Iêda Maria Vargas | |
Birth Name: | Iêda Maria Brutto Vargas |
Birth Date: | 31 December 1944 |
Birth Place: | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Years Active: | 1963–present |
Miss Brasil 1963 Miss Universe 1963 | |
Competitions: | Miss Brasil 1963 (Winner) Miss Universe 1963 (Winner) |
Iêda Maria Brutto Vargas (born December 31, 1944) is a Brazilian actress and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe in Miami Beach, Florida in 1963. Previously, she was Miss Brazil and was crowned by Maria Olívia Rebouças. She was the first person from her country to win a major international beauty pageant. Vargas is a native of Rio Grande do Sul. During her term she opened the Capital Plaza Mall in Landover Hills, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C.[1]