Raissa Oliveira Santana (born July 6, 1995) is a Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Brasil 2016. She represented

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pageant.

Personal life

Santana is a model and a Marketing student in

. She is the second

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winner of Afro-Brazilian descent, after Deise Nunes (1986).

Pageantry

Miss Brasil 2016

Santana was crowned Miss Brasil 2016 representing

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on October 1, 2016.

Miss Universe 2016

Santana represented

where she placed in the Top 13.

References

External links

Miss Brasil pageant official site
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