| Miss Rio de Janeiro Miss Universe Rio de Janeiro | |
| Formation: | 1954 |
| Type: | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters: | Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil |
| Membership: | Miss Brazil |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Leader Title: | State Director |
| Leader Name: | Juliane Oliveira |
Miss Rio de Janeiro, also referred to as Miss Estado do Rio de Janeiro or simply just Miss Estado do Rio, is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Rio de Janeiro at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1954 and has been held every year since with the exception of 1990, 1993, and 2020. The pageant is held annually with representation of several municipalities. Since 2023, the State director for Miss Rio de Janeiro is Juliane Oliveira. Rio de Janeiro has won two crowns in the national contest competing as Miss Rio de Janeiro and six additional national crowns representing parts of the state.
The following women have competed as Miss Rio de Janeiro in the national contest and won:
| Year | Name | Age | Height | Represented | Miss Brazil placement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Universe Rio de Janeiro | ||||||
| 2024 | Maria Fabiana Mata | 25 | Rio de Janeiro City | 2nd Runner-Up | Also won Miss Congeniality at Miss Brazil. | |
| 2023 | Paula Cardoso da Silva[1] | 27 | Nova Iguaçu | |||
| 2022 | Esthéfane Souza da Silva | 26 | Volta Redonda | Top 10 | Previously Miss Rio de Janeiro CNB 2019 and Top 20 at Miss Brazil CNB 2019. | |
| 2021 | Mylena Duarte Gonçalves[2] | 26 | Barra Mansa | Top 15 | ||
| U Miss Rio de Janeiro 2020 and Miss Rio de Janeiro Be Emotion 2020 | ||||||
| 2020 | No national Miss Brazil contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic and change in the national franchise holder which caused the national titleholder to be appointed.[3] | |||||
| Miss Rio de Janeiro Be Emotion | ||||||
| 2019 | Isadora Saraiva Meira[4] | 26 | Barra Mansa | Last Miss Miss Rio de Janeiro Be Emotion | ||
| 2018 | Amanda da Silva Coelho[5] | 19 | Angra dos Reis | |||
| 2017 | Isabel Cristina Correa Silva[6] | 27 | Belford Roxo | Previously Miss Sergipe Mundo 2009 and Miss Ilhas de Búzios Mundo 2014. Top 6 at Miss Brazil World 2009 as Sergipe and Top 10 at Miss Brazil World 2014 as Ilhas de Búzios. | ||
| 2016 | Sabrina dos Santos Amorim | 18 | Niterói | |||
| 2015 | Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins | 25 | Armação dos Búzios | Top 15 | Previously Miss Espírito Santo Mundo/CNB 2015 and Top 10 at Miss Brazil World 2015. | |
| Miss Rio de Janeiro Universe | ||||||
| 2014 | Hosana Angélica Elliot Murta[7] | 21 | Rio de Janeiro City | Top 15 | ||
| 2013 | Orama Valentim Braga Nunes[8] | 22 | Campos dos Goytacazes | Top 15 | ||
| 2012 | [9] [10] | 24 | Armação dos Búzios | Top 10 | Also won Miss Nutrisse at Miss Brazil. Previously Miss Minas Gerais 2009 and 1st Runner-Up and Miss Brazil International at Miss Brazil 2009. Top 15 at Miss International 2009. | |
| Miss Rio de Janeiro | ||||||
| 2011 | Mariana Figueiredo Prata Pereira[11] | Teresópolis | Won Best State Costume at Miss Brazil. | |||
| 2010 | Thamiris de Moura Ribeiro[12] | 18 | Duque de Caxias | Top 10 | ||
| 2009 | Fernanda Gomes[13] | 19 | Teresópolis | Top 10 | ||
| 2008 | Camila Paiva Hentzy[14] [15] | Teresópolis | Top 10 | |||
| 2007 | Aiana do Nascimento | Niterói | Top 15 | |||
| 2006 | Roberta César Manhães[16] [17] | 23 | Rio de Janeiro City | |||
| 2005 | Carolina Soares Pires[18] | Niterói | Top 10 | |||
| 2004 | Anelise Gomes Sobral[19] | Campos dos Goytacazes | Top 10 | |||
| 2003 | Fernanda Anchieta Louback[20] | Nova Friburgo | Top 10 | |||
| 2002 | Gisele de Oliveira Leite[21] | Macaé | 4th Runner-Up (later 3rd Runner-Up) | Orignally 4th Runner-Up, became 3rd Runner-Up after the original winner of Miss Brazil 2002 was dethroned and all the Runner-Ups were moved up one place with the 1st Runner-Up becoming the new winner. | ||
| 2001 | Raquel Santos de Faria | Itaguaí | 4th Runner-Up | |||
| 2000 | Keity Dembergue Gripp[22] | Nova Friburgo | 3rd Runner-Up | |||
