Isabella Novaes Menin (born June 2, 1996) is a Brazilian model and beauty queen who was crowned

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. She is the first Brazilian woman to win the

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pageant.

Early life and education

Isabella Menin is of Brazilian and Italian descent, and was born into a family of businessperson in

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, a city in the midwestern region of the state of

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. Her mother, Adriana Novaes, is a former Miss Marília winner and a candidate in many international contests. She is also the great-granddaughter of businessman, Lazaro Ramos Novaes, and granddaughter of Alfredo Novaes, two of the biggest names in the early industrialization of Marília. During 2015 – 2016, she studied

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and

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program at a

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, graduated first-class honors in a Bachelor degree of Economincs from

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in early 2019 and earned a master's degree in

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from

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in 2020. Before entering

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pageant in 2022, she worked as an international model and a paraplanner for Thomson Tyndall, a financial planning and investment management private firm in the United Kingdom. Isabella also established a charitable organization named "Beyond Project", which supports associations for people with

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in Brazil.

Pageantry

Since she grew up in a family that was usually involved in beauty pageants, her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother had all previously won beauty pageants; she entered a beauty pageant at the age of three with the encouragement and support of her mother and has won several mini-miss titles, including Miss Goiás, Miss Student of Marilia, Miss Teen Marilia, and Miss Teen São Paulo, as well as the international title

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in 2013.

Miss Grand International 2022

Menin represented Alto Cafezal at Miss Grand Brazil 2022, competed against 30 other candidates, and won the national title. She then represented the country in

and also won the competition, held on October 25, 2022, at Sentul International Convention Center in

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, when she was crowned by outgoing titleholder Miss Grand International 2021,

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of Vietnam. She is the first titleholder from Brazil as

. She is also the first titleholder from Brazil to win a major international beauty pageant since

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that was the last Brazilian competitor who won

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. During the top ten speech round, in which all ten qualified competitors had to present a message to accompany the pageant campaign "Stop the wars and violence," Menin declared: The last stage was a question-answer round, with the host posing the same question to all top five finalists, "Currently there is a war between Russia and Ukraine. Russia’s president has ordered an invasion of Ukraine, killing people, destroying architecture, and create uncertainties in the future. If you have the opportunity to send a message to President Putin, what will you say in 1 minute?" Menin replied:

Placements

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Menin, Isabella 1996 births Living people Alumni of the University of Westminster Alumni of University College London Brazilian beauty pageant winners Brazilian expatriates in England Brazilian female models Brazilian people of Italian descent Miss Grand International winners People from Marília Miss Grand International 2022 delegates