Fernanda Alves

Fernanda Alves Schmelz
Beauty pageant titleholder
Fernanda Alves with husband Matthias Schmelz
Born	Fernanda Alves
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss International 1996

Fernanda Alves (born c. 1976) is a Portuguese beauty pageant contestant. Alves became the first delegate from her country to win a grand slam beauty pageant title. She won Miss International in 1996 in Kanazawa, Japan.^[1]

Pageant career

Fernanda participated in several pageants, always achieving one of the top three positions. Some of her titles include Miss Teenage (South Africa, 1993), Miss Portugal/South Africa (March 1996) and Miss Portugal 2nd runner-up/princess (May 1996).

Personal life

She went on to marry self-made millionaire Matthias Schmelz in 1999 in Costa Rica. They settled in Portugal. They also have three children (Electra, Fernando & Aragon).

References

↑ "Pageant Almanac". Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008.

Miss International titleholders (1980–1999)

Lorna Chávez (1980) Jenny Derek (1981) Christie Claridge (1982) Gidget Sandoval (1983) Ilma Urrutia (1984) Nina Sicilia (1985) Helen Fairbrother (1986) Laurie Simpson (1987) Catherine Gude (1988) Iris Klein (1989) Silvia de Esteban (1990) Agnieszka Kotlarska (1991) Kirsten Davidson (1992) Agnieszka Pachałko (1993) Christina Lekka (1994) Anne Lena Hansen (1995) Fernanda Alves (1996) Consuelo Adler (1997) Lía Borrero (1998) Paulina Gálvez (1999)

Complete list (1960–1979) (1980–1999) (2000–2019)

Major international pageant titleholders (1996)

Miss Universe
Alicia Machado

Miss World
Irene Skliva

Miss International
Fernanda Alves

Major international pageants titleholders of: 80; 81; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 90; 91; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 00; 01; 02; 03; 04; 05; 06; 07; 08; 09; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15

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