Vargas was crowned on the international stage in 1963, when she became the first Miss Universe titleholder from Brazil Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers ...

Miss Universe on of the most iconic beauty pageants in the world began in 1952 in Long Beach, California, with the vision of celebrating the beauty, talent, and elegance of women from all over the ...

Iêda Maria Vargas, the Brazilian trailblazer who made history as the country’s first winner of Miss Universe, has died at the age of 80. According to People, her death occurred on Monday, December 22, ...