Martha Vasconcellos

Martha Vasconcellos
Born
Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos

(1948-06-18) June 18, 1948 (age 76)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Brasil 1968
Miss Universe 1968
Years active1968–present
Hair colorLight brown
Eye colorGreen
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.

  1. ^ Birnbaum, Cara (2006). Universal Beauty: The Miss Universe Guide to Beauty. Thomas Nelson Inc. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-1-4016-0229-1.

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