Former Miss Universe Ieda Maria Vargas has died at 80. In 1963, she made history as the first Brazilian contestant to win the international pageant. Per an official statement released on Vargas' ...

The global fashion and pageant world woke up quieter this Monday, December 22. Ieda Maria Vargas, Brazil’s first Miss Universe, and a woman who forever changed how the country was seen on the world ...

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Ieda Maria Vargas, the first Miss Universe from Brazil, died on Monday, December 22, 2025, in Gramado. According to ND Mais, she was admitted to Hospital Arcanjo Sao Miguel, and the cause of her death ...

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Miss Universe 1963 Ieda Maria Vargas died at age 80 on Monday, Dec. 22, per a statement shared to her official Instagram page Vargas — who would have turned 81 on Dec. 31 — made history as the first ...

Vargas was crowned on the international stage in 1963, when she became the first Miss Universe titleholder from Brazil Zoey Lyttle is a Writer-Reporter on the Society & Culture team at PEOPLE. She ...