| 1999 | Paula de Souza Carvalho | Barra Mansa | 1st Runner-Up Miss Brazil World 1999 | Unplaced at Miss World 1999. | ||
| 1998 | Alessandra Santos Corrêa[23] | Macaé | Top 12 | Also won Miss Congeniality at Miss Brazil. | ||
| 1997 | Janaína Berenhauser Borba | Petrópolis | Top 12 | Also won Miss Congeniality at Miss Brazil. | ||
| 1996 | Carolina Thaís Muller | Volta Redonda | 4th Runner-Up | |||
| 1995 | Renata Garcia de Abreu | Rio de Janeiro City | 2nd Runner-Up | |||
| 1994 | Patrícia Leal Assumpção[24] | Macaé | 3rd Runner-Up | |||
| 1993 | No delegate sent in 1993 due to Miss Brazil 1993 being appointed rather than having a contest. | |||||
| 1992 | Luiza Carla Moço de Souza | Niterói | ||||
| 1991 | Ana Paula Machado Ribeiro | Rio de Janeiro City | In 1991, there were two representatives for the State. | |||
| Márcia Barbosa da Silva | Rio de Janeiro City | |||||
| 1990 | No contest in 1990. | |||||
| 1989 | Simone Fernandes Julião | Bairro Jardim Botânico | Top 12 | |||
| 1988 | Simone Martins Bork | Bairro da Tijuca | Top 12 | |||
| 1987 | Gisele Brasil Macêdo | Arraial do Cabo | Top 12 | Also won Miss Congeniality at Miss Brazil. | ||
| 1986 | Andréa Lima Afonso | Bairro da Tijuca | Top 12 | |||
| 1985 | Carla Fonsêca Lima | Bairro do Leblon | 3rd Runner-Up | |||
| 1984 | Valéria Freire Pereira | Clube de Regatas do Flamengo | 2nd Runner-Up | |||
| 1983 | Kenny Neoob de Carvalho | Bairro de Ipanema | Top 12 | |||
| 1982 | Márcia Cristine de Carvalho | Clube Vasco da Gama | 2nd Runner-Up | |||
| 1981 | [25] | 18 | Niterói | Miss Brazil 1981 | 3rd Runner-Up at Miss Universe 1981. | |
| 1980 | [26] | 19 | Macaé | Miss Brazil 1980 | Unplaced at Miss Universe 1980. | |
| 1979 | Elizabeth Alves Corrêia | Araruama | 3rd Runner-Up | |||
| 1978 | Ângela Soares Chichierchio | Nilópolis | 2nd Runner-Up Miss Brazil International 1978 | Unplaced at Miss International 1978. | ||
| 1977 | Elizabeth Alderidge dos Santos | Nova Friburgo | ||||
| 1976 | Vionete Revoredo da Fonsêca | Rio de Janeiro City | 1st Runner-Up Miss Brazil International 1976 | 1st Runner-Up at Miss International 1976. | ||
| 1975 | Leila Gomes Tancredi | Rio de Janeiro City | 3rd Runner-Up | |||
| 1974 | Angélica Campanile | Nova Iguaçu | ||||
| 1973 | Ana Maria de Oliveira | Barra Mansa | Top 8 | |||
| 1972 | Marli Pereira Carneiro | Niterói | ||||
| 1971 | Maria Rosária de Lima | Nova Iguaçu | ||||
| 1970 | Eny Machado Fazanelli | Niterói | ||||
| 1969 | Maria Aparecida Leite | Paraíba do Sul | ||||
| 1968 | Josemary Vasconcelos | Três Rios | 3rd Runner-Up | |||
| 1967 | Maria da Graça Kury | Campos dos Goytacazes | Top 8 | |||
| 1966 | Vera Lúcia Cordeiro | São João da Barra | ||||
| 1965 | Ilse Ione Hasselmann | Niterói | 4th Runner-Up | Also won Miss Congeniality and Miss Photogenic at Miss Brazil. | ||
| 1964 | Cecília Rangel Martins da Rocha | Cambuci | Top 9 | |||
| 1963 | Miriam Montenegro da Fonsêca | Niterói | ||||
| 1962 | Célia Maria Spíndola Leite | Campos dos Goytacazes | Top 8 | |||
| 1961 | Maria Madalena Aguiar | Campos dos Goytacazes | ||||
| 1960 | Marzy Moreira | Itaguaí Atlético Clube | Top 8 | Also won Miss Congeniality at Miss Brazil. | ||
| 1959 | Maria Lúcia Braga | Niterói | ||||
| 1958 | Eunice Pamplona Brito | Nova Friburgo | ||||
| 1957 | Cylis Pires da Rocha | Itaperuna | ||||
| 1956 | Ely de Azevêdo Pires | Niterói | 3rd Runner-Up | Originally the 1st Runner-Up at Miss Estado do Rio 1956 but became Miss Estado do Rio after the original winner was dethroned. | ||
| Aniko Elizabeth Csettkey | Teresópolis | Did not compete | Did not compete after being unable to prove her Brazilian nationality despite being born in Teresópolis, because of this the organizers of Miss Brazil at the time the Diários Associados and the newspaper "O Estado" (promoter of the contest), decided to withdraw her participation in the contest and dethrone her of Miss Estado do Rio 1956 title and transfer it to the 1st Runner-Up. | |||
| 1955 | [27] | 1st Runner-Up | ||||
| 1954 | Zaida Maria Saldanha[28] | Campos dos Goytacazes | 1st Runner-Up | |||