Ieda Maria Vargas has died at age 80, just nine days before her birthday. She was crowned on the international stage in 1963, ...

Miss Universe 2025 was plagued with controversy from the start. We spoke to over a dozen contestants to learn how the pageant ...

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Ieda Maria Vargas, the first Brazilian to be crowned Miss Universe. She was just 18 years old when she won this title.

In an interview released a few weeks after the Miss Universe 2025 finale, MUO president Raul Rocha allegedly implied that ...

BRAZIL’S first-ever Miss Universe winner and beauty icon has tragically died aged 80, just days before her birthday. Leda ...

A new resignation shakes Miss Universe as Miss Iceland 2025 steps down and highlights internal tensions within the ...

"I was not prepared, but the serenity helped me. I never thought I would win," said Ieda in her winning speech ...

At the Iloilo Province and Miss Universe Philippines official contract signing at a restaurant in Quezon City on December 8 ...

Ieda Maria Vargas, Brazil’s first Miss Universe, and a woman who forever changed how the country was seen on the world stage, ...

In a recent interview, Miss Universe Philippines Ahtisa Manalo shared that the Miss Universe competition was between her and Miss Côte d'Ivoire Olivia Yace.