Vanessa Lima Vidal

For the French alpine skier, see Vanessa Vidal.

Vanessa Vidal
Born	Vanessa Lima Vidal (1984-03-03) March 3, 1984 (age 41) Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Other names	Vanessa Vidal
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Black
Major competition(s)	Miss Brasilia (2008) runners-up

Vanessa Lima Vidal also simply known as Vanessa Vidal (born 3 March 1984) is a Brazilian volleyball player, model and beauty pageant titleholder.

Career

Vidal was the first deaf beauty pageant contestant to compete at the Miss Brasil in 2008. ^{[1] [2]} Vanessa Vidal is also a national deaf beach volleyball player and has competed at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics representing the national deaf beach volleyball team. ^{[3] [4]}

She received more publicity and fame as the only deaf entrant in the Miss Brasil pageant contest among the hearing in 2008 and emerged as first runner-up. ^{[5] [6]} She also became only the third candidate to participate in Miss International as a Deaf person in competing in the Miss International 2008 contest after two other Deaf contestants Sophie Vouzelaud of France and Vanessa Peretti of Venezuela. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

References

1. "Vanessa Lima Vidal - Miss Ceará 2008". moraisvinna.blogspot.in. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
2. Administrator. "Vanessa Vidal". www.vanessavidal.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
3. "Vanessa Lima Vidal | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
4. "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-02-15.
5. Vinna. "HANGAR DO VINNA: Vanessa Lima Vidal - Miss Ceará 2008". HANGAR DO VINNA. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
6. "Hearing impaired beauty queens - hear-it.org" . Retrieved 2018-02-15.
7. Guimarães, Renato Cesar Vaz. "Surdez - Descobrindo um Mundo Novo: Quebra de paradigmas [3]– Vanessa Vidal, Miss Ceará 2008; um exemplo de beleza, simpatia e força de vontade". Surdez - Descobrindo um Mundo Novo. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
8. "Miss Vanessa Vidal. É possível ser bela sem esconder a deficiência. | Turismo Adaptado". Turismo Adaptado (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
9. "Paulo Henrique LIBRAS: Miss Deaf World - Vanessa Vidal". Paulo Henrique LIBRAS. Retrieved 2018-02-15.

External links

• Vanessa Lima Vidal on Twitter