Deise Nunes

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Deise Nunes
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Nunes in 1994
Born (1968-03-30) March 30, 1968 (age 57)
Porto Alegre, Brazil
OccupationModel
SpouseLair Ferst
Children2
Awards Miss Brazil 1986

Deise Nunes de Souza (born 30 March 1968) is a Brazilian model of African descent. [1] She was the first woman of African descent to be named Miss Brazil. [2]

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Biography

Nunes was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and was educated at Santa Inés College. [3] Her ethnicity is pardo . [4] [5]

In 1977, Nunes was elected Miss Congeniality of her school and in 1984 she became a professional model. [3] She participated in many beauty contests, [2] such as being crowned the Queen of the Rio Grande do Sul Swimming Pools in 1984. [6]

In 1986, in São Paulo, she was the first woman of African descent to be named Miss Brazil. [7] [8] Some members of the Brazilian public caused an outcry at her Miss Brazil win, [5] while Nunes announced that she intended to use her throne to raise awareness about racial prejudice in Brazil. [9] [10] She received the key to the city of Porto Alegre. [6]

After winning Miss Brazil, Nunes participated in the Miss South America contest in Venezuela. She came third place and won the award for best traditional costume. [6] She then placed sixth in the international Miss Universe competition held in Panama City, Panama, in July 1986. [3]

After her beauty pageant career, Nunes established the Deise Nunes Modelling School in Porto Alegre, which prepares models for the fashion industry. Marthina Brandt (Miss Brazil 2015) was one of her students. [6] Nunes has also made appearances on Brazilian television, such as in one of the episodes of the series Tarcísio e Gloria and as a guest judge on Cassino do Chacrinha, both on Rede Globo. [11]

Personal life

She dated the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias [3] and the Brazilian footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé) in 1986. [12] She later married businessman Lair Ferst and they had ttwo children. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Lopes, Nei (8 July 2014). Enciclopédia brasileira da diáspora africana (in Brazilian Portuguese). Selo Negro Edições. ISBN   978-85-87478-99-3.
  2. 1 2 Page, Joseph A. (6 September 1996). The Brazilians. Hachette Books. p. 60. ISBN   978-0-201-44191-8.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Francis, Berl (17 March 2017). "fire (1968- ) •". BlackPast.org. Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Andrews, George Reid (1991). Blacks & Whites in São Paulo, Brazil, 1888-1988. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 330. ISBN   978-0-299-13104-3.
  5. 1 2 Daniel, G. Reginald (1 November 2010). Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States: Converging Paths?. Penn State Press. p. 239. ISBN   978-0-271-04554-2.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Muller, Ilton. "Há 35 anos, Deise Nunes conquistou o Miss Brasil". Ilton Muller (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Blay, Zeba (7 October 2016). "Brazil Crowns The First Black Miss Brazil In 30 Years". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  8. ↑ Allen, Maya (10 October 2016). "This Stunning Beauty Queen Is the First Black Miss Brazil in 30 Years". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  9. ↑ Simpson, Amelia (11 August 1993). Xuxa: The Mega-Marketing of Gender, Race, and Modernity. Temple University Press. pp. 38–39. ISBN   978-1-56639-107-8.
  10. ↑ Braga, Amanda Batista (21 March 2023). História da beleza negra no Brasil: discursos, corpos e práticas (in Brazilian Portuguese). EdUFSCar. p. 97. ISBN   978-85-7600-578-0.
  11. ↑ Pinto, Tania Regina (17 May 2010). "Deise Nunes: a primeira Miss Brasil Negra". Primeiros Negros (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 April 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  12. ↑ Pelé (4 September 2008). Pele: The Autobiography. Simon and Schuster. p. 368. ISBN   978-1-84739-488-0. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
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