Ieda Maria Vargas has died at age 80, just nine days before her birthday. She was crowned on the international stage in 1963, ...

BRAZIL’S first-ever Miss Universe winner and beauty icon has tragically died aged 80, just days before her birthday. Leda ...

Miss Universe on of the most iconic beauty pageants in the world began in 1952 in Long Beach, California, with the vision of celebrating the beauty, talent, and elegance of women from all over the ...

Vargas was just 18 years old when she was crowned Miss Universe in Miami Beach, Florida. Five years later, in 1968, Martha Vasconcellos became the second Brazilian woman to win the title. To date, ...