Annete Stone (born 1937) is a Brazilian former model famous for being placed second in the Miss Brazil 1955 pageant. The victory went to the candidate from

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, Maria Emília Corrêa, the second Northeastern to win the traditional national title. In the contest, Annete represented her state of birth, the Amazonas.

Early life

Annete studied in the traditional College Santa Dorotéia, in the center of

Manaus Manaus () is the List of capitals of subdivisions of Brazil, capital and largest city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. It is the List of largest cities in Brazil, seventh-largest city in Brazil, w ...

. She later married Júlio Cesar Garcia de Souza, one of the founding executives of the Amazon Oil Company (today Isaac Sabbá Refinery). With him she had two daughters, a doctor and another engineer. At the end of the 1970s, she lived in

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, in the Square Our Lady of Peace, in

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. Today she lives in

Maceió Maceió (), formerly anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a Spring (hydrology), spring. Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped ...

Alagoas Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is ...

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1937 births Living people People from Manaus Brazilian people of American descent Brazilian people of English descent Brazilian female models {{Brazil-model-stub