Miss Brazil 2006 () was the 52nd edition of the Miss Brazil pageant. It was held on 8 April 2006 at Claro Hall in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil and was hosted by Nayla Micherif and Nivaldo Prieto. Carina Beduschi of Santa Catarina crowned her successor Rafaela Zanella of Rio Grande do Sul at the end of the event. Zanella represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant and placed in the Top 20. 1st Runner-Up, Maria Cláudia Barreto of Acre, represented the country at Miss International 2006. This year's pageant had Natalie Glebova, Miss Universe 2005, as a special guest.
Results Final resultsContestantMiss Brazil 2006Miss Brazil Universe 2006 – Rafaela Zanella1st Runner-UpMiss Brazil International 2006 – Maria Cláudia Barreto2nd Runner-Up – Beatriz Back3rd Runner-Up - Rhaíssa Siviero4th Runner-Up – Juliana PinaTop 10 – Ana Cláudia Pimenta – Vanessa Jesus – Marcela Duarte – Rayana Carvalho – Camila Christie
Special awards Award Winner Best State Costume – Carla Medeiros Miss Congeniality(Miss Simpatia) – Patrícia Trindade Miss Popular Vote – Ana Cláudia Pimenta
Contestants The delegates for Miss Brazil 2006 were:
Acre - Maria Cláudia Barreto de Oliveira Alagoas - Tatiane Maria Bezerra Correia Terêncio Amapá - Patrícia Trindade Tavares Amazonas - Thaysa de Souza Neves Bahia - Juliana Pina Mendonça Ceará - Carla Medeiros Rocha Federal District (Distrito Federal) - Ana Cláudia Sandoval Pimenta Espírito Santo - Lívia Barraque Barbosa Goiás - Sileimã Alves Pinheiro Maranhão - Aislanny Silva de Medeiros Mato Grosso - Vanessa Regina de Jesus Mato Grosso do Sul - Rhaíssa Espindola Siviero Olmedo Minas Gerais - Marcela de Almeida Carvalho Duarte Pará - Nahdia Lopes Rocha Paraíba - Sarah Azevedo Rodrigues Paraná - Daiane Hermelinda Carvalho Zanchet Pernambuco - Rayanna Carvalho de Magalhães Piauí - Priscila Karinne da Silva Rocha Rio de Janeiro - Roberta Cesar Manhães Duarte Rio Grande do Norte - Jeisa Karina de Araújo Rio Grande do Sul - Rafaela Zanella Rondônia - Suzana Freire Cavalcante Gomes Roraima - Érika Vasconcelos Magalhães Santa Catarina - Beatriz Back Neves São Paulo - Nicole Bernardes Cardoso Sergipe - Aisley Karoline Araújo de Souza Tocantins - Camilla Christie Ribeiro Oliveira
References
External links Official Miss Brasil Website