Miss Rio de Janeiro


Miss Rio de Janeiro, also referred to as Miss Estado do Rio de Janeiro or simply just Miss Estado do Rio, is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Rio de Janeiro at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1954 and has been held every year since with the exception of 1990, 1993, and 2020. The pageant is held annually with representation of several municipalities. Since 2025, the State director for Miss Rio de Janeiro is Andrei Lara. Rio de Janeiro has won two crowns in the national contest competing as Miss Rio de Janeiro and six additional national crowns representing parts of the state.
The following women have competed as Miss Rio de Janeiro in the national contest and won:
  • , from Macaé, in 1980
  • , from Niterói, in 1981

Results summary

Placements

  • Miss Brazil: ;
  • 1st Runner-Up: Zaida Maria Saldanha ; ; Vionete Revoredo da Fonsêca ; Paula de Souza Carvalho
  • 2nd Runner-Up: Ângela Soares Chichierchio ; Márcia Cristine de Carvalho ; Valéria Freire Pereira ; Renata Garcia de Abreu ; Maria Fabiana Mata
  • 3rd Runner-Up: Ely de Azevêdo Pires ; Josemary Vasconcelos ; Leila Gomes Tancredi ; Elizabeth Alves Corrêia ; Carla Fonsêca Lima ; Patrícia Leal Assumpção ; Keity Dembergue Gripp ; Gisele de Oliveira Leite
  • 4th Runner-Up: Ilse Ione Hasselmann ; Carolina Thaís Muller ; Raquel Santos de Faria
  • Top 5/'Top 7/Top 8/Top 9: Marzy Moreira ; Célia Maria Spíndola Leite ; Cecília Rangel Martins da Rocha ; Maria da Graça Kury ; Ana Maria de Oliveira
  • Top 10/Top 11/Top 12: Kenny Neoob de Carvalho ; Andréa Lima Afonso ; Gisele Brasil Macêdo ; Simone Martins Bork ; Simone Fernandes Julião ; Janaína Berenhauser Borba ; Alessandra Santos Corrêa ; Fernanda Anchieta Louback ; Anelise Gomes Sobral ; Carolina Soares Pires ; Camila Paiva Hentzy ; Fernanda Gomes ; Thamiris de Moura Ribeiro ; ; Esthéfane Souza da Silva
  • Top 15/Top 16': Aiana do Nascimento ; Orama Valentim Braga Nunes ; Hosana Angélica Elliot Murta ; Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins ; Mylena Duarte Gonçalves

Special Awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Marzy Moreira ; Ilse Ione Hasselmann ; Gisele Brasil Macêdo ; Janaína Berenhauser Borba ; Alessandra Santos Corrêa ; Maria Fabiana Mata
  • Miss Photogenic: Ilse Ione Hasselmann
  • Best State Costume: Mariana Figueiredo Prata Pereira
  • Miss Nutrisse: