Martha Vasconcellos

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Martha Vasconcellos
Born	Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos (1948-06-18) June 18, 1948 (age 76) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Brasil 1968 Miss Universe 1968
Years active	1968–present
Hair color	Light brown
Eye color	Green
Major competition(s)	Miss Brasil 1968 (Winner) Miss Universe 1968 (Winner)

Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos (born June 18, 1948) is a Brazilian beauty queen who became her country's second Miss Universe winner,^[1] after Iêda Maria Vargas first achieved the feat in 1963. She also became the fifth Latin American to win the title, after Peru's Gladys Zender in 1957, Colombia's Luz Marina Zuluaga in 1958 and Argentina's Norma Nolan in 1962. Vasconcellos is a native of the state of Bahia.