Born in the city of Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, Isabelle Nogueira was born on December 21, 1992. Her mother, Jaqueline Nogueira,[7] had her when she was 14 years old, and due to the difficulties of a teenage pregnancy and no financial means to raise a child, her mother decided to give her to a family, but a year later she took her back.[8][9] She had a lonely childhood, because her mother needed to work and she ended up being alone.
In 2009, she was Rhythmed Queen of the Brilliant Boi and the following year she was promoted to Folklore Queen. In 2011, he served as Boi Brilhante's cunhã-poranga.[13] In 2013, she won the Miss Manaus beauty contest. Between 2015 and 2017, Nogueira acted as Queen of Folklore do Boi Garantido at the Parintins Folklore Festival, a position achieved after winning the competition.[14][15] During this period, she won the Miss Amazonas Globo competition in 2016.[16] Since 2018, Isabelle has held the position of cunhã-poranga of Garantido.[17][18]
In Manaus, she was a beautiful cirandeira of the Ciranda Sensação, a white Indigenous of the Tucanos Tribe of Alto Rio Negro, and a cunhã-poranga of the Boi Corre Campo of Nova Olinda do Norte.[19][20] In 2018, Nogueira won the realityshowPeladão a Bordo, on TV A Crítica, when she won the final with 54.41% of the votes against Juliana Larrat and became the "Queen of Peladão".[21][22]
On January 7, 2024, she was announced as one of the participants who would join the "Annex" group of the twenty-fourth season of the reality showBig Brother Brasil, where she went through a voting stage.[23][24] On the 8th, she was chosen by the public by 60.22% of the votes to officially enter the program.[25][26] Isabelle was a finalist on the program, coming in third place with 14.98% in average votes in a final against Davi Brito (60.52%) and Matteus Amaral (24.50%).[27]
On April 26, 2024, it was announced that she would obtain the title of Ambassador of the Parintins Folklore Festival, the ceremony to receive the honor took place on May 16.[28][29] During the event, the mayor of Parintins, Franck Bi Garcia highlighted Nogueira's influence in promoting the Festival: "She, without a doubt, will increasingly publicize the Parintins Festival, which is the cultural and tourist product, which generates employment and income, job opportunities for thousands of Parintinenses".[30] On May 8, 2024, he was awarded the title and medal of honor by the State University of Amazonas (UEA), in recognition of his contribution to the dissemination and national and international projection of Amazonian culture and tourism.[31]
On June 3, Nogueira was awarded the Ruy Araújo Medal, the highest honor from the Amazonianlegislature.[32] In her speech, Nogueira reaffirmed herself as a woman of the people, and who loves the State in which she was born and raised: "“I receive this honor with the certainty that I came from the people, and for the people I have to do it. I promise and I promise every day that I will make Amazonas my mission of faith, because it is not enough to say where you came from. You have to fight, you have to love. And I love you, my Amazonas.”[33]
Activism
Since 2018, she has been working as a volunteer for the Rede Feminina de Combate ao Câncer Amazonas (RFCC-AM), which develops social projects for cancer patients at the Amazonas State Oncology Control Center Foundation (FCecon).[34][35]
Indigenous advocacy
Nogueira actively supports indigenous rights.[36] On July 10, 2024, Nogueira published on his social media his position in the fight against PEC 48/2023, which defines the date of the promulgation of the Brazilian Federal Constitution as a time frame for the demarcation of indigenous lands.[37]
Personal life
Her family origins are quite branched. Her mother is from Nhamundá, a municipality in the interior of Amazonas, and her entire paternal family, including her father, are from Belém, in Pará.[38] She has two younger brothers, children of her mother and stepfather, Vittor and Sophia, nine and nineteen years apart, respectively.[39] She has indigenous ancestry.[40]
In April 2024, she began having a relationship with Matteus Amaral, from Rio Grande do Sul, during their participation in BBB24, the following month they made their relationship official.[41][42]
