Larissa Costa

Brazilian model

1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[3]Beauty pageant titleholderTitleMiss Rio Grande do Norte 2009
Miss Brasil 2009Hair colorBrownEye colorGreen[1]Major
competition(s)Miss Rio Grande do Norte 2009
(Winner)
Miss Brasil 2009
(Winner)

Larissa Costa Silva de Oliveira[4] (born March 9, 1984),[1] commonly known as Larissa Costa, is a Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Brasil 2009.[4] Larissa Costa represented Brazil in the Miss Universe 2009.[4]

Biography

Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte,[2] she is graduated in pedagogy,[5] and works in the Secretaria de Educação de Natal (Secretariat of Education of Natal).[3]

Pageants

Larissa Costa won the Miss Rio Grande do Norte in 2009, representing the city of São Gonçalo do Amarante.[5] She won the national pageant in 2009 representing Rio Grande do Norte state.[3] She beat the 1st runner-up, Rayanne Morais, of Minas Gerais state and the 2nd runner-up, Denise Ribeiro, of the Distrito Federal.[3] Larissa Costa's coronation as Miss Brasil ended her region's 20-year period without winning the beauty contest,[6] as in 1989, Flávia Cavalcante, from Ceará state, won the contest.[6]

She represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas but failed to place.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Rocha, Marília (May 17, 2009). "Larissa Costa muda rotina após Miss Brasil" (in Portuguese). No Minuto. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Beleza não é tudo: estudos ajudaram a Miss Rio Grande do Norte a ser eleita" (in Portuguese). BOL. May 5, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d "Representante do Rio Grande do Norte é eleita miss Brasil" (in Portuguese). Estadão. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  4. ^ a b c "Candidata do Rio Grande do Norte é eleita Miss Brasil 2009" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Miss Brasil 2009 chega a Natal e desfila em carro aberto" (in Portuguese). g1 globo.com. May 18, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
  6. ^ a b "Vinte anos depois, Nordeste elege Miss Brasil" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. May 10, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  7. ^ "Brasileira é eliminada na primeira fase do Miss Universo" (in Portuguese). Estadão. August 23, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Universo Brasil
2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Andressa Mello
 Miss Rio Grande do Norte
2009 		Succeeded by
Joyce Oliver
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Miss Brazil titleholders
1950s
  • Bahia Martha Rocha (1954)
  • Ceará Emília Barreto Corrêa Lima (1955)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Maria José Cardoso (1956)
  • Amazonas (Brazilian state) Teresinha Gonçalves Morango (1957)
  • Federal District, Brazil (1891-1960) Adalgisa Colombo Teruskin (1958)
  • Federal District, Brazil (1891-1960) Vera Regina Ribeiro Secco (1959)
1960s
  • Guanabara Jean "Gina" MacPherson (1960)
  • Minas Gerais Staël Maria da Rocha Abelha (1961)
  • Bahia Olívia Rebouças Cavalcanti (1962)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Iêda Maria Britto Vargas (1963)
  • Paraná (state) Ângela Teresa Vasconcelos (1964)
  • Guanabara Raquel Helena de Andrade (1965)
  • Guanabara Ana Cristina Ridzi Bercet (1966)
  • São Paulo (state) Carmen de Barros Ramasco (1967)
  • Bahia Martha Maria Vasconcellos (1968)
  • Santa Catarina (state) Vera Lúcia Fischer (1969)
1970s
  • Guanabara Eliane Thompson (1970)
  • Minas Gerais Eliane Parreira Guimarães (1971)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Rejane Vieira da Costa (1972)
  • São Paulo (state) Sandra Mara Ferreira (1973)
  • São Paulo (state) Sandra Oliveira (1974)
  • Santa Catarina (state) Ingrid Budag (1975)
  • São Paulo (state) Kátia Celestino Moretto (1976)
  • São Paulo (state) Cássia Morais Silveira (1977)
  • Minas Gerais Suzana Araújo dos Santos (1978)
  • Rio Grande do Norte Marta Jussara da Costa (1979)
1980s
  • Rio de Janeiro (state) Eveline Didier Schröeter (1980)
  • Rio de Janeiro (state) Adriana Alves de Oliveira (1981)
  • Pará Celice Pinto Marques (1982)
  • Minas Gerais Marisa Fully Coelho (1983)
  • São Paulo (state) Ana Elisa Flores (1984)
  • Mato Grosso Márcia Giagio Canavezes (1985)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Deise Nunes de Souza (1986)
  • Federal District (Brazil) Jacqueline Ribeiro Meirelles (1987)
  • Santa Catarina (state) Isabel Cristina Bedüschi (1988)
  • Ceará Flávia Cavalcanti (1989)
1990s
  • São Paulo (state) Patrícia Godói (1991)
  • Paraná (state) Maria Carolina Otto (1992)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Leila Cristine Schüster (1993)
  • São Paulo (state) Valéria Melo Péris (1994)
  • Minas Gerais Renata Bessa Soares (1995)
  • Paraná (state) Maria Joana Parizotto (1996)
  • Minas Gerais Nayla Micherif (1997)
  • Mato Grosso do Sul Michela Marchi (1998)
  • Rio Grande do Sul Renata Bonfiglio Fan (1999)
2000s
2010s2020s
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Miss Universe 2009 national titleholders


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