| Lourdes | |
|---|---|
  Lourdes Location within Paraguay | |
| Coordinates: 20°41′S59°2′W / 20.683°S 59.033°W Coordinates: 20°41′S59°2′W / 20.683°S 59.033°W | |
| Country |  |
| Department | Alto Paraguay |
| Elevation | 27 m (288 ft) |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-04) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-03) |
Lourdes is a settlement in the Alto Paraguay Department of Paraguay. [1]
Alto Paraguay is a sparsely populated department of Paraguay. The capital is the town of Fuerte Olimpo.
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a country of South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Although it is one of only two landlocked countries in South America, the country has coasts, beaches and ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway. Due to its central location in South America, it is sometimes referred to as Corazón de Sudamérica.
Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in south-western France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the Château fort de Lourdes, a fortified castle that rises up from a rocky escarpment at its center.
Saint Bernadette Soubirous, also known as Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known for experiencing Marian apparitions of a "young lady" who asked for a chapel to be built at the nearby cave-grotto at Massabielle. These apparitions are said to have occurred between 11 February and 16 July 1858, and the lady who appeared to her identified herself as the Immaculate Conception.
The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. Paraguay is a member of CONMEBOL. The Albirroja has qualified for eight FIFA World Cup competitions, with their best performance coming in 2010 when they reached the quarter-finals. A regular participant at the Copa América, Paraguay have been crowned champions of the competition on two occasions. Paraguay's highest FIFA World Rankings was 8th and their lowest was 103. Paraguay was awarded second place with Best Move of the Year in 1996 for their rise in the FIFA Rankings.
Lourdes Domínguez Lino is a retired professional female tennis player from Spain. In September 2006, Domínguez Lino reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 40.
Lourdes University is a private Franciscan university in Sylvania, Ohio. Established in 1958, the university is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania.
Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in honour of the Marian apparitions that reportedly occurred in 1858 in the vicinity of Lourdes in France. The first of these is the apparition of 11 February 1858, when 14-year old Bernadette Soubirous told her mother that a "lady" spoke to her in the cave of Massabielle while she was gathering firewood with her sister and a friend. Similar apparitions of the "Lady" were reported on seventeen occasions that year, until the climax revelation of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception took place.
Miss Universe 1982, the 31st Miss Universe pageant, was held on 26 July 1982 at the Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru. 77 contestants competed in the pageant and Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada crowned by Irene Saez of Venezuela. This is the first time Canada won the pageant.
Lourdes is a town in southern France. Lourdes may also refer to:
Miss World 1971, the 21st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 November 1971 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. 56 contestants competed for the Miss World and Lúcia Petterle from Brazil won the crown of Miss World 1971. She was crowned by Miss World 1970, Jennifer Hosten of Grenada.
The Miss Paraguay 2006 was held on April 14, 2006. That year, only 18 candidates were competing for the national crown. The chosen winner represented Paraguay at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant.
Lourdes Verónica Arévalos Elias is a Paraguayan model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented her country in Miss Universe 2006 held in Los Angeles, California, USA on July 23, 2006. She won the title of 3rd Runner-up. In the same year she represented Paraguay in the Reina Sudamericana 2006 beauty pageant and won the title of 2nd Runner-up.
The Miss Paraguay 2007 pageant was won by María José Maldonado. In took place on 17 March 2007 at the Municipal Theatre Ignacio A. Pane in Asunción, Paraguay. 18 delegates competed for the title, previously held by Lourdes Arévalos. The pageant was broadcast live on Telefuturo.
The Miss Paraguay 2008 pageant was held in Asunción, Paraguay. The pageant was won by Gianinna Rufinelli, who was crowned by outgoing queen María José Maldonado. The pageant was broadcast live on Telefuturo from its main studio.
Campo Alegre de Lourdes is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Campo Alegre de Lourdes covers 2,781.170 km2 (1,073.816 sq mi), and has a population of 29,877 with a population density of 11 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located at the north of the state on the border of Bahia and Piauí.
The 2010 South American Women's Football Championship was the sixth edition of the South American Women's Football Championship, and acted as a qualifier for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics. The tournament was held in Ecuador from 4 November to 21 November 2010, after originally being scheduled for 28 October to 14 November 2010.
The Miss Universo Paraguay 2011 pageant was held on June 23, 2011. Yohana Benítez, Miss Universo Paraguay 2010; Egni Eckert, Miss Mundo Paraguay 2010; and María José Paredes, Miss Internacional Paraguay 2010, crowned her successors Alba Riquelme, Nicole Huber and Stephanía Vázquez at the end of the event. The winners have the right to represent Paraguay in the 3 major international beauty pageants, Miss Universe 2011, Miss World 2011 and Miss International 2011. The pageant was broadcast live on Telefuturo.
Guajira[gwaˈxiɾa, gwaˈhiɾa] is a Colombian telenovela produced by RCN Televisión in 1996.
Fiorella Migliore Llanes is a Paraguayan model, beauty queen, actress and television presenter. Fiorella was crowned Miss Italia Paraguay in 2008 and Miss World Paraguay in 2012. She has been awarded the "Foglio d'Oro" Prize by the monthly newspaper Il Foglio Italiano. In advertising she has been the face of perfume brands such as Sweet Care and Pulp refreshments. In 2010, Migliore starred in the film Universo servilleta, and in 2012 appeared in Libertad, la lucha por la independencia, opposite Lourdes Llanes, Joaquín Serrano, Bruno Sosa Bofinger and Rafael Alfaro. Also in 2012 she was a host in the third episode of the twentieth season of the popular US reality show The Amazing Race, when it was filmed in Asunción.
Lourdes Espinola is a Paraguayan poet, diplomat, cultural promoter, and literary critic. Daughter of the laureate Paraguayan writer and philosopher Elsa Wiezell, Espinola's academic background includes the fields of health sciences, international relations, as well as philology and literature, at universities of the United States and Europe.
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