- Maria da Gloria Carvalho
Maria da Gloria Carvalho is the only delegate from
Brazil who has won theMiss International title. [citeweb|title=Pageant Almanac|url=http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-international/former-titleholders.php Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008.]She placed second runner-up in the
Miss Brasil pageant, as the representative of Guanabara, in 1968, hence, earning the ticket for Maria to compete in the Miss International pageant in the latter part of the year, when it was held for the first time inTokyo ,Japan . Her knowledge of theJapanese language [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://telemundo-foros.kcl.net/forum-lab/showthread.php%3Ft%3D117069%26page%3D8&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=4&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Maria%2Bda%2BGloria%2BCarvalho%2522%2BBrazil%26start%3D40%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN helped her win over the crowd and judges] .Her victory came in the same year that
Martha Vasconcellos , winner of the Miss Brasil pageant, won theMiss Universe title.References
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