilka Oliveira de Carvalho[28]			ASSEN	Did not compete	Dethroned due to being underage.
1982	Ambrosina Dantas de Alencar[29]			Caicó
1981	Elizabeth da Costa Peixoto[30]			Ivipanim Clube
1980	Neiva Maria Antunes Lopes			Jiqui Country Club
1979	Marta Jussara da Costa [pt][31]	20	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Associação Cultural Potiguar	Miss Brazil 1979	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.
1978	Maria Lúcia Alves da Silva[32]			Clube Social do Banco do RN [pt]
1977	Cenira Siqueira Marques[33]			América Futebol Clube
1976	Eliane Maria Rocha de Azevêdo[34]			Jardim do Seridó
1975	Newman de Lourdes Damasceno[35]			Santa Cruz
1974	Lucimar Maria de Oliveira[36]			AFURN
1973	Maria Goreth Gurgel Dantas[37]			Tibau
1972	Tázia de Sá Bezerra[38]			ASSEN
1971	Geysa Barbosa da Costa[39]			ASSEN
1970	Maria Elna Belém da Silva[40]			Areia Branca		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.
1969	Yara Lúcia Bezerra da Cunha[41]			Santa Cruz
1968	Maria Suely Pereira da Silva[42]			Parelhas
1967	Maria Isabel da Nóbrega Freire[43]			Aero Clube de Natal
1966	Maria Edite de Azevêdo[44]			Jardim do Seridó
1965	Laurinete Bezerra de Araújo[45]	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Mossoró
1964	Neli Cavalcanti Padilha[46]			Caicó	4th Runner-Up
1963	Ísis Figueira de Melo[47]			Goianinha
1962	Geórgia de Lucca Quental[48]			Appointed	Top 8	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".
1961	Carmen Aurélia Rodrigues de Lima[49]			Appointed	Top 8	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.
1960	Zélia Maria Pinheiro[50]			Aero Clube de Natal
1959	Terezinha Maria Bastos[51]			ABC Futebol Clube
1958	Maria Silveirinha Soares[52]			Mossoró
1957	Maria Socorro dos Santos Gurgel[53]			Centro Esportivo Potiguar
1956	Amariles Gomes de Araújo[54]			Associação Potiguar de Estudantes
1955	Maria José Varela Pachêco[55]			Crônica Social da Rádio Cabugi [pt]
1954	No delegate sent in 1954 as the contest didn't exist until 1955.

Table Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant