Monalysa Alcântara

Monalysa Alcântara
Monalysa Alcântara
Born	Monalysa Maria Alcântara Nascimento; 24 January 1999 (age 22); Teresina, Brazil
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
	Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Teen Piauí 2016; Miss Piauí 2017; Miss Brazil 2017
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Major; competition(s)	Miss Brasil 2017 ; (Winner); Miss Universe 2017 ; (Top 10)

Monalysa Maria Alcântara Nascimento (born 24 January 1999) is a Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Brasil 2017, becoming the first representative from Piauí and the third woman of Afro-Brazilian origin to win the crown. She represented Brazil at Miss Universe 2017, where she placed in the top ten.

Life and career[]

Alcântara was born in Teresina, Piauí. She began modeling at age fourteen, and is a university student studying business administration and fashion.

Pageantry[]

Alcântara began her pageant career after being crowned Miss Teen Piauí 2016, at age seventeen. She went on to represent Piauí at the Miss Teen Brazil 2016 pageant, where she was a runner-up. The following year, Alcântara was crowned Miss Piauí 2017.^[1] She represented Piauí in the Miss Brasil 2017 competition, and was crowned the winner, becoming the first woman from Piauí and third Afro-Brazilian to win the crown.^[2]^[3] She represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 2017 in Las Vegas where she made the Top 10.

References[]

^ Galvão, Rafael (16 July 2017). "Monalysa Alcântara é eleita Miss Piauí 2017 Be Emotion" (in Portuguese). GPL.
^ "Monalysa Alcântara, do Piauí, é eleita Miss Brasil 2017" (in Portuguese). G1. 20 August 2017.
^ Ceribelli, Ana (20 August 2017). "MONALYSA ALCÂNTARA É A MISS BRASIL BE EMOTION 2017" (in Portuguese). Miss Brasil.

External links[]

Monalysa Alcântara on Instagram

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Raissa Santana	Miss Universo Brasil 2017	Succeeded by Mayra Dias
Preceded by Lara Lobo	Miss Piaui 2017	Succeeded by Naiely Lima
Preceded by Hanna Rocha	Miss Teen Piaui 2016	Succeeded by Gabriela Lacerda

[1] Galvão, Rafael (16 July 2017). "Monalysa Alcântara é eleita Miss Piauí 2017 Be Emotion" (in Portuguese). GPL.

[2] "Monalysa Alcântara, do Piauí, é eleita Miss Brasil 2017" (in Portuguese). G1. 20 August 2017.

[3] Ceribelli, Ana (20 August 2017). "MONALYSA ALCÂNTARA É A MISS BRASIL BE EMOTION 2017" (in Portuguese). Miss Brasil.

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1950s	Martha Rocha (1954) (1955) (1956) (1957) (1958) (1959)
1960s	(1960) (1961) (1962) Iêda Maria Britto Vargas (1963) (1964) (1965) (1966) (1967) Martha Maria Vasconcellos (1968) Vera Lúcia Fischer (1969)
1970s	(1970) (1971) (1972) (1973) (1974) (1975) (1976) (1977) (1978) (1979)
1980s	(1980) (1981) (1982) (1983) (1984) (1985) (1986) Jacqueline Ribeiro Meirelles (1987) (1988) (1989)
1990s	(1991) (1992) (1993) (1994) (1995) (1996) (1997) (1998) (1999)
2000s	(2000) (2001) (2002) (2003) Fabiane Niclotti (2004) Carina Schlichting Beduschi (2005) Rafaela Köhler Zanella (2006) Natália Guimarães (2007) Natálya Anderle (2008) Larissa Costa (2009)
2010s	Débora Lyra (2010) Priscila Machado (2011) Gabriela Markus (2012) Jakelyne Oliveira (2013) Melissa Gurgel (2014) Marthina Brandt (2015) Raissa Santana (2016) Monalysa Alcântara (2017) Mayra Dias (2018) Júlia Horta (2019)
2020s	Julia Gama (2020) Teresa Santos (2021)

Monalysa Alcântara

Born	Monalysa Maria Alcântara Nascimento (1999-01-24) 24 January 1999 (age 22) Teresina, Brazil
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Teen Piauí 2016 Miss Piauí 2017 Miss Brazil 2017
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Brasil 2017 (Winner) Miss Universe 2017 (Top 10)