Monalysa Alcântara

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alcântara and the second or paternal family name is Nascimento.

Monalysa Alcântara
Born	Monalysa Maria Alcântara Nascimento (1999-01-24) 24 January 1999 (age 25) Teresina, Brazil
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Teen Piauí 2016 Miss Piauí 2017 Miss Brazil 2017
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Brazil 2017 (Winner) Miss Universe 2017 (Top 10)

Monalysa Maria Alcântara Nascimento (born 24 January 1999) is a Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Brasil 2017, becoming the first representative from Piauí and the third woman of Afro-Brazilian origin to win the crown. She represented Brazil at Miss Universe 2017, where she placed in the top ten. Since 2023, she has been the State Director for the Miss Piauí state pageant.[1]

Life and career

Alcântara was born in Teresina, Piauí. She began modeling at age fourteen, and is a university student studying business administration and fashion.

Pageantry

Alcântara began her pageant career after being crowned Miss Teen Piauí 2016, at age seventeen. She went on to represent Piauí at the Miss Teen Brazil 2016 pageant, where she was a runner-up. The following year, Alcântara was crowned Miss Piauí 2017.[2] She represented Piauí in the Miss Brasil 2017 competition, and was crowned the winner, becoming the first woman from Piauí and third Afro-Brazilian to win the crown.[3][4] She represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 2017 in Las Vegas where she made the Top 10.

References

1. Oliveira, Pablo (2023-02-17). "Após pedido de fãs, Miss assume coordenação do Miss Universo Piauí". Portal iG (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-18.
2. Galvão, Rafael (16 July 2017). "Monalysa Alcântara é eleita Miss Piauí 2017 Be Emotion" (in Portuguese). GPL. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
3. "Monalysa Alcântara, do Piauí, é eleita Miss Brasil 2017" (in Portuguese). G1. 20 August 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
4. Ceribelli, Ana (20 August 2017). "MONALYSA ALCÂNTARA É A MISS BRASIL BE EMOTION 2017" (in Portuguese). Miss Brasil. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

External links

• Monalysa Alcântara on Instagram

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Raissa Santana	Miss Universo Brasil 2017	Succeeded by Mayra Dias
Preceded by Lara Lobo	Miss Piauí 2017	Succeeded by Naiely Lima
Preceded by Hanna Rocha	Miss Teen Piaui 2016	Succeeded by Gabriela Lacerda