Mayra Dias
{{short description|Brazilian model who is Miss Brasil 2018}}
{{Portuguese name|Alves|Dias}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Mayra Dias
| image = 2023-02-07 Sessão Ordinária da Aleam 05 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Dias in 2023
| office = State Deputy of Amazonas
| term_start = 1 February 2023
| birth_name = Mayra Benita Alves Dias
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|9|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil
| death_date =
| death_place =
| religion =
| party = Avante
| alma_mater = UniNorte Manaus
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| spouse = {{marriage|Frank Bi Garcia|2019}}
| children = 2
| module = {{Infobox pageant titleholder|embed=yes
| title = Miss Amazonas 2018
Miss Brasil 2018
| nationalcompetition = Miss Mundo Brasil 2015
(Top 20)
Reina Hispanoamericana 2016
(1st Runner-Up)
Miss Brasil 2018
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2018
(Top 20)
| height = {{height|m=1.75|precision=0}}
| eye_color = Brown
| hair_color = Black
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Mayra Benita Alves Dias (born 28 September 1991) is a Brazilian politician, journalist, model, and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Brasil 2018 on 26 May 2018, becoming the second representative from Amazonas. She represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 2018, where she finished as a Top 20 semifinalist. {{cite web|url=https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/gente/purepeople/mayra-dias-do-amazonas-e-coroada-miss-brasil-2018-feliz-e-realizada-fotos,8b13246ba2dd5996607c1dcc4d51b7f73t27fjn9.html|title=Mayra Dias, do Amazonas, é coroada Miss Brasil 2018|last=Mariano|first=Tatiana|publisher=Terra.com.br|language=Portuguese|accessdate=27 May 2018|archive-date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506052358/https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/gente/purepeople/mayra-dias-do-amazonas-e-coroada-miss-brasil-2018-feliz-e-realizada-fotos,8b13246ba2dd5996607c1dcc4d51b7f73t27fjn9.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.acritica.com/channels/entretenimento/news/amazonense-mayra-dias-e-coroada-miss-brasil-2018|title=Natural de Itacoatiara, amazonense Mayra Dias é coroada Miss Brasil 2018|publisher=Acritica|website=www.acritica.com|language=Portuguese|accessdate=26 May 2018|archive-date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506050915/https://www.acritica.com/channels/entretenimento/news/amazonense-mayra-dias-e-coroada-miss-brasil-2018|url-status=dead}}
In 2022, she was elected for state deputy of Amazonas by Avante.
Early life
Dias was born in Itacoatiara, a city in the interior of the state of Amazonas. She has Indigenous ancestry.{{cite web|url=https://revistamarieclaire.globo.com/Celebridades/noticia/2018/06/miss-brasil-mayra-dias-se-prepara-para-miss-universo-e-defende-representatividade.html|title=Miss Brasil Mayra Dias se prepara para Miss Universo e defende representatividade|publisher=Revista Marie Claire|website=globo.com|language=Portuguese|accessdate=13 December 2018|archive-date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506050901/https://revistamarieclaire.globo.com/Celebridades/noticia/2018/06/miss-brasil-mayra-dias-se-prepara-para-miss-universo-e-defende-representatividade.html|url-status=live}}
Career
=Miss Mundo Amazonas 2015=
Dias was crowned Miss Mundo Amazonas 2015 and competed at the Miss Mundo Brasil 2015 in Florianópolis.
=Miss Mundo Brasil 2015=
Dias will represent Amazonas at the Miss Mundo Brasil 2015 at the Teatro Governador Pedro Ivo in Florianópolis in the state of Santa Catarina but she placed in the Top 20 semifinalist.
=Reina Hispanoamericana 2016=
Dias was joined and chosen as Brazilian Representative at Reina Hispanoamericana 2016 at the FexpoCruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia on 5 November 2016 defeating 22 other beauties competing for the title where she ended as the 1st Runner-Up. It was Camila Soleibe from Colombia who eventually won the title Reina Hispanoamericana 2016.
=Miss Brasil 2018=
Dias representing Amazonas was crowned Miss Brasil 2018 held at the Riocentro in Rio de Janeiro its grand finale on 26 May 2018 where 27 beautiful divas competed for the national title. She succeeded outgoing Miss Brasil 2017 Monalysa Alcântara.{{cite web|url=https://extra.globo.com/famosos/miss-brasil-2018-mayra-dias-esteve-em-seis-concursos-diz-que-namorado-agora-a-faixa-22723496.html|title=Miss Brasil 2018, Mayra Dias Esteve Em Seis Concursos e Diz Que Namorado Agora É a Faixa|language=Portuguese|website=extra.globo.com|accessdate=28 May 2018|archive-date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506050902/https://extra.globo.com/famosos/miss-brasil-2018-mayra-dias-esteve-em-seis-concursos-diz-que-namorado-agora-a-faixa-22723496.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://d24am.com/plus/miss-brasil-mayra-dias-tem-perfis-hackeados-em-redes-sociais/|title=Miss Brasil Mayra Dias tem perfis hackeados em redes sociais|publisher=D24am|last=Dacio|first=Maria Luiza|website=d24am.com|accessdate=28 May 2018|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215084038/https://d24am.com/plus/miss-brasil-mayra-dias-tem-perfis-hackeados-em-redes-sociais/|url-status=live}}
=Miss Universe 2018=
Dias represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, where she placed in the top 20.
References
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External links
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{{S-bef|before= {{flagicon|Piauí}} Monalysa Alcântara}}
{{S-ttl|title = Miss Universo Brasil
|years=2018}}
{{S-aft|after= {{flagicon|Minas Gerais}} Júlia Horta}}
{{S-bef|before= Juliana Soares}}
{{S-ttl|title = Miss Amazonas
|years=2018}}
{{S-aft|after= Lorena Alencar}}
{{S-bef|before= {{flagicon|Venezuela}} Karielys Cuadros Rodríguez}}
{{S-ttl|title = Reina Hispanoamericana 1st Runner-Up
|years=2016}}
{{S-aft|after= {{flagicon|Brazil}} Lais Berté}}
{{S-bef|before= Larissa Dienstmann}}
{{S-ttl|title = Miss Brasil Hispanoamericana
|years=2016}}
{{S-aft|after= Lais Berté}}
{{S-bef|before=Hanna Weiser}}
{{S-ttl|title=Miss Mundo Amazonas
|years=2015}}
{{S-aft|after=Tayana Maia}}
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{{Miss Brasil titleholders}}
{{Miss Universe 2018 delegates}}
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Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of Amazonas
Category:Brazilian people of indigenous peoples descent
Category:Brazilian female models
Category:Brazilian beauty pageant winners
Category:Miss Universe 2018 contestants
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Category:Avante (political party) politicians
Category:Beauty queen-politicians