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Fernanda Alves (beauty queen)

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Fernanda Alves
Born
Fernanda Alves

1976
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss International 1996
Miss República Portuguesa International 1996
Major
competition(s)
Miss República Portuguesa 1996
(Miss International Portugal)
Miss International 1996
(Winner)

Fernanda Alves Schmelz (born 1976) is a Portuguese-Zimbabwean model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss República Portuguesa International 1996 and went on to win the Miss International 1996 crown in Kanazawa, Japan. She was the first woman from Portugal to win the title of Miss International.[1]

Early life

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Alves was born in Zimbabwe in 1976 to a Portuguese father and a South African mother.[2][3]

Pageantry

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Miss República Portuguesa

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Alves first joined the Miss República Portuguesa pageant in May 1996 where she emerged as the 2nd runner-up and gained the right to represent Portugal in the Miss International pageant later that year.[citation needed]

Miss International 1996

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Alves represented Portugal in the Miss International 1996 pageant held in Kanazawa, Japan on 26 October 1996, where she was eventually crowned as the winner by the outgoing Miss International 1995 Anne Lena Hansen of Norway.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Miss International Past Winners".
  2. ^ "'O Segredo' de uma 'miss'". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Portugal das tormentas ou da boa esperança". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Miss International 1996 crowning moment".
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss International
1996
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Patrícia Trigo
Miss República Portuguesa International
1996
Succeeded by
Lara Fonseca