Miss Rio Grande do Sul

Miss Rio Grande do Sul
Miss Universe Rio Grande do Sul

Formation	1954
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Membership	Miss Brazil
Official language	Portuguese
State Director	Bebeto Azevêdo

Miss Rio Grande do Sul is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Rio Grande do Sul at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1954 and has been held every year since with the exception of 1990, 1993, and 2020. The pageant is held annually with representation of several municipalities. Since 2023, Bebeto Azevêdo has been the state director of Miss Rio Grande do Sul. Rio Grande do Sul is the state with the most crowns in the national contest and also the state that produced the first Miss Brazil to win the Miss Universe contest, Iêda Maria Vargas of Porto Alegre.^[1]

The following women from who competed as Miss Rio Grande do Sul have won Miss Brazil:

• Maria José Cardoso, from Porto Alegre, in 1956
• Iêda Maria Vargas, from Porto Alegre, in 1963
• Rejane Vieira Costa, from Pelotas, in 1972
• Deise Nunes, from Canela, in 1986
• Leila Schüster, from Cachoeirinha, in 1993
• Renata Fan, from Santo Ângelo, in 1999
• Juliana Borges, from Santa Maria, in 2001
• Joseane Oliveira, from Esteio, in 2002 but was later dethroned
• Fabiane Niclotti, from Gramado, in 2004
• Rafaela Zanella, from Santa Maria, in 2006
• Natálya Anderle, from Encantado, in 2008
• Priscila Machado, from Farroupilha, in 2011
• Gabriela Markus, from Teutônia, in 2012
• Marthina Brandt, from Bom Princípio, in 2015
• Julia Gama, from Porto Alegre, in 2020
• Maria Eduarda Ribeiro Brechane, from Rio Grande, in 2023