Larissa Costa

Larissa Costa
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born March 9, 1984 (1984-03-09) (age 28)[1]
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil[2]
Occupation Pedagogue and model
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[3]
Eye color green[1]
Title(s) Miss Rio Grande do Norte 2009
Miss Brasil 2009
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 beauty queen 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 peageant 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 was eliminated in the first round of the Miss Universe 2009, held in the Bahamas.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Rocha, Marília (May 17, 2009). "Larissa Costa muda rotina após Miss Brasil" (in Portuguese). No Minuto. http://www.nominuto.com/vida/cultura/larissa-costa-muda-rotina-apos-miss-brasil/31950/. 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. http://noticias.bol.uol.com.br/entretenimento/2009/05/05/ult5378u78.jhtm. 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. http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/arteelazer,representante-do-rio-grande-do-norte-e-eleita-miss-brasil,368459,0.htm. 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. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u563280.shtml. 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. http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL1158396-5598,00.html. Retrieved May 20, 2009. 
  6. ^ a b "Vinte anos depois, Nordeste elege Miss Brasil" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. May 10, 2009. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u563314.shtml. Retrieved May 10, 2009. 
  7. ^ "Brasileira é eliminada na primeira fase do Miss Universo" (in Portuguese). Estadão. August 23, 2009. http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,brasileira-e-eliminada-na-primeira-fase-do-miss-universo,423499,0.htm. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
Preceded by
Natália Anderle		 Miss Brasil
2008 - 2009		 Succeeded by
Débora Lyra
Miss Universe 2009, national titleholders

ALB: Hasna Xhukiçi • ARG: Johanna Lasic • AUS: Rachel Finch • BEL: Zeynep Sever • BOL: Dominique Peltier • BRA: Larissa Costa • CAY: Nicosia Lawson • COL: Michelle Rouillard • CZE: Iveta Lutovská • DOM: Ada Aimée de la Cruz • ECU: Sandra Vinces • SLV: Mayella Mena • FRA: Chloé Mortaud • GEO: Lika Ordzhonikidze • GBR: Clair Cooper • GTM: Lourdes Figueroa • ISL: Ingibjörg Egilsdóttir • IND: Ekta Chowdhry • INA: Zivanna Letisha Siregar • IRL: Diana Donnelly • ITA: Laura Valenti • JPN: Emiri Miyasaka • KOR: Na-Ri • KOS: Marigona Dragusha • LBN: Martine Andraos • MUS: Anaïs Veerapatren • MEX: Karla Carrillo • NLD: Avalon-Chanel Weyzig • NIC: Indiana Sánchez • NOR: Eli Landa • PAN: Diana Broce • PRY: Mareike Baumgarten • PER: Karen Schwarz • PHL: Pamela Bianca Manalo • POL: Angelika Jakubowska • PRL: Mayra Matos • RUS: Sofia Rudieva • RSA: Tatum Keshwar • ESP: Estíbaliz Pereira • SWE: Renate Cerljen • SUI: Whitney Toyloy • THA: Chutima Durongdej • UKR: Kristina Kots-Gotlib • USA: Kristen Dalton • VEN: Stefanía Fernández • VNM: Võ Hoàng Yến
